MS Word Short Cut Keys

 

Ctrl+0	Toggles 6pts of spacing above the paragraph.
Ctrl+A	Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl+B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+C	Copy selected text.
Ctrl+D	Open the font preferences window.
Ctrl+E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl+F	Open find box.
Ctrl+I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+J	Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl+K	Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl+M	Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl+N	Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl+O	Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl+P	Open the print window.
Ctrl+R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl+S	Save the open document. Like Shift+F12.
Alt+F, A	Save the document under a different file name.
Alt+X	Show the Unicode code of a highlighted character.
Ctrl+T	Create a hanging indent.
Ctrl+U	Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+V	Paste.
Ctrl+W	Close the currently open document.
Ctrl+X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl+Y	Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl+Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl+Shift+L   Quickly create a bullet point.	Ctrl+Shift+F        Change the font.
Ctrl+Shift+>   Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.	Ctrl+]     Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl+Shift+<   Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt.	Ctrl+[     Decrease selected font -1pts.
Ctrl+/+c            Insert a cent sign (¢).	Ctrl+'+<char>     Insert a character with an accent (acute) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented é you would use Ctrl+'+e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark, use the opposite accent mark, often found on the tilde key.
Ctrl+Shift+*    View or hide non printing characters.	Ctrl+<left arrow>             Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl+<right arrow>   Moves one word to the right.	Ctrl+<up arrow>               Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl+<down arrow>  Moves to the end of the paragraph.	Ctrl+Del                Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl+Backspace            Deletes word to left of cursor.	Ctrl+End
Moves the cursor to the end of the document.	Ctrl+Home
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.	Ctrl+Spacebar
Reset highlighted text to the default font.	Ctrl+1
Single-space lines.	Ctrl+2
Double-space lines.	Ctrl+5
1.5-line spacing.	Ctrl+Alt+1            Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl+Alt+2       Changes text to heading 2.	Ctrl+Alt+3            Changes text to heading 3.
Alt+Ctrl+F2    Open new document.	Ctrl+F1  Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2              Display the print preview.	Ctrl+Shift+>        Increases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+<   Decreases the selected text size by one font size.	Ctrl+Shift+F6      Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl+Shift+F12             Prints the document.	F1           Open help.
F4          Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).	F5           Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.
F7          Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.	F12         Save As.
Shift+F3            Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.	Shift+F7               Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.
Shift+F12         Save the open document. Like Ctrl+S.	Shift+Enter         Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift+Insert    Paste.	Shift+Alt+D         Insert the current date.
Shift+Alt+T     Insert the current time.
Ctrl+0	Toggles 6pts of spacing above the paragraph.
Ctrl+A	Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl+B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+C	Copy selected text.
Ctrl+D	Open the font preferences window.
Ctrl+E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl+F	Open find box.
Ctrl+I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+J	Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl+K	Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl+M	Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl+N	Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl+O	Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl+P	Open the print window.
Ctrl+R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl+S	Save the open document. Like Shift+F12.
Alt+F, A	Save the document under a different file name.
Alt+X	Show the Unicode code of a highlighted character.
Ctrl+T	Create a hanging indent.
Ctrl+U	Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+V	Paste.
Ctrl+W	Close the currently open document.
Ctrl+X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl+Y	Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl+Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl+Shift+L   Quickly create a bullet point.	Ctrl+Shift+F        Change the font.
Ctrl+Shift+>   Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.	Ctrl+]     Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl+Shift+<   Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt.	Ctrl+[     Decrease selected font -1pts.
Ctrl+/+c            Insert a cent sign (¢).	Ctrl+'+<char>     Insert a character with an accent (acute) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented é you would use Ctrl+'+e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark, use the opposite accent mark, often found on the tilde key.
Ctrl+Shift+*    View or hide non printing characters.	Ctrl+<left arrow>             Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl+<right arrow>   Moves one word to the right.	Ctrl+<up arrow>               Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl+<down arrow>  Moves to the end of the paragraph.	Ctrl+Del                Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl+Backspace            Deletes word to left of cursor.	Ctrl+End
Moves the cursor to the end of the document.	Ctrl+Home
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.	Ctrl+Spacebar
Reset highlighted text to the default font.	Ctrl+1
Single-space lines.	Ctrl+2
Double-space lines.	Ctrl+5
1.5-line spacing.	Ctrl+Alt+1            Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl+Alt+2       Changes text to heading 2.	Ctrl+Alt+3            Changes text to heading 3.
Alt+Ctrl+F2    Open new document.	Ctrl+F1  Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl+F2              Display the print preview.	Ctrl+Shift+>        Increases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+<   Decreases the selected text size by one font size.	Ctrl+Shift+F6      Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl+Shift+F12             Prints the document.	F1           Open help.
F4          Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).	F5           Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.
F7          Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.	F12         Save As.
Shift+F3            Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.	Shift+F7               Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.
Shift+F12         Save the open document. Like Ctrl+S.	Shift+Enter         Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift+Insert    Paste.	Shift+Alt+D         Insert the current date.
Shift+Alt+T     Insert the current time.