Content by Pratik Patel
Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl+0 |
Toggles 6pts
of spacing before
a 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. Just like Shift+F12. |
Ctrl+T |
Create a hanging indent. |
Ctrl+U |
Underline the selected text. |
Ctrl+V |
|
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 (grave) mark, where <char> is
the character you want.
For example, if you wanted
an accented è you would use Ctrl+'+e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent
mark, often 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. Just 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. |
You can also utilize the
mouse to perform some common actions. The following section contains examples
of mouse shortcuts.
Mouse
shortcuts |
Description |
Click, hold,
and drag |
Selects text
from where you click and hold to the point
you drag and let go. |
Double-click |
If double-clicking a word,
selects the complete word. |
Double-click |
Double-clicking
on the left, center, or right
of a blank line makes
the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned. |
Double-click |
Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line
will set a tab stop. |
Triple-click |
Selects the line or paragraph of the text
that the mouse
triple-clicked on. |
Ctrl+Mouse wheel |
Zooms in and out of document. |