Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys in
Microsoft Word. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for other
shortcut keys used in other programs.
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Shortcut
Keys
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Description
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Ctrl + 0
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Adds or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
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Ctrl + A
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Select all contents of the page.
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Ctrl + B
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Bold highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + C
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Copy selected text.
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Ctrl + E
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Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the
screen.
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Ctrl + F
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Open find box.
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Ctrl + I
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Italic highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + J
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Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
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Ctrl + K
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Insert link.
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Ctrl + L
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Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the
screen.
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Ctrl + M
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Indent the paragraph.
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Ctrl + P
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Open the print window.
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Ctrl + R
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Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the
screen.
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Ctrl + T
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Create a hanging indent.
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Ctrl + U
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Underline highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + V
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Paste.
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Ctrl + X
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Cut selected text.
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Ctrl + Y
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Redo the last action performed.
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo last action.
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Ctrl + Shift + F
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Change the font.
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Ctrl + Shift + >
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Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases
font +2pts.
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Ctrl + ]
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Increase selected font +1pts.
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Ctrl + Shift + <
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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 + ' + Insert a character with an accent (grave)
mark, where is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented
รจ you would use Ctrl + ' + e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark
use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key.
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Ctrl + Shift + *
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View or hide non printing characters.
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Ctrl + Moves
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One word to the left.
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Ctrl + Moves
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one word to the right.
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Ctrl + Moves
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to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
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Ctrl + Moves
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to the end of the paragraph.
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Ctrl + Del
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Deletes word to right of cursor.
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Ctrl + Backspace
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Deletes word to left of cursor.
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Ctrl + End
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Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
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Ctrl + Home
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Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
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Ctrl + Spacebar
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Reset highlighted text to the default font.
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Ctrl + 1
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Single-space lines.
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Ctrl + 2
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Double-space lines.
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Ctrl + 5
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1.5-line spacing.
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Ctrl + Alt + 1
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Changes text to heading 1.
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Ctrl + Alt + 2
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Changes text to heading 2.
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Ctrl + Alt + 3
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Changes text to heading 3.
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Alt + Ctrl + F2
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Open new document.
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Ctrl + F1
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Open the Task Pane.
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Ctrl + F2
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Display the print preview.
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Ctrl + Shift + >
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Increases the highlighted text size by one.
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Ctrl + Shift + <
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Decreases the highlighted text size by one.
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Ctrl + Shift + F6
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Opens to another open Microsoft Word document.
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Ctrl + Shift + F12
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Prints the document.
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F1
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Open Help.
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F4
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Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
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F5
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Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft
Word.
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F7
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Spell-check and grammar check selected text or document.
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F12
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Save as.
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Shift + F3
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Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to
lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
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Shift + F7
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Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
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Shift + F12
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Save.
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Shift + Enter
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Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
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Shift + Insert
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Paste.
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Shift + Alt + D
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Insert the current date.
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Shift + Alt + T
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Insert the current time.
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