Microsoft Word shortcut keys
Microsoft Word shortcut keys
Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys in Microsoft Word. See our main shortcut page if you're 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 + 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 + X
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Cut
selected text.
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Ctrl + P
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Open the print window.
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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 + K
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Insert link.
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Ctrl + U
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Underline highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + V
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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 + L
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Aligns the line or selected text to the
left of the screen.
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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 + R
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Aligns the line or selected text to the
right of the screen.
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Ctrl + M
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Indent the paragraph.
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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.
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Ctrl + [
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Decrease selected font -1pts.
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Ctrl + Shift + *
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View or hide non printing characters.
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Ctrl + <left arrow>
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Moves one word to the left.
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Ctrl + <right arrow>
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Moves one word to the right.
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Ctrl + <up arrow>
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Moves to the beginning of the line or
paragraph.
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Ctrl + <down arrow>
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Moves 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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Ctrl + F1
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Open the Task Pane.
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F1
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Open Help.
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Alt + Ctrl + F2
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Open new document.
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Ctrl + F2
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Display the print preview.
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Shift + F3
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Change the text in Microsoft Word from
upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
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Shift + Insert
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Paste.
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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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Ctrl + Shift + F6
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Opens to another open Microsoft Word
document.
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F7
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Spell and grammar check selected text
and/or document.
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Shift + F7
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Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
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F12
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Save as.
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Shift + F12
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Save.
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Ctrl + Shift + F12
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Prints the document.
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Alt + Shift + D
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Insert the current date.
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Alt + Shift + T
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Insert the current time.
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In addition to the above shortcut keys
users can also use their mouse as a method of quickly do something commonly
performed. Below some are examples of mouse shortcuts.
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Mouse shortcuts
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Description
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Click, hold, and drag
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Selects text from where you click and
hold to the point you drag and let go.
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Double-click
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If double-click a word, selects the
complete word.
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Double-click
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Double-clicking on the left, center, or
right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or
right aligned.
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Double-click
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Double-clicking anywhere after text on a
line will set a tab stop.
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Triple-click
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Selects the line or paragraph of the text
the mouse triple-clicked.
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Ctrl + Mouse wheel
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Zooms in and out of document.
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