232 Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

Jump to: Frequently Used Shortcuts, Move the Cursor, Select text and graphics, Select text and graphics in a table, Extend a selection, Edit text and graphics, Align and format paragraphs, Set line spacing, Format characters, Insert special characters, Work with fields, Outline a document, Review a document, Print a document, Move around in a table, Resize table columns by using the ruler, Resize table columns directly in a table., Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table, Use footnotes and endnotes, Right-to-left language features, Function key shortcuts

1. Frequently Used Shortcuts

+Z or Ctrl+Z

Undo the last action

+X or Ctrl+X

Cut selected text or graphics

+C or Ctrl+C

Copy selected text or graphics to the Clipboard

+V or Ctrl+V

Paste the Clipboard contents

Option++G

Choose the Go To command (Edit menu)

Option++L

Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog box

F8

Extend a selection

+` (Grave accent)

Go to the next window

+Shift+S

Choose the Save As command (File menu).

Shift+F2

Copy selected text

Shift+F3

Change letters to uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case

Ctrl+F for Find; Ctrl+H for Find and Replace

Find or Find and Replace

+P or Ctrl+P

Print a document

Shift+F5

Move to the previous insertion point

+Shift+` (Grave accent)

Go to the previous window

Shift+F7

Open the Thesaurus pane

Shift+F8

Shrink a selection

Shift+F9

Switch between a field code and its result

+F3

Cut the selection to the Spike

+F4

Close the window

Option++R

Expand or minimize the ribbon

+Shift+F5

Edit a bookmark

Option+F7

Find the next misspelling or grammatical error. The Check spelling as you type check box must be selected (Word menu, Preferences command, Spelling and Grammar).

+Shift+L

Look up selected text on the Internet

2. Move the Cursor

Move the cursor

Some Windows keyboard shortcuts conflict with the corresponding default Mac OS keyboard shortcuts. To use these shortcuts, you may have to change your Mac keyboard settings to change the Show Desktop shortcut for the key.

Arrow Left

Move one character to the left

Arrow Right

Move one character to the right

Option+Arrow Left

Move one word to the left

Option+Arrow Right

Move one word to the right

+Arrow Up

Move one paragraph up

+Arrow Down

Move one paragraph down

Shift+Tab

Move one cell to the left (in a table)

Tab

Move one cell to the right (in a table)

Arrow Up

Move up one line

Arrow Down

Move down one line

+Arrow Right or End

Move to the end of a line

+Arrow Left or Home

Move to the beginning of a line

Page Up

Move up one screen (scrolling)

Page Down

Move down one screen (scrolling)

+Page Down

Move to the top of the next page

+Page Up

Move to the top of the previous page

+End; On a MacBook keyboard: +FN+Arrow Right

To the end of a document

+Home; On a MacBook keyboard: +FN+Arrow Left

To the beginning of a document

Shift+F5

To the previous insertion point

3. Select text and graphics

Select the first item that you want, hold down   , and then select any additional items.

Select multiple items not next to each other

Shift+Arrow Right

Select one character to the right

Shift+Arrow Left

Select one character to the left

Shift+Option+Arrow Right

Select one word to the right

Shift+Option+Arrow Left

Select one word to the left

+Shift+Arrow Right or Shift+End

Select to the end of a line

+Shift+Arrow Left or Shift+Home

Select to the beginning of a line

Shift+Arrow Down

Select one line down

Shift+Arrow Up

Select one line up

+Shift+Arrow Down

Select to the end of a paragraph

+Shift+Arrow Up

Select to the beginning of a paragraph

Shift+Page Down

Select one screen down

Shift+Page Up

Select one screen up

+Shift+Home

Select to the beginning of a document

+Shift+End

Select to the end of a document

Option++Shift+Page Down

Select to the end of a window

+A

Select to select the entire document

+Shift+F8 , and then use the arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode.

Select to a vertical block of text

F8 , and then use the arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode.

Select to a specific location in a document

4. Select text and graphics in a table

Tab

Select the next cell's contents

Shift+Tab

Select the preceding cell's contents

Hold down Shift and press an arrow key repeatedly.

Extend a selection to adjacent cells

Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down Shift and press the Arrow Up or Arrow Down key repeatedly.

Select a column

+Shift+F8 , and then use the arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode.

Extend a selection (or block)

Shift+F8

Reduce the selection size

Select the first item that you want, hold down   , and then select any additional items.

Select multiple cells, columns, or rows that are not next to each other

5. Extend a selection

F8

Turn on extend mode

F8, Arrow Left

Select the nearest character to the left

F8, Arrow Right

Select the nearest character to the right

Press F8 repeatedly to expand the selection to the entire word, sentence, paragraph, section, and document.

Expand a selection

Shift+F8

Reduce the size of a selection

Esc

Turn off extend mode

6. Edit text and graphics

+C or F3

Copy text or graphics

+Shift+C

Copy a style

+Shift+V

Paste a style

Ctrl+Option+C

Copy text or graphics to the Scrapbook

+X or F2

Cut selected text to the clipboard

+X or F2 (then move the cursor and press  +V or F4 )

Move text or graphics

Option+F3

Create AutoText

+Option+Shift+V

Insert AutoText

+V or F4

Paste the Clipboard contents

+Ctrl+V

Paste special

+Option+Shift+V

Paste and match the formatting of the surrounding text

+Shift+F3

Paste the Spike  contents

Delete

Delete one character to the left

+Delete

Delete one word to the left

or Clear

Delete one character to the right

+

Delete one word to the right

+X or F2

Cut selected text to the Clipboard

+Z

Undo the last action

+Y

Redo the last action

+F3

Cut to the Spike

7. Align and format paragraphs

+E

Center a paragraph

+J

Justify a paragraph

+L

Left-align a paragraph

+R

Right-align a paragraph

Ctrl+Shift+M

Indent a paragraph from the left

+Shift+M

Remove a paragraph indent from the left

+T

Create a hanging indent

+Shift+T

Remove a hanging indent

+Option+K

Start AutoFormat

+Shift+N

Apply the Normal style

+Option+1

Apply the Heading 1 style

+Option+2

Apply the Heading 2 style

+Option+3

Apply the Heading 3 style

+Shift+L

Apply the List style when the cursor is at the beginning of a line

Option+Spacebar

Insert a nonbreaking space

8. Set line spacing

+1

Set lines as single-spaced

+2

Set lines as double-spaced

+5

Set lines as 1.5-line spacing

+0 (zero)

Add or remove one line of space directly preceding a paragraph

9. Format characters

+Shift+F

Change the font

+Shift+>

Increase the font size

+Shift+<

Decrease the font size

+

Increase the font size by 1 point

+

Decrease the font size by 1 point

+D

Change the formatting of characters (Font command, Format menu)

Shift+F3

Change the case of letters

+Shift+A

Format in all capital letters

+B

Apply bold formatting

+U

Apply an underline

+Shift+W

Underline words but not spaces

+Shift+D

Double-underline text

+I

Apply italic formatting

+Shift+K

Format in all small capital letters

+= (Equal sign)

Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing)

+Shift++ (Plus sign)

Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing)

+Shift+X

Apply strike-through formatting

10. Insert special characters

+F9

Insert an empty field

Shift+Return

Insert a line break

+Enter

Insert a page break

+Shift+Return

Insert a column break

+Shift+- (Hyphen)

Insert a nonbreaking hyphen

Option+G

Insert the copyright symbol

Option+R

Insert the registered trademark symbol

Option+2

Insert the trademark symbol

Option+; (Semicolon)

Insert an ellipsis

11. Work with fields

Ctrl+Shift+D

Insert a DATE field

+Option+Shift+L

Insert a LISTNUM field

Ctrl+Shift+P

Insert a PAGE field

Ctrl+Shift+T

Insert a TIME field

+F9

Insert an empty field

F9

Update selected fields

+Shift+F9

Unlink a field

Shift+F9

Switch between a field code and its result

Option+F9

Switch between all field codes and their results

Option+Shift+F9

Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results

F11

Go to the next field

Shift+F11

Go to the previous field

+F11

Lock a field

+Shift+F11

Unlock a field

12. Outline a document

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left

Promote a paragraph

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right

Demote a paragraph

+Shift+N

Demote to body text

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up

Move selected paragraphs up

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Down

Move selected paragraphs down

Ctrl+Shift++ (Plus sign)

Expand text under a heading

Ctrl+Shift+- (Minus sign)

Collapse text under a heading

Ctrl+Shift+A

Expand all body text and headings or collapse all body text

Ctrl+Shift+L

Show the first line of body text or all body text

Ctrl+Shift +

Show all headings with the specified heading level

13. Review a document

+Option+A

Insert a comment

+Shift+E

Turn track changes on or off

Home

Go to the beginning of a comment

End  (The End key is not available on all keyboards)

Go to the end of a comment

+Home

Go to the beginning of the list of comments when in the Reviewing Pane

+End

Go to the end of the list of comments when in the Reviewing Pane

14. Print a document

+P

Print a document

15. Move around in a table

Tab (If the cursor is in the last cell of a table, pressing Tab adds a new row)

Move to the next cell

Shift+Tab

Move to the preceding cell

Arrow Up or Arrow Down

Move to the preceding or next row

Ctrl+Home

Move to the first cell in the row

Ctrl+End

Move to the last cell in the row

Ctrl+Page Up

Move to the first cell in the column

Ctrl+Page Down

Move to the last cell in the column

Return

Start a new paragraph

Tab at the end of the last row.

Add a new row at the bottom of the table

Return at the beginning of the first cell

Add text before a table at the beginning of a document

+Ctrl+I

Insert a row

16. Resize table columns by using the ruler

Shift

Move a single column line; Retain table width.

+Shift

Equally resize all columns to the right; Retain table width.

Proportionally resize all columns to the right; Retain table width.

17. Resize table columns directly in a table.

No key

Move a single column line; Retain table width.

Shift

Retain column sizes to the right; Change table width.

+Shift

Equally resize all columns to the right; Retain table width.

Proportionally resize all columns to the right; Retain table width.

18. Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table

Return

Insert a new paragraph in a cell

Option+Tab

Insert a Tab character in a cell

19. Use footnotes and endnotes

+Option+F

Insert a footnote

+Option+E

Insert an endnote

20. Right-to-left language features

Ctrl++Arrow Left

Paragraph direction to right to left

Ctrl++Arrow Right

Paragraph direction to left to right

21. Function key shortcuts

F1

Undo the last action

F2

Cut selected text or graphics

F3

Copy selected text or graphics to the clipboard

F4

Paste the Clipboard contents

F5

Choose the Go To command (Edit menu)

F7

Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog box

F8

Extend a selection

F9

Update selected fields.

+F6

Go to the next window

Shift+F2

Copy selected text

Shift+F3

Change letters to uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case

Shift+F4 or +Shift+F4

Repeat a Find or Go To action

Shift+F5

Move to the previous insertion point

Shift+F7

Open the Thesaurus pane

Shift+F8

Shrink a selection

Shift+F9

Switch between a field code and its result.

Shift+F11

Go to the previous field

+F3

Cut the selection to the Spike

+F4

Close the window

+F6

Go to the next window

+F9

Insert an empty field

+F11

Lock a field

+Shift+F3

Insert the contents of the Spike

+Shift+F5

Edit a bookmark

+Shift+F7

Update linked information in a Word source document

+Shift+F8+ Arrow Key

Extend a selection as a block selection

+Shift+F9

Unlink a field

+Shift+F11

Unlock a field

Option+F3

Create an AutoText entry

Option+F7

Find the next misspelling or grammatical error

Option+F8

Run a macro

Option+F9

Switch between all field codes and their results

+Shift+L

Look up selected text on the Internet

Option+Shift+F9

Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results

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Microsoft Word Shortcuts

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