Arrow Keys

Move one character to left/right or one line up/down

Ctrl+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Move one word to the left/ to the right

Home/End

Jump to beginning/ to end of the line

Ctrl+Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Jump to next/ to previous paragraph

Page Down/Page Up

Jump up one screen/ down one screen

Ctrl+Alt+Page Up/Page Down

Jump to beginning/ end of the screen

Ctrl+Home/End

Jump to beginning/ to end of document

Ctrl+G or F5

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

Alt+Ctrl+Z

Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places)

Shift+F5

Go to the last change or revision. Also works after opening document.

Ctrl+Shift+F5

Set, go to and edit bookmarks

Shift+Arrow Keys

Select/ extend selection by one character left/ right or one line up/ down

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right

Select/ extend selection by one word

Shift+Home/End

Select/ extend selection to beginning/ to end of the line

Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Select/ extend selection by one paragraph up/ down

Shift+Page Up/Page Down

Select/ extend selection up one screen/ down one screen

Shift+Ctrl+Alt+Page Up/Page Down

Jump to beginning/ end of the screen

Ctrl+A

Select All

Click left of line

Select line

Double-click left of line

Select paragraph

Triple-click left of line

Select document

Double-click on word

Select word

Triple-click on word

Select paragraph

F8

Set extended selection mode; use arrow keys

2x F8

Select word, then press Escape to exit selection mode.

3x F8

Select sentence , then press Escape to exit selection mode

4x F8

Select paragraph, then press Escape to exit selection mode

5x F8

Select document, then press Escape to exit selection mode

Shift+F8

Go backwards in extending selection

Esc

Exit selection mode

Press and hold Alt+left-drag mouse

Select vertically

Ctrl+Shift+F8, then arrow keys

Select vertically

Delete

Delete character to the right of cursor

Ctrl+Delete

Delete word to the right of cursor

Backspace

Delete character to the left of cursor

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete word to the left of cursor

Alt+Shift+F or Ctrl+D

Open the Font dialog box (or Font Dialog box if you prefer to memorize D)

Ctrl+Space

Clear most formatting from selection (bold, underline, italic, color, etc)

Ctrl+Shift+N

Apply Normal style

Ctrl+Shift+8

Toggle display of hidden formatting symbols

Ctrl+B

Apply/remove Bold

Ctrl+I

Apply/remove Italic

Ctrl+U

Apply/remove Underline

Ctrl+Shift+D

Apply/remove Double-underline

Ctrl+Shift+W

Apply/remove Words underline (only words, no spaces)

Shift+F3

Change text between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Ctrl+Shift+A

Apply/remove Capitalization format

Ctrl+Shift+K

Apply/remove Small Caps format

Ctrl+=

Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl+Shift+=

Apply/remove superscript

Ctrl+[/]

Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl+Shift+</>

Decrease / Increase font size one value as defined in font style

Shift+F1

Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Ctrl+Alt+H

Apply/remove text Highlight to selection

Ctrl+Shift+H

Hide selected text; e.g. for sharing and letting others focus on specific sections in a document only. Not a security feature.

Ctrl+A, then Ctrl+D, then 2x Alt+H

Show all hidden text via Select All, Font Dialog, remove Hidden text format

H, FF

Change Font Face, then start typing for autocomplete, or Alt+Arrow Down to open drop down

H, FS

Change Font Size, type number and hit Enter

H, FC

Change Font Color. Press Escape, then Enter to apply current color

Alt+H+4

Apply strikethrough formatting

Ctrl+R

Right-align selected text

Ctrl+L

Left-align selected text

Ctrl+J

Justify-align selected text (straight edges on both sides)

Ctrl+E

Center-align selected text

Ctrl+M

Indent Text (Move text to the right)

Ctrl+Shift+M

Outdent Text

Ctrl+T

Create/ increase hanging indent

Ctrl+Shift+T

Remove/ decrease hanging indent

Ctrl+0

Toggle spacing before paragraph

Ctrl+1

Single line spacing

Ctrl+2

Double line spacing

Ctrl+5

Apply line spacing of 1.5

Alt+Ctrl+1

Apply Heading 1 style

Alt+Ctrl+2

Apply Heading 2 style

Alt+Ctrl+3

Apply Heading 3 style

Alt+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left

Promote / demote Headings

Ctrl+Shift+S

Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

Ctrl+Z

Undo previous action (up to 100 by default; limit can be changed)

Ctrl+Y

Redo undone action

F4

Repeat action

Ctrl+C

Copy selected content to clipboard

Ctrl+X

Cut selected content to clipboard

Ctrl+V

Paste clipboard content into document

Alt+H, VT

Paste text only via Home Ribbon, Paste (V), Text only

Ctrl+Shift+C

Copy format of selection into Format Clipboard

Ctrl+Shift+V

Paste format to selection from Format Clipboard

Ctrl+F3

Cut text into to Spike (additive clipboard). Add as many non-adjacent areas as desired

Ctrl+Shift+F3

Paste text from Spike and reset Spike

Shift+Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Move current paragraph or (if selected) multiple paragraphs in text. Cannot move part of paragraph with this

Ctrl+Drag

Move selected text

F2, move cursor to new location, then enter

Moves selected text to new location

Shift+F2, move cursor to new location, then enter

Copies selected text to new location

Alt+Ctrl+C

Insert Copyright symbol

Alt+Ctrl+T

Insert Ttrademark symbol

Alt+Ctrl+R

Insert Registered Trademark symbol

Alt+Ctrl+E

Insert Euro Currency symbol

Alt+Ctrl+.

Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt, then n,u

Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Ctrl+Shift+Space

Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl+Shift+- (Hyphen)

Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl+-

Insert optional hyphen

Type character code and press Alt+X

Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Alt+character code on numeric keyboard

Insert ANSI character

Ctrl+K

Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl+H

Open classic find and replace window

Ctrl+H, then Alt+D

Open classic find window

Alt+F

Find next

Shift+F4

Repeat last find after closing find window

Ctrl+Tab

Jump between find menu and document

Alt+Space, Arrow keys and Enter

Move find menu window

Esc

Close traditional search window if active

Ctrl+F

Open (new) search menu in navigation task pane

Alt,W,K

Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

Ctrl+N

Create new document

Ctrl+O

Open document

Ctrl+W

Close document (Close Window)

Ctrl+S

Save document

F12

Save document as

Alt, then F, R

Open Recent (File, Recent)

Ctrl+P

Go to Print document/ print preview

Ctrl+P, then Enter

Print document

Ctrl+mouse wheel

Zoom in/ zoom out in preview

Page Up/Page Down

Up a page/ down a page in preview

Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End

Jump to beginning/ end of document in preview

Esc

Exit print preview and return to document

Alt+Ctrl+S

Toggle Split of document window

Ctrl+scroll mouse up/down

Zoom in/ out

Alt then w, q

Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

Alt+Ctrl+O

Switch to Outline view

Alt+Ctrl+P

Switch to Print Layout view

Alt+Ctrl+N

Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Ctrl+F6

Switch forward to next open Word documents (easier than Alt+Tab as only word documents are iterated)

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Switch backwards to previous open Word documents (easier than Alt+Tab as only word documents are iterated)

Alt+Shift+D

Insert current Date field

Alt+Shift+T

Insert current Tate field

Alt+Shift+P

Insert Page number field

Alt+Shift+O

Insert Table of Content field

Alt+Shift+X

Insert Index field

Alt+Shift+L

Insert LISTNUM field

Alt+F9

Toggle show/ hide fields

F9

Update all fields

F11/Shift+F11

Go to next/ go to previous field

Ctrl+F11

Lock field

Ctrl+Shift+F11

Unlock field

Ctrl+Shift+O

Switch to Outline View

Tab/Shift+Tab

Promote / Demote a paragraph (or Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right)

Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down

Move selected paragraphs up / down

Ctrl+Shift+N

Demote to body text (set style to normal)

Alt+Shift+plus /-

Expand / Collapse text under a heading

Alt+Shift+A

Expand or collapse all text or headings

/ key on the numeric keypad

Hide or display character formatting

Alt+Shift+L

Show the first line of body text or all body text

Alt+Shift+1

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style

Alt+Shift+N

Show all headings up to Heading n

Ctrl+Tab

Insert a tab character

Arrow Down/Arrow Up

Jump one row down / one row up

Tab/Shift+Tab

Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Alt+Home/Alt+End

Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt+Page Up/Alt+Page Down

Jump to first row / jump to last row

Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctrl+Arrow Right

One cell to the left / to the right

Shift+End

Select current table cell

end, then shift+Home

Select content of current table cell

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly

Extend selection to adjacent cells

Ctrl+Shift+f8, then press

Extend selection or block

Alt+5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)

Select an entire table

Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Alt+Shift+Arrow Down

Move current row up or down

In first column, press shift+End

Select row*

In first row press Alt+Shift+Page Down

Select column

Shift+Delete

Delete columns with columns selected