MS Word Shortcuts

Shortcut Keys	Description
CTRL + 0 (zero)	Adds or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph
CTRL + A	Selects all contents of the page
CTRL + B	Makes highlighted selection Bold
CTRL + C	Copy the selected text
CTRL + E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen
CTRL + F	Open find box
CTRL + H	Opens Find and Replace box
CTRL + I	Italic highlighted selection
CTRL + J	Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen
CTRL + K	Insert link
CTRL + L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen
CTRL + M	Indent the paragraph
CTRL + P	Open the print window
CTRL + R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen
CTRL + T	Create a hanging indent
CTRL + U	Underline highlighted selection
CTRL + V	Paste
CTRL + X	Cut selected text
CTRL + Y	Redo the last action performed (for example, you can use it to quickly insert rows in a table)
CTRL + Z	Undo last action
CTRL + SHIFT + L	Quickly create a bullet point
CTRL + SHIFT + F	Change the font
CTRL + SHIFT + >	Increases selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts
CTRL + ]	Increases selected font +1pts
CTRL + SHIFT + <	Decreases selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt
CTRL + [	Decreases selected font -1pts
CTRL + / + c	Inserts a cent sign (¢)
CTRL + ‘ + <char>	Inserts 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 + F3	Deposit copied data into Spike
CTRL + SHIFT + >	Increases the highlighted text size by one
CTRL + SHIFT + <	Decreases the highlighted text size by one
CTRL + SHIFT + F6	Opens 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 + F5	Back to Last Editing Point
SHIFT + F7	Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted
SHIFT + F12	Save
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
ALT + Mouse Drag	Used for selecting arbitrary rectangular area.