Shortcut |
Description |
Ctrl + 0 |
Toggles 6pts of spacing before paragraph. |
Ctrl + A |
Select all contents |
Ctrl + B |
Bold selection. |
Ctrl + C |
Copy selected text. |
Ctrl + D |
Open the font preferences |
Ctrl + E |
Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. |
Ctrl + F |
Open find box. |
Ctrl + I |
Italic selection. |
Ctrl + J |
Aligns the selected text to justify the screen. |
Ctrl + K |
Insert link. |
Ctrl + L |
Aligns the selected text to the left of the screen. |
Ctrl + M |
Indent the paragraph. |
Ctrl + P |
Print |
Ctrl + R |
Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. |
Ctrl + S |
Save the document. |
Ctrl + T |
Create a hanging indent. |
Ctrl + U |
Underline the selected text. |
Ctrl + V |
Paste |
Ctrl + X |
Cut selected text. |
Ctrl + Y |
Redo |
Ctrl + Z |
Undo |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Quickly create a bullet point. |
Ctrl + Shift + F |
Change the font. |
Ctrl + Shift + > |
Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts. |
Ctrl + ] |
Increase selected font +1pts. |
Ctrl + Shift + < |
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 + 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 Line Spacing |
Ctrl + 2 |
Double Line Spacing |
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 + Shift + > |
Increases the selected text size by one. |
Ctrl + Shift + < |
Decreases the selected text size by one. |
Ctrl + Shift + F6 |
Switches to another open Microsoft Word document. |
Ctrl + Shift + F12 |
Prints the document. |
F1 |
Help |
F4 |
Repeat Last Action |
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 + F7 |
Runs a Thesaurus check |
Shift + F12 |
Save the open document. Just like Ctrl + S. |
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. |