Key Board Shortcut |
Details |
Ctrl
+ 0 |
Adds
or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. |
Ctrl
+ 1 |
Single-space lines. |
Ctrl
+ 2 |
Double-space lines. |
Ctrl
+ 5 |
1.5-line spacing. |
Ctrl
+ A |
Select
all contents of the page. |
Ctrl
+ B |
Bold highlighted
selection. |
Ctrl
+ C |
Copy selected
text. |
Ctrl
+ D |
Open
the font preferences window. |
Ctrl
+ E |
Aligns
the line or selected text to the center of the screen. |
Ctrl
+ F |
Open
find 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
+ S |
Save
the open document. Just like Shift + F12. |
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. |
Ctrl
+ Z |
Undo
last action. |
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 increases 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
+ 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
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 case from
lower upper and sentence case |
Shift
+ F7 |
Runs a Thesaurus
check on the word highlighted. |
Shift
+ F12 |
Save the open
document. Same as 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. |