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Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts Important Keys
In this article a comprehensive list of Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts will be elaborated. Majority of these shortcuts generally applies to all the versions of Microsoft Word. But some of the shortcuts may not work on all the versions of MS Word.
Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts Important List |
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Shortcut Keys
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Description
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| Ctrl + 0 | This shortcut toggles the 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. |
| Ctrl + 1 | It is used for single-line spacing |
| Ctrl + 2 | It is used for double-line spacing |
| Ctrl + 5 | It is used for 1.5-line spacing |
| Ctrl + Alt + 1 | It changes the selected text to heading 1 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 2 | It changes the selected text to heading 2 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 3 | It changes the selected text to heading 3 |
| F1 | It Opens the Help |
| F4 | It repeats the last action performed |
| F5 | It opens the Find and Replace window in Microsoft Word |
| F7 | Spellings and grammar checking for selected item |
| F12 | Opens the Save as option to save the file in desired format |
| Ctrl + F1 | Opens the Task Pane |
| Ctrl + F2 | Shows print preview of the document |
| Ctrl + A | Select all, selects the whole content of the document |
| Ctrl + B | It makes the selected text bold |
| Ctrl + C | Copies the selected text |
| Ctrl + D | It opens the font window where various settings and options are available for font |
| Ctrl + E | Center-Aligns the selected text |
| Ctrl + F | It opens the find box for searching the document |
| Ctrl + I | It changes the style of selected text to italic |
| Ctrl + J | It aligns the selected text to justify the screen on both sides (left and right) |
| Ctrl + K | It inserts a hyperlink in the document |
| Ctrl + L | Left-aligns the selected text |
| Ctrl + M | Indents the paragraph |
| Ctrl + N | It opens a new blank document window |
| Ctrl + O | It opens the Open File dialogue box used to open a file |
| Ctrl + P | Print the document, It opens the print window |
| Ctrl + R | Right-aligns the selected text |
| Ctrl + S | It saves the document. If the document is new, location and name is selected for document, and if the document already exists then it simply saves the changes if made any. |
| Ctrl + T | It is used for hanging indent |
| Ctrl + U | It makes the selected text underlined |
| Ctrl + V | Paste the content that has been already copied or cut |
| Ctrl + W | It closes the currently opened active window |
| Ctrl + X | It cuts the selected text |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo the last action performed |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo the last action performed |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | It increases the size of selected text by one |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | It decreases the size of selected text by one |
| Ctrl + ] | It Increases the selected font size by 1pts |
| Ctrl + [ | It decreases the selected font size by 1pts |
| Ctrl + Shift + L | It creates the bullet points |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Change the font of the text |
| Ctrl + / + c | Quickly insert the cent (¢) sign |
| Ctrl + Shift + * | Shows or hide the characters that are not printed (non printing characters) |
| Ctrl + left-arrow | Moves the cursor one word to the left |
| Ctrl + right-arrow | Moves the cursor one word to the right |
| Ctrl + up-arrow | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line or paragraph |
| Ctrl + down-arrow | Moves the cursor to the end of the line or paragraph |
| Ctrl + Del | Deletes one word to right side of the cursor |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Deletes one word to left side of the cursor |
| Ctrl + Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document |
| Ctrl + End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Reset the font of selected text to default |
| Shift + F3 | Toggles the case of the text, uppercase, lowercase, and first letter capital of every word |
| Shift + F12 | Save the document (Similar with Ctrl + S) |
| Shift + Alt + D | Insert the current date in the document |
| Shift + Alt + T | Insert the current time in the document |
