MS Word Shortcuts

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys.

83 shortcuts
Shortcut Action Description
Alt+Ctrl+1 Endnote Insert endnote.
Alt+Ctrl+2 Footnote Insert footnote.
Ctrl+- Non-breaking Dash Insert non-breaking dash.
Ctrl+0 (zero) Add/Remove Space Before Add or remove 12pt space before paragraph.
Ctrl+1 Single Spacing Single line spacing.
Ctrl+2 Double Spacing Double line spacing.
Ctrl+5 1.5 Spacing 1.5 line spacing.
Ctrl+= Subscript Format as subscript.
Ctrl+A Select All Select all content in document.
Ctrl+Alt+1 Heading 1 Apply Heading 1 style.
Ctrl+Alt+2 Heading 2 Apply Heading 2 style.
Ctrl+Alt+3 Heading 3 Apply Heading 3 style.
Ctrl+Alt+K AutoText Insert AutoText entry.
Ctrl+B Bold Bold selected text.
Ctrl+C Copy Copy selected text or object.
Ctrl+D Font Dialog Open font dialog.
Ctrl+Down Arrow Next Paragraph Move to next paragraph.
Ctrl+E Center Align Center align text.
Ctrl+Enter Page Break Insert page break.
Ctrl+F Find Find text in document.
Ctrl+F2 Print Preview Open print preview.
Ctrl+G Go To Go to a specific page or location.
Ctrl+H Replace Find and replace text.
Ctrl+I Italic Italicize selected text.
Ctrl+J Justify Justify text.
Ctrl+K Insert Hyperlink Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L Left Align Left align text.
Ctrl+Left Arrow Previous Word Move one word to the left.
Ctrl+N New Document Create a new blank document.
Ctrl+O Open Open an existing document.
Ctrl+P Print Print the document.
Ctrl+Page Down Next Edit Go to next edit location.
Ctrl+Page Up Previous Edit Go to previous edit location.
Ctrl+Q Quit Quit Microsoft Word.
Ctrl+R Right Align Right align text.
Ctrl+Right Arrow Next Word Move one word to the right.
Ctrl+S Save Save the document.
Ctrl+Shift+- Non-breaking Hyphen Insert non-breaking hyphen.
Ctrl+Shift+< Decrease Font Size Decrease font size.
Ctrl+Shift+= Superscript Format as superscript.
Ctrl+Shift+> Increase Font Size Increase font size.
Ctrl+Shift+A All Caps Toggle all caps.
Ctrl+Shift+C Copy Formatting Copy formatting only.
Ctrl+Shift+D Double Underline Apply double underline.
Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow Select Paragraph Down Select paragraph down.
Ctrl+Shift+End Select to End Select text from cursor to end.
Ctrl+Shift+Enter Column Break Insert column break.
Ctrl+Shift+F3 Insert Building Block Insert building block.
Ctrl+Shift+G Word Count Open word count dialog.
Ctrl+Shift+H Hidden Text Toggle hidden text.
Ctrl+Shift+Home Select to Beginning Select text from cursor to beginning.
Ctrl+Shift+L Bulleted List Apply bulleted list.
Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow Select One Word Left Select one word to the left.
Ctrl+Shift+M Remove Indent Remove left indent.
Ctrl+Shift+N Normal Style Apply normal style.
Ctrl+Shift+Q Symbol Insert symbol.
Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow Select One Word Right Select one word to the right.
Ctrl+Shift+S Apply Style Apply a style.
Ctrl+Shift+Soft Hyphen Optional Hyphen Insert optional hyphen.
Ctrl+Shift+Space Non-breaking Space Insert non-breaking space.
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Non-breaking Space Insert non-breaking space.
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow Select Paragraph Up Select paragraph up.
Ctrl+Shift+V Paste Formatting Paste formatting only.
Ctrl+Space Remove Paragraph Formatting Remove paragraph formatting.
Ctrl+T Hanging Indent Create hanging indent.
Ctrl+U Underline Underline selected text.
Ctrl+Up Arrow Previous Paragraph Move to previous paragraph.
Ctrl+V Paste Paste copied content.
Ctrl+W Close Close the current document.
Ctrl+X Cut Cut selected text or object.
Ctrl+Y Redo Redo the last action.
Ctrl+Z Undo Undo the last action.
Ctrl+[ Decrease Font Size Decrease font size by 1 point.
Ctrl+\ Hidden Text Show or hide hidden text.
Ctrl+] Increase Font Size Increase font size by 1 point.
End Go to End Go to end of line.
F1 Help Open Word Help.
F12 Save As Open Save As dialog.
F7 Spelling Check Check spelling and grammar.
Home Go to Beginning Go to beginning of line.
Page Down Next Page Move one screen down.
Page Up Previous Page Move one screen up.
Shift+F7 Thesaurus Open thesaurus.