Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Word keyboard shortcuts and keep it by your computer for a quick reference.


Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time.

Action ............................................................. Keystroke

• Open a file----------------------------------------- CTRL+O
• New file-------------------- ------------------------CTRL+N
• Close a file ------------------------------------------CTRL+W
• Save As ---------------------------------------------F12
• Save ------------------------------------------------CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12
• Print Preview ---------------------------------------CTRL+F2
• Print ------------------------------------------------CTRL+P
• Show/Hide paragraph symbols ----------------------CTRL+*
• Spelling and grammar------------------------------- F7
• Help ------------------------------------------------ F1
• Find ------------------------------------------------CTRL+F
• Replace ---------------------------------------------CTRL+H
• Go To---------------------------------------------- CTRL+G

Cursor movement

• Select all - entire document-------------------------------- CTRL+A
• Select from cursor to beginning of line ----------------------SHIFT+Home
• Select from cursor to end of line --------------------------- SHIFT+END
• Go to beginning of line -------------------------------------HOME
• Go to end of line -------------------------------------------END
• Go to beginning of document------------------------------ CTRL+Home
• Go to end of document ------------------------------------CTRL+End

Formatting

• Cut ----------------------------------------------------- CTRL+X
• Copy---------------------------------------------------- CTRL+C
• Paste ---------------------------------------------------CTRL+V
• Undo---------------------------------------------------- CTRL+Z
• Redo ----------------------------------------------------CTRL+Y
• Format painter -----------------------------------------CTRL+SHIFT+C
• Left alignment -------------------------------------------CTRL+L
• Center alignment ---------------------------------------CTRL+E
• Right alignment -----------------------------------------CTRL+R
• Justified ------------------------------------------------CTRL+J
• Delete previous word -----------------------------------CTRL+Backspace
• Apply bulleted list --------------------------------------CTRL+SHIFT+L
• Indent------------------------------------------------- CTRL+M
• Page break --------------------------------------------CTRL+Enter

Text Style

• Font face--------------------------------------------- CTRL+SHIFT+F
• Font size ---------------------------------------------CTRL+SHIFT+P
• Bold-------------------------------------------------- CTRL+B
• Italics ------------------------------------------------CTRL+I
• Underline -------------------------------------------- CTRL+U
• Double underline ------------------------------------CTRL+SHIFT+D
• Word underline--------------------------------------- CTRL+SHIFT+W
• All caps --------------------------------------------- CTRL+SHIFT+A
• Change case -------------------------------------------SHIFT+F3
• Subscript -------------------------------------------- CTRL+=
• Superscript------------------------------------------ CTRL+SHIFT+=
• Make web hyperlink---------------------------------- CTRL+K
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Tables

• Go to next cell --------------------------------------------------Tab
• Go to previous cell ----------------------------------------------SHIFT+Tab
• Go to beginning of column --------------------------------------ALT+PageUp
• Highlight to beginning of column--------------------------------ALT+SHIFT+PageUp
• Go to end of column --------------------------------------------ALT+PageDown
• Highlight to end of column --------------------------------------ALT+SHIFT+PageDown
• Go to beginning of row ------------------------------------------ALT+Home
• Highlight to beginning of row -----------------------------------ALT+SHIFT+Home
• Go to end of row ------------------------------------------------ALT+End
• Highlight to end of row ----------------------------------------ALT+SHIFT+End
• Column break-------------------------------------------------- CTRL+SHIFT+Enter
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Miscellaneous

• Copyright symbol ------------------------------------ © ALT+CTRL+C
• Date field ---------------------------------------------ALT+SHIFT+D
• Go to footnotes---------------------------------------- ALT+CTRL+F
• Show/Hide -------------------------------------------¶ CTRL+SHIFT+8
• Thesaurus ---------------------------------------------SHIFT+F7