Shortcuts in Microsoft Word
Posted on May 20, 2022 by Soumendra Saha
Computer Fundamentals
If you want to work faster with MS word, then you need to know all the useful shortcuts. MS Word have various shortcut keys based on the keyboard and the mouse.
Mouse Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Double click on a word | Selects the word |
| Triple click on a paragraph | Selects a Paragraph |
| Double click on any blank space | Moves the cursor to the location |
| Single Click on the blank space at the begining of a line | Selects the complete line |
Keyboard Shortcuts
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+A | Select all contents of the document. |
| Ctrl+B | Bold selected text. |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selected text. |
| Ctrl+D | Opens the font preferences window. |
| Ctrl+E | Aligns the selected text to the center of the screen. |
| Ctrl+F | Opens find window. |
| Ctrl+G | Goto |
| Ctrl+H | Replace |
| Ctrl+I | Italic selected text. |
| Ctrl+J | Aligns the selected text to justify the screen. |
| Ctrl+K | Insert a hyperlink. |
| Ctrl+L | Aligns the selected text to the left of the screen. |
| Ctrl+M | Indent a paragraph. |
| Ctrl+N | Opens a new blank document. |
| Ctrl+O | Opens the dialog box to open an existing file. |
| Ctrl+P | Opens the print window. (also Ctrl+Shift+F12) |
| Ctrl+R | Aligns the selected text to the right of the screen. |
| Ctrl+S | Save the current document. |
| Ctrl+T | Shift the hanging indent. |
| Ctrl+U | Underline the selected text. |
| Ctrl+V | Paste. |
| Ctrl+W | Close the currently active document. |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selected text. |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo the last action. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo the last action. |
| Ctrl+enter | Page Break |
| Alt+X | Show the Unicode code of a highlighted character. |
| Alt+Shift+D | Create a numbering markup for reference |
| Ctrl+Shift+A | Capitalize the selected text. |
| Ctrl+Shift+D | Double underline the selected text. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Opens Font window. |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Create a bullet point. |
| Ctrl+Shift+> | Increase font size of selected text to by 1pts up to 12pt and then increase font size by 2pts. |
| Ctrl+] | Increase selected font size by 1pts. |
| Ctrl+Shift+< | Decrease font size of selected text to by 1pts if it is below 12pt else decrease font size by 2pts. |
| 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 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 style. |
| Ctrl+1 | Change line spacing to Single-space lines. |
| Ctrl+2 | Change line spacing to Double-space lines. |
| Ctrl+5 | Change line spacing to 1.5-line. |
| Ctrl+= | Set selected text as subscript. |
| Ctrl+Shift+= | Set selected text as superscript. |
| Ctrl+Alt+T | Insert trademark (TM) symbol. |
| Ctrl+Alt+1 | Changes text to heading 1. |
| Ctrl+Alt+2 | Changes text to heading 2. |
| Ctrl+Alt+3 | Changes text to heading 3. |
| Ctrl+Alt+F2 | Open new document. |
| Ctrl+F1 | Open the Task Pane. |
| Ctrl+F2 | Display the print preview. |
| Ctrl+Shift+> | Increases the font size of selected text by 1pt. |
| Ctrl+Shift+< | Decreases the font size of selected text by 1pt. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F6 | Switches between open Microsoft Word documents. |
| F1 | Open help. |
| F5 | Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word. |
| F7 | Spellcheck and grammar check for selected text or document. |
| F12 | Opens Save As window. |
| Shift+F3 | Toggle case between uppercase / lowercase / capitalize first letter |
| Shift+Enter | Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph. |
| Shift+Alt+D | Insert the current date. |
| Shift+Alt+T | Insert the current time. |