USEFUL MS-WORD SHORTCUTS

# KEY BOARD COMMENT ACTION RESULT

1 Ctrl + Shift + A All Caps Makes the selection all capitals (toggle)
2 Alt + Ctrl + 1 Apply Heading1 Applies Heading 1 style to the selected text
3 Alt + Ctrl + 2 Apply Heading2 Applies Heading 2 style to the selected text
4 Alt + Ctrl + 3 Apply Heading3 Applies Heading 3 style to the selected text
5 Ctrl + Shift + L Apply ListBullet Applies List Bullet style to the selected text
6 Alt + F10 App Maximize Enlarges the application window to full size
7 Alt + F5 App Restore Restores the application window to normal size
8 Ctrl+B Bold Makes the selection bold (toggle)
9 Ctrl + PgDn Browse Next Jump to the next browse object
10 Ctrl + PgUp Browse Prev Jump to the previous browse object
11 Alt + Ctrl + Home Browse Sel Select the next/prev browse object
12 Esc Cancel Terminates an action
13 Ctrl+E Center Para Centers the paragraph between the indents
14 Shift+F3 Change Case Changes the case of the letters in the selection
15 Left arrow Char Left Moves the insertion point to the left one character
16 Shift + Left arrow Char Left Extend Extends the selection to the left one character
17 Rt arrow Char Right Moves the insertion point to the right one character
18 Shift + Rt arrow Char Right Extend Extends the selection to the right one character
Closes the active window pane (if you are in Normal View and have, for example,
19 Alt + Shift + C Close Pane
the Footnote pane open)
20 Ctrl +Shift+C Copy Format Copies the formatting of the selection
Alt+Drag (or press Ctrl + Shift +
21 F8 & drag, but Alt + Drag is far Column Select Selects a columnar block of text
easier!)
22 Shift + F2 Copy Text Makes a copy of the selection without using the clipboard (press Return to paste)

23 Alt + F3 Create Auto Text Adds an AutoText entry to the active template
24 Ctrl+ Backspace Delete Back Word Deletes the previous word without putting it on the Clipboard

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25 Ctrl + Del Delete Word Deletes the next word without putting it on the Clipboard
Prompts to save the document and then closes the active window. (But doesn't
26 Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 Doc Close
intercept the menu command)
27 Ctrl + F10 Doc Maximize Enlarges the active window to full size
28 Ctrl + F7 Doc Move Changes the position of the active window
29 Ctrl + F5 Doc Restore Restores the window to normal size
30 Ctrl + F8 Doc Size Changes the size of the active window

31 Alt + Ctrl + S Doc Split Splits the active window horizontally and then adjusts the split

32 Alt + Shift + F9 Do Field Click Executes the action associated with macrobutton fields
33 Ctrl + Shift + D Double Underline Double underlines the selection (toggle)
34 Alt R, G Draw Group Groups the selected drawing objects
35 Alt R, I Draw Snap To Grid Sets up a grid for aligning drawing objects
36 Alt R, U Draw Un group Ungroups the selected group of drawing objects
37 Ctrl+Shift+F5 (Or: Alt I, K) Edit Bookmark Brings up the bookmark dialog
38 Ctrl+C Edit Copy Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard
39 Ctrl+X Edit Cut Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard
Performs a forward delete or removes the selection without putting it on
40 Del Edit Clear
the Clipboard
41 Ctrl+F Edit Find Finds the specified text or the specified formatting
42 F5, Ctrl+G Edit GoTo Jumps to a specified place in the active document
43 Alt E, K Edit Links Allows links to be viewed, updated, opened, or removed
44 Ctrl+V Edit Paste Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point
Inserts the Clipboard contents as a linked object, embedded object, or
45 Alt E, S Edit Paste Special
other format
46 Alt + Shift + Backspc Edit Redo Redoes the last action that was undone
Repeats the last command, or redoes the last action that was undone
(unfortunately, doesn't work for as many commands in Word 2000 as in
47 F4 Edit Redo Or Repeat
Word 97 and below, but this is still one of Word's most useful shortcuts, if
not the most useful)

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48 Ctrl+H Edit Replace Finds the specified text or the specified formatting and replaces it

49 Ctrl+A Edit SelectAll Selects the entire document

50 Ctrl+Z Edit Undo Reverses the last action
Alt + PageDn (to select to end of
51 End Of Column Moves to the last cell in the current table column
column, use Alt + Shift + PgDn)
52 Ctrl+Shift+End EndOf Doc Extend Extends the selection to the end of the last line of the document

53 Ctrl+End End Of Document Moves the insertion point to the end of the last line of the document

54 End End Of Line Moves the insertion point to the end of the current line
55 Shift+End End Of Line Extend Extends the selection to the end of the current line
56 Alt+End End Of Row Moves to the last cell in the current row

57 Alt + Ctrl + PgDn End Of Window Moves the insertion point to the end of the last visible line on the screen

58 Shift + Alt + Ctrl + PgDn End Of Window Extend Extends the selection to the end of the last visible line on the screen
Turns on extend selection mode and then expands the selection with the
59 F8 (press Esc to turn off) Ext end Selection
direction keys
Closes the current document, or if no documents are open, quits Word.
60 Alt + F4 (<9>) File Close Or Exit Horrible command, as it makes it a long winded business to quit Word.
But there's a simple solution - assign Alt+F4 to FileExit instead.
Quits Microsoft Word and prompts to save the documents (does intercept
61 Alt + F4 (Word 97) File Exit the menu item, but not the keyboard shortcut, or the x button. An
AutoExit macro is usually a better way of intercepting this).
Creates a new document or template (brings up the dialog). Note that: Word
pretends that Ctrl+N is assigned to FileNew but it isn't, it's assigned to
FileNewDefault You can fix this in Word 2000 by assigning Ctrl+N to the
62 NOT Ctrl+N!! File New FileNewDialog command. In Word 97 the only way to fix it is to create a macro
called FileNew (to do this, press Alt + F8, type "FileNew" without the quotes and
Click "Create". The macro will automatically contain the code needed to make it
work).
63 Ctrl+N File New Default Creates a new document based on the Normal template.
64 Ctrl+O File Open Opens an existing document or template
65 Alt F, U File Page Setup Changes the page setup of the selected sections
66 Ctrl + P FilePrint Prints the active document (brings up the dialog)

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67 Ctrl+F2 File Print Preview Displays full pages as they will be printed
68 Alt F, I File Properties Shows the properties of the active document
69 Ctrl+S File Save FileSave
70 Alt F, A (or F12) File Save As Saves a copy of the document in a separate file (brings up the dialog)
71 Ctrl+Shift+F Font Activates the Fonts listbox on the formatting toolbar
72 Ctrl+Shift+P Font Size Select Activates the Font Size drop-down on the formatting toolbar
Automatically formats a document (or sometimes, automatically screws it
73 Alt + Ctrl + K Format Auto Format
up)
Changes the borders and shading of the selected paragraphs, table cells,
74 Alt O, B Format Borders & Shading
and pictures

75 Alt O, E Format Change Case Changes the case of the letters in the selection

76 Alt O, C Format Columns Changes the column format of the selected sections (brings up the dialog)
Formats the first character of current paragraph as a dropped capital
77 Alt O, D Format Drop Cap
(must select it first)
78 Ctrl+D Format Font Brings up the Format + Font dialog
Links the current header/footer to the previous section (but does not
79 Alt + Shift + R Format Header Footer Link
intercept the button on the Header Footer toolbar)
80 Alt O, P Format Paragraph Brings up the Format Paragraph dialog
81 Alt O, S Format Style Applies, creates, or modifies styles
82 Alt O, T Format Tabs Brings up the Format Tabs dialog
Returns to the previous insertion point (goes back to up to 3 points, then
83 Shift + F5 Go Back
returns to where you started; this is one of the most useful shortcuts of
84 Ctrl + > Grow Font Increases the font size of the selection
85 Ctrl + ] Grow Font One Point Increases the font size of the selection by one point
86 Ctrl + T (or drag the ruler) Hanging Indent Increases the hanging indent
87 F1 Help Microsoft Word Help
Lets you get help on a command or screen region or examine text
88 Shift + F1 Help Tool
properties
89 Ctrl + Shift + H Hidden Makes the selection hidden text (toggle)

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 # KEY BOARD COMMENT ACTION RESULT

90 Click on it Hyper link Open Connect to a hyperlink's address

91 Ctrl + M (or drag the ruler) Indent Moves the left indent to the next tab stop
92 Alt + Ctrl + M (or Alt I, M) Insert Annotation Inserts a comment
93 F3 InsertAutoText Replaces the name of the AutoText entry with its contents
94 Alt I, B InsertBreak Ends a page, column, or section at the insertion point
95 Alt I, C InsertCaption Inserts a caption above or below a selected object
96 Ctrl + Shift + Return Insert Column Break Inserts a column break at the insertion point
97 Alt + Shift + D InsertDateField Inserts a date field
Inserts an endnote reference at the insertion point without displaying the
98 Alt + Ctrl + D Insert End note Now
dialog
99 Alt I, F Insert Field Inserts a field in the active document
100 Ctrl+F9 Insert Field Chars Inserts an empty field with the enclosing field characters
101 Alt I, L Insert File Inserts the text of another file into the active document
102 Alt I, N Insert Foot note Inserts a footnote or endnote reference at the insertion point
103 Alt + Ctrl + F Insert Foot note Now Inserts a footnote reference at the insertion point without displaying the dialog

104 Ctrl + K Insert Hyper link Insert Hyperlink

105 Alt I, D Insert Index & Tables Inserts an index or a table of contents, figures, or authorities into the document

106 Alt + Ctrl + L Insert List Num Field Inserts a ListNum Field
Brings up a dialog to insert a mail merge field at the insertion point. (It does not
107 Alt + Shift + F Insert Merge Field
intercept the button on the Mail merge. toolbar)
108 Ctrl + Return Insert Page Break Inserts a page break at the insertion point
109 Alt + Shift + P Insert Page Field Inserts a page number field

110 Ctrl + Shift + F3 Insert Spike Empties the spike AutoText entry and inserts all of its contents into the document

111 Alt + Shift + T Insert Time Field Inserts a time field

112 Ctrl + I Italic Makes the selection italic (toggle)
113 Ctrl + J Justify Para Aligns the paragraph at both the left and the right indent

114 Ctrl + L Left Para Aligns the paragraph at the left indent

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 # KEY BOARD COMMENT ACTION RESULT

115 Down arrow Line Down Moves the insertion point down one line
116 Shift + down arrow Line Down Extend Extends the selection down one line
117 Up arrow Line Up Moves the insertion point up one line
118 Shift + up arrow Line Up Extend Extends the selection up one line
119 Ctrl + F11 Lock Fields Locks the selected fields to prevent updating
120 Alt + Shift + K Mail Merge Check Checks for errors in a mail merge
121 Alt+Shift+E Mail Merge Edit Data Source Lets you edit a mail merge data source
122 Alt + Shift + N Mail Merge To Doc Collects the results of the mail merge in a document
123 Alt Shift + M Mail Merge To Printer Sends the results of the mail merge to the printer
124 Alt + Shift + I Mark Citation Marks the text you want to include in the table of authorities
125 Alt + Shift + X Mark Index Entry Marks the text you want to include in the index
Mark Table Of Contents Inserts a TC field (but it is far better to use Heading Styles to generate your Table
126 Alt + Shift + O
Entry of Contents instead)
127 Alt or F10 MenuMode Makes the menu bar active
Starts or switches to Microsoft Development Environment application, allowing
128 Alt + Shift + F11 MicrosoftScriptEdit or you to view the HTML/XML source code that would be behind the document if it
were in ..htm format (or that is behind it if it already is in .htm format).
129 Alt + Ctrl + F1 MicrosoftSystemInfo Execute the Microsoft System Info application
Moves the selection to a specified location without using the clipboard
130 F2 MoveText
(press Return to execute the more)
131 Tab NextCell Moves to the next table cell
132 F11 NextField Moves to the next field
133 Alt + F7 NextMisspelling Find next spelling error
134 Alt + down arrow NextObject Moves to the next object on the page
Switches to the next document window, equivalent to selecting a
135 Ctrl + F6 NextWindow
document from the Window menu.
136 Ctrl+Shift+N NormalStyle Applies the Normal style
137 Ctrl + 0 OpenOrCloseUpPara Sets or removes extra spacing above the selected paragraph
Switches to another window pane in Normal View (for instance, if you
138 F6 OtherPane have if you have a Footnotes pane open in Normal view and want to
switch to the main document and back without closing the pane).

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139 Alt + _ OutlineCollapse Collapses an Outline in Outline View by one level

140 Alt+Shift+rt arrow OutlineDemote Demotes the selected paragraphs one heading level
141 Alt + + OutlineExpand Expands an Outline in Outline View by one level
142 Alt+Shift+down arrow OutlineMoveDown Moves the selection below the next item in the outline
143 Alt+Shift+up arrow OutlineMoveUp Moves the selection above the previous item in the outline
144 Alt+Shift+left arrow OutlinePromote Promotes the selected paragraphs one heading level
Toggles between showing the first line of each paragraph only or showing
145 Alt + Shift + L Outline Show First Line
all of the body text in the outline
146 Ins Overtype Toggles the typing mode between replacing and inserting

147 PgDn Page Down Moves the insertion point and document display to the next screen of text

Extends the selection and changes the document display to the next
148 Shift+ PgDn PageDownExtend
screen of text
Moves the insertion point and document display to the previous screen of
149 PgUp Page Up
text
Extends the selection and changes the document display to the previous
150 Shift + PgUp Page Up Extend
screen of text
151 Ctrl + down arrow Para Down Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
152 Shift + Ctrl + down arrow ParaDown Extend Extends the selection to the beginning of the next paragraph
153 Ctrl + up arrow ParaUp Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
154 Shift + Ctrl + up arrow Para Up Extend Extends the selection to the beginning of the previous paragraph
155 Ctrl+Shift+V Paste Format Applies the previously copied formatting to selection
156 Shift + Tab Prev Cell Moves to the previous table cell
157 Shift + F11 Prev Field Moves to the previous field
158 Alt + up arrow Prev Object Moves to the previous object on the page
159 Ctrl + Shift + F6 Prev Window Switches back to the previous document window
160 Sfift+F4 Repeat Find Repeats Go To or Find to find the next occurrence
161 Ctrl+Spacebar Reset Char Makes the selection the default character format of the applied style

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 # KEY BOARD COMMENT ACTION RESULT

162 Ctrl+Q ResetPara Makes the selection the default paragraph format of the applied style
163 Ctrl +R RightPara Aligns the paragraph at the right indent
164 Ctrl + * ShowAll Shows/hides all nonprinting characters
165 Alt + Shift + A Show All Headings Displays all of the heading levels and the body text in Outline View
166 Ctrl + < ShrinkFont Decreases the font size of the selection
167 Ctrl + [ Shrink Font OnePoint Decreases the font size of the selection by one point
168 Ctrl + Shift + K Small Caps Makes the selection small capitals (toggle)
169 Ctrl + 1 Space Para1 Sets the line spacing to single space
170 Ctrl + 5 Space Para15 Sets the line spacing to one-and-one- half space
171 Ctrl + 2 Space Para2 Sets the line spacing to double space
Deletes the selection and adds it to the "Spike" AutoText entry (which
172 Ctrl + F3 Spike
allows you to move text and graphics from nonadjacent locations)
173 Alt + PgUp StartOfColumn Moves to the first cell in the current column
174 Ctrl+Shift+Home Start Of Doc Extend Extends the selection to the beginning of the first line of the document
Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the first line of the
175 Ctrl +Home Start Of Document
document
176 Home Start Of Line Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the current line
177 Shift+Home Start Of Line Extend Extends the selection to the beginning of the current line
178 Alt+Home StartOfRow Moves to the first cell in the current row
Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the first visible line on the
179 Alt+Ctrl+PgUp StartOfWindow
screen
Extends the selection to the beginning of the first visible line on the
180 Shift+ Alt+Ctrl+PgUp Start Of Window Extend
screen
181 Strl + Shift + S Style Activates the Style drop-down on the Formatting toolbar
182 Ctrl + = Sub script Makes the selection subscript (toggle)
183 Ctrl + + Super script Makes the selection superscript (toggle)
184 Ctrl + Shift + Q Symbol Font Applies the Symbol font to the selection

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 # KEY BOARD COMMENT ACTION RESULT

185 Alt A, F Table Auto Format Applies a set of formatting to a table

186 Alt A, H Table Headings Toggles table headings attribute on and off
Alt + click (Alt + drag to select
187 Table Select Column Selects the current column in a table
Several)
188 Click in left margin Table Select Row Selects the current row in a table
189 Alt + double-click Table Select Table Selects an entire table
Updates the table formatting to match the applied Table Autoformat
190 Alt + Ctrl + U Table Update AutoFormat
settings
Shift + F9 (Alt + F9 toggles all
191 Toggle Field Display Shows the field codes or the results for the selection (toggle)
field codes on or off)
Allows you to customizes the Word user interface (menus, keyboard and
192 Alt T, C Tools Customize toolbars) and store the customizations in a template (defaults to
Normal.dot, so be careful!)
193 Alt + F8 Tools Macro Runs, creates, deletes, or revises a macro
194 F7 Tools Proofing Checks the spelling and grammar in the active document
195 Ctr.l + Shift + E Tools Revision Marks Toggle Toggles track changes for the active document
196 Shift + F7 Tools Thesaurus Finds a synonym for the selected word
197 Ctrl+U Underline Formats the selection with a continuous underline (toggle)
Ctrl + Shift + T (Or drag the
198 UnHang Decreases the hanging indent
ruler)
Ctrl + Shift + M (Or drag the
199 UnIndent Moves the left indent to the previous tab stop
ruler)
200 Ctrl+Shift+F9 Unlink Fields Permanently replaces the field codes with the results
201 Ctrl + Shift + F11 Unlock Fields Unlocks the selected fields for updating
202 F9 Update Fields Updates and displays the results of the selected fields
203 Ctrl + Shiift + F7 Update Source Copies the modified text of a linked file back to its source file
204 Hover over comment View Annotations Show or hide the comment pane
If in Normal View, opens a pane for viewing and editing the endnote
205 Dbl-click the endnote reference View End note Area (toggle). If in Page/Print Layout View, switches from the body text to the
endnote or vice versa

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 # KEY BOARD COMMENT ACTION RESULT

206 At + F9 View Field Codes Shows the field codes or results for all fields (toggle)

207 Alt V, H View Header Displays header in page layout view

208 Alt V, N (Or Alt +Ctrl +N) View Normal Changes the editing view to normal view
If in Normal View, opens a pane for viewing and editing the footnote
209 Dbl-click the footnote reference View Foot note Area (toggle). If in Page/Print Layout View, switches from the body text to the
footnote or vice versa.
If in Normal View, opens a pane for viewing and editing footnotes and
210 Alt V, F View Foot notes endnotes (toggle). If in Page/Print Layout View, switches from the body
text to the footnotes/endnotes or vice versa.
211 Alt V, O (Or Alt +Ctrl +O) View Outline Displays a document's outline
Displays the page more-or-less as it will be printed, and allows editing (In
212 Alt V, P (Or Alt +Ctrl +P) View Page Word 2000 the menu item is called Print Layout, but fortunately the
command hasn't changed.
213 Alt + F11 View VB Code Shows the VB editing environment (Tools + Macro + Visual Basic Editor)

Backward hyperlink (useful if you clicked on a page number hyperlink in

214 Alt + left arrow Web Go Back
the table of contents and then want to return to the TOC)

215 Alt + rt arrow Web Go Forward Forward hyperlink

216 Alt W, A Window Arrange All Arranges windows as non-overlapping tiles

217 Ctrl + left arrow Word Left Moves the insertion point to the left one word

218 Shift + Ctrl + left arrow Word Left Extend Extends the selection to the left one word

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