General Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

 

 General Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

S/N KEY,COMBINATION, FUNCTION

1 Alt + Ctrl + 1 Applying Heading 1 style

2 Alt + Ctrl + 2  Applying Heading 2 style

3 Alt + Ctrl + 3 Applying Heading 3 style

4 Alt + End Last Cell in a row (Table work)  

5 Alt + Esc Switch to the next application.

6 Alt + F1 Toggles the tables in the document

7 Alt + F4 Close Open Window, Exit or Shut Down

8 Alt + F5 or + F10 Cascading Windows

9 Alt + F7 Automatic spelling Checker (Find next spelling mistake)

10 Alt + Home  First Cell in a row (Table work)

11 Alt + Page Down Last cell in a column (Table work)

12 Alt + Page Up  First Cell in a column (Table work)

13 Alt + Shift + D  Insert the current date

14 ALT+CTRL+-

Remove a command from a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the command is removed. You can add the menu command back to the menu if you change your mind

15 ALT+CTRL++ (plus key on numeric keypad)

Customize the shortcut key for a menu command. When you type this shortcut key and then select a menu command, the Customize Keyboard dialog box opens so you can add, change, or remove the shortcut key

16 ALT+CTRL+=

Add a toolbar button to a menu. When you type this shortcut key and then click a toolbar button, Microsoft Word adds the button to the appropriate menu. For example, click Bullets on the Formatting toolbar to add the Bullets command to the Format menu.

17 ALT+SPACEBAR  Display the title bar shortcut menu

18 Ctrl  + N Open New Document

19 Ctrl +  = Format selected text with subscript

20 Ctrl + [ or  ] Decrease  or Increase font size of the text selected

21 Ctrl + 0 Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

22 Ctrl + 1 Single Space Paragraph Line Format

23 Ctrl + 2 Double Space Paragraph Line Format

24 Ctrl + 5 1.5 Space Paragraph Line Format

25 Ctrl + A Select All 26 Ctrl + B Bold

27 Ctrl + Back Space Delete a word backward (to the left)

28 Ctrl + C OR Ctrl + Insert Copy Selection 29 Ctrl + D Duplicate object or Open Font dialog box

30 Ctrl + Delete Delete a word to the right

31 Ctrl + E Centralize text

32 Ctrl + End To the last part of a document (end of a document)

33 Ctrl + Enter  A column or page break

34 Ctrl + Enter  A page break

35 Ctrl + Esc Display the start command commands

36 Ctrl + F Open Find dialog box

37 Ctrl + F1 Close and reopen the current task pane

38 Ctrl + F10 maximize the current workbook

39 Ctrl + F12 Open Existing Document (Dialog Box ) Command

40 Ctrl + F2  Print Preview

41 Ctrl + F4 Close existing Document or an open or a child window/program

42 Ctrl + F5 Reduce the size of opened window

43 Ctrl + F6 Move from one opened window to the other

44 Ctrl + G Open Go To Dialog Box  45 Ctrl + H Open Find and Replace dialog box

46 Ctrl + Home Move cursor to the first page of a document

47 Ctrl + I Italicized selected text 48 Ctrl + J Justify selected paragraph or line 49 Ctrl + K Insert Hyperlink  50 Ctrl + L Align text to Left side

51 Ctrl + M Tab Control 52 Ctrl + O Open existing Document 53 Ctrl + P Open Print Dialog Box properties

54 Ctrl + PageUp/Page Down Move Page by one screen up or down in a document

55 Ctrl + Q Left Align Text 

56 Ctrl + R Right Align selected text or paragraph

57 Ctrl + S Display Save Dialog Box  and Continuous saving command

58 Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease the font size 

59 Ctrl + Shift + = Format selected text with superscript

60 Ctrl + Shift + > Increase the font size 

61 Ctrl + Shift + A Format all letters as Capital letter

62 Ctrl + Shift + D Format letters with double underlying

63 Ctrl + Shift + Enter A column break

64 Ctrl + Shift + F Change the font type

65 Ctrl + Shift + F12 Print Command Dialog Box

66 Ctrl + Shift + F6 Go to the previous window

67 Ctrl + Shift + H Applying hidden text

68 Ctrl + Shift + L Applying the list style format to selected text

69 Ctrl + Shift + M  Remove paragraph indent from the left

70 Ctrl + Shift + P Change the font size

71 Ctrl + Shift + Q Change selected text or letter to symbol font format

72 Ctrl + Shift + Space bar A non breaking space 

73 Ctrl + Shift + W Underline Word but not space

74 Ctrl + Spacebar Remove Formatting from selected text

75 CTRL + SPACEBAR Open the menu of task panes

76 Ctrl + T Left Indent Control key

77 Ctrl + Tab 

Tab character in a cell of a table. Select a task pane or toolbar after pressing F10 or ALT to select the menu bar. Pressing the keys repeatedly moves the focus among the open toolbars, menu bars, and task pane

78 Ctrl + U Underline selected text 

79 Ctrl + V OR Shift + Insert Paste cut or copied item in the document area

80 Ctrl + W Close an opened document

81 Ctrl + X Cut selected text from the document

82 Ctrl + Y or F4 Redo last action

83 Ctrl + Z OR Alt + Backspace Undo last action

84 Esc Cancel 

85 F1 Display the Help task pane

86 F10 OR ALT Activate Menu Bar

87 F10 + F (menu command letter) Open File Menu or other one applied to     [Alt + F]

88 F11/ Shift + F11 Select the next/previous table

89 F12 Save As Dialog Box

90 F2 Edit

91 F5 or Shift + F4 Go To, Find and Replace Dialog Box

92 F6 Switch between the Help task pane and Word

93 F7 Spelling and Grammar Dialog Box

94 F8 Selection

95 F9 To update field

96 Shift + Enter Key A line break

97 Shift + F1 Review Text Formatting (press the command and click the text)

98 Shift + F10 Display Shortcut Menu

99 Shift + F12 Save Command

100 Shift + F3 Change case

101 Shift + F5 To return to the location of the last edit

102 Shift + F7 Thesaurus Command Dialog Box

103 Shift + F8 Reduce the size of selected text

Note that the shortcuts are many. To learn more about this see the Help window on shortcuts.