Microsoft Word Shortcuts

Keyboard Shorcuts for Microsoft Word

1 Document actions

  • 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

2 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    

3 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

4 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

5 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