Shortcuts

Uses of Shortcut keys

Ctrl+A

Select All

Ctrl + B

Bold

Ctrl + C

Copy text

Ctrl+I

Italicize highlighted selection

Ctrl + F

Find

Ctrl + H

Find and replace

Ctrl + J

Justify paragraph alignment

Ctrl + X

Cut selected text

Ctrl + N

Open a new/blank document

Ctrl + O

Open

Ctrl + P

Open the print window

Ctrl + K

Insert link

Ctrl + U

Underline highlighted selection

Ctrl + V

Paste

Ctrl + G

Find and replace options

Ctrl+Shift+=

Set chosen text as superscript.

Ctrl+=

Set chosen text as a subscript.

Ctrl + L

Align selected text or line to the left

Ctrl + Q

Align selected paragraph to the left

Ctrl + E

Align selected text or line to the center

Ctrl + R

Align selected text or line to the right

Ctrl + M

Indent the paragraph

Ctrl + T

Hanging indent

Ctrl + D

Font options

Ctrl + Shift + F

Change the font

Ctrl + Shift + >

Increase selected font +1

Ctrl + ]

Increase selected font +1

Ctrl + [

Decrease selected font -1

Ctrl + Shift + *

View or hide non printing characters

Ctrl + (Left arrow)

Move one word to the left

Ctrl + (Right arrow)

Move one word to the right

Ctrl + (Up arrow)

Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph

Ctrl + (Down arrow)

Move to the end of the paragraph

Ctrl + Del

Delete the word to the right of the cursor

Ctrl + Backspace

Delete the word to the left of the cursor

Ctrl + End

Move the cursor to the end of the document

Ctrl + Home

Move the cursor to the beginning of the document

Ctrl + Space

Reset highlighted text to the default font

Ctrl + 1

Single-space lines

Ctrl + 2

Double-space lines

Ctrl + 5

1.5-line spacing

Ctrl + Alt + 1

Change text to heading 1

Ctrl + Alt + 2

Change text to heading 2

Ctrl + Alt + 3

Change text to heading 3

Shift + F3

Change case of selected text

Shift + Insert

Paste

F4

Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)

F7

Spell check selected text and/or document

Shift + F7

Activate the thesaurus

F12

Save as

Ctrl + S

Save

Shift + F12

Save

Alt + Shift + D

Insert the current date

Alt + Shift + T

Insert the current time

Ctrl + W

Close document