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Word Shortcuts

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The essential Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts — formatting, navigation, selection, and review tools. Write and edit documents faster.

File Operations

Create a new document

Ctrl + N

Open a document

Ctrl + O

Save the document

Ctrl + S

Save As

F12

Print the document

Ctrl + P

Close the document

Ctrl + W

Editing & Text

Undo

Ctrl + Z

Redo

Ctrl + Y

Copy

Ctrl + C

Cut

Ctrl + X

Paste

Ctrl + V

Paste as plain text

Ctrl + Shift + V

Delete word to left

Ctrl + Backspace

Delete word to right

Ctrl + Delete

Font Formatting

Bold text

Ctrl + B

Italicize text

Ctrl + I

Underline text

Ctrl + U

Decrease font size

Ctrl + [

Increase font size

Ctrl + ]

Increase font size

Ctrl + Shift + >

Decrease font size

Ctrl + Shift + <

Change to All Caps

Ctrl + Shift + A

Change to Small Caps

Ctrl + Shift + K

Underline words only

Ctrl + Shift + W

Text Alignment & Paragraph

Left align

Ctrl + L

Center align

Ctrl + E

Right align

Ctrl + R

Justify align

Ctrl + J

Single line spacing

Ctrl + 1

Double line spacing

Ctrl + 2

1.5 line spacing

Ctrl + 5

Increase paragraph indent

Ctrl + M

Decrease paragraph indent

Ctrl + Shift + M

Navigation

Move to beginning of doc

Ctrl + Home

Move to end of doc

Ctrl + End

Move one word left

Ctrl + Left

Move one word right

Ctrl + Right

Move one paragraph up

Ctrl + Up

Move one paragraph down

Ctrl + Down

Go To dialog

F5

Selection

Select all

Ctrl + A

Select char left

Shift + Left

Select char right

Shift + Right

Select word left

Ctrl + Shift + Left

Select word right

Ctrl + Shift + Right

Select to beginning of line

Shift + Home

Select to end of line

Shift + End

Find & Replace

Find

Ctrl + F

Replace

Ctrl + H

Review & Proofing

Spell/Grammar check

F7

Thesaurus

Shift + F7

Toggle Track Changes

Ctrl + Shift + E

Advanced

Insert hyperlink

Ctrl + K

Insert page break

Ctrl + Enter

Insert line break

Shift + Enter

Close Word

Alt + F4

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