1. Manage Word Documents | |
Ctrl+N | Create new document |
Ctrl+O | Open document |
Ctrl+W | Close document |
Ctrl+S | Save document |
F12 | Save document as |
Ctrl+P | Print document/ print preview |
Ctrl+F6 | Switch between multiple Word documents |
Alt, then f, r | Open Recent (file, recent) |
4. Undo, Copy and Paste | |
Ctrl+Z | Undo the last action |
Ctrl+Y | Redo the last action |
Ctrl+C | Copy selected text or object |
Ctrl+X | Cut selected text or object |
Ctrl+V | Paste selected text or object |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy text format |
Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste text format |
Ctrl+Alt+V | Paste special |
Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then k | Paste and keep Source Formatting |
Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then t | Paste and keep Text only |
Ctrl+F3 | Cut to the Spike (separate clipboard) |
Ctrl+Shift+F3 | Paste from the Spike |
F3 | Paste AutoText ( after start typing) |
Alt+Shift+R | Copy the header or footer from previous section of the document |
Format Text | |
Ctrl+D/Ctrl+Shift+K | Open the Font dialog box |
Ctrl+Shift+</Ctrl+Shift+> | Decrease / Increase font size one value |
Ctrl+[/Ctrl+] | Decrease / Increase font size one point |
Ctrl+B | Apply/remove bold |
Ctrl+I | Apply/remove italic |
Ctrl+U | Apply/remove underline |
Ctrl+= | Apply/remove subscript |
Ctrl+Shift+= | Apply/remove superscript |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy formatting |
Ctrl+Shift+V | Paste formatting |
Ctrl+Shift+D | Apply/remove double-underline |
Ctrl+Shift+W | Apply/remove words underline (only words, no spaces) |
Ctrl+Shift+H | Apply/remove hidden formatting |
Ctrl+Shift+A | Apply/remove all capitals |
Ctrl+Shift+K | Apply/remove small capitals |
Shift+F3 | Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case |
Ctrl+d, then Alt+k and enter | Apply strike-through formatting (font dialog) |
Ctrl+Shift+Q | Change the selection to the Symbol font |
Shift+F1 | Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection) |
Ctrl+Alt+H | Apply/remove Highlight Text Feature |
Format Paragraphs | |
Ctrl+R | Right-align paragraph |
Ctrl+L | Left-align paragraph |
Ctrl+E | Center-align paragraph |
Ctrl+J | Justify-align paragraph |
Ctrl+M/Ctrl+Shift+M | Indent paragraph from the left and increase / decrease indent |
Ctrl+T | Increase hanging indent |
Ctrl+Shift+T | Decrease hanging indent |
Ctrl+1 | Set line-spacing to single-space |
Ctrl+2 | Set line-spacing to double-space |
Ctrl+5 | Set line-spacing to 1.5 |
Ctrl+0 (zero) | Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph |
Styles | |
Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S | Open or close Styles task pane |
Alt+Ctrl+1 | Apply Heading 1 style |
Alt+Ctrl+2 | Apply Heading 2 style |
Alt+Ctrl+3 | Apply Heading 3 style |
Alt+Shift+Arrow Right/Alt+Shift+Arrow Left | Promote / demote Headings |
Ctrl+Space | Remove all manual styles |
Ctrl+Shift+N | Apply Normal style |
Ctrl+Shift+S | Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time) |
Alt+Ctrl+K | Start Auto Format |
Search and Replace | |
Ctrl+H | Open traditional find and replace window |
Ctrl+h, then Alt+D | Open traditional find window |
Alt+Ctrl+y, /Shift+F4 | Repeat last find after closing find window |
Ctrl+Tab | Jump between find menu and document |
Alt+Space, Arrow keys and Enter | Move find menu window |
Esc | Close traditional search window if active |
Ctrl+F | Open (new) search menu in navigation task pane |
alt, then w,k | Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation) |
Print Documents | |
Ctrl+P | Print a document (print preview) |
Esc | Close print preview |
Arrow keys, Page up /Page Down | Move around the preview pages (with focus on preview page*) |
Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End | Move to first page / last page (with focus on preview page) |