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Shortcut

Description

Ctrl + 0

Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.

Ctrl + A

Select all contents of the page.

Ctrl + B

Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl + C

Copy selected text.

Ctrl + D

Open the font preferences window.

Ctrl + E

Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.

Ctrl + F

Open find box.

Ctrl + I

Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl + J

Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.

Ctrl + K

Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl + L

Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.

Ctrl + M

Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl + N

Opens new, blank document window.

Ctrl + O

Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.

Ctrl + P

Open the print window.

Ctrl + R

Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.

Ctrl + S

Save the open document. Just like Shift + F12.

Ctrl + T

Create a hanging indent.

Ctrl + U

Underline the selected text.

Ctrl + V

Paste.

Ctrl + W

Close the currently open document.

Ctrl + X

Cut selected text.

Ctrl + Y

Redo the last action performed.

Ctrl + Z

Undo last action.

Ctrl + Shift Quickly create a bullet point.


+L
Ctrl + Shift Change the font.
+F
Ctrl + Shift Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.
+>
Ctrl + ]

Increase selected font +1pts.

Ctrl + Shift Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt
+<
Ctrl + [

Decrease selected font -1pts.

Ctrl + / + c

Insert a cent sign ().

Ctrl + ' +

Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character yo

<char>

For example, if you wanted an accented you would use Ctrl + ' + e as your sho
To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key.

Ctrl + Shift View or hide non printing characters.


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Ctrl + <left Moves one word to the left.
arrow>
Ctrl + <rightMoves one word to the right.
arrow>
Ctrl + <up

Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

arrow>
Ctrl +

Moves to the end of the paragraph.

<down
arrow>
Ctrl + Del

Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl +

Deletes word to left of cursor.

Backspace
Ctrl + End

Moves the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.


Ctrl +

Reset highlighted text to the default font.

Spacebar
Ctrl + 1

Single-space lines.

Ctrl + 2

Double-space lines.

Ctrl + 5

1.5-line spacing.

Ctrl + Alt + Changes text to heading 1.


1
Ctrl + Alt + Changes text to heading 2.
2
Ctrl + Alt + Changes text to heading 3.
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Alt + Ctrl + Open new document.
F2
Ctrl + F1

Open the Task Pane.

Ctrl + F2

Display the print preview.

Ctrl + Shift Increases the selected text size by one.


+>
Ctrl + Shift Decreases the selected text size by one.
+<
Ctrl + Shift Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.
+ F6
Ctrl + Shift Prints the document.
+ F12
F1

Open Help.

F4

Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)

F5

Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.

F7

Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.

F12

Save As.

Shift + F3

Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter
beginning of every word.

Shift + F7

Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.

Shift + F12 Save the open document. Just like Ctrl + S.


Shift +

Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.

Enter
Shift +

Paste.

Insert
Shift + Alt + Insert the current date.
D
Shift + Alt + Insert the current time.
T
You can also utilize the mouse to perform some common actions. The following section
contains examples of mouse shortcuts.
Mouse shortcuts
Click, hold, and

Description

Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let g

drag
Double-click

If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word.

Double-click

Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line makes the align
the text left, center, or right aligned.

Double-click

Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.

Triple-click

Selects the line or paragraph of the text that the mouse triple-clicked on.

Ctrl + Mouse wheel Zooms in and out of document.

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