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Keyboard Shortcuts For Microsoft

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Keyboard Shortcuts on Microsoft Word

There are two main categories of shortcuts in Microsoft Word: control shortcuts and function and shift
shortcuts.

CTRL Shortcuts
[CTRL] + [A]: Selects all in the current document.

[CTRL + [B]: Bold text.

[CTRL] + [C]: Copies the item or text to the clipboard which can be pasted using CTRL and V.

[CTRL] + [D]: Displays the Font dialogue box.

[CTRL] + [E]: Centre Alignment.

[CTRL] + [F]: Displays the Find dialog box, to search the current document.

[CTRL] + [G]: Displays the Go to dialog box, to go to a specific location in the current document.

[CTRL] + [H]: Displays the Replace dialogue box.

[CTRL] + [I]: Italic text.

[CTRL] + [J]: Full Justification.

[CTRL] + [K]: Create Hyperlink

[CTRL] + [L]: Left Alignment

[CTRL] + [M]: Minimize.

[CTRL] + [N]: Creates a new document.

[CTRL] + [O]: Displays the Open File dialogue box.

[CTRL] + [P]: Displays the Print dialog box.

[CTRL] + [R]: Right Alignment.


[CTRL] + [S]: Displays the Save dialog box.

[CTRL] + [U]: Underline text.

[CTRL] + [V]: Pastes the copied item or text from the Clipboard into the current position in the document.

[CTRL] + [X]: Cuts the item or text selected to the Clipboard.

[CTRL] + [Y]: Redo the last undone action.

[CTRL] + [Z]: Undoes the last action.

[CTRL] + [ENTER]: Insert page break.

[CTRL] + [F2]: Show Print preview.

[CTRL] + [F4]: Closes the active document window.

[CTRL] + [F6]: Opens the next document window.

F and SHIFT Shortcuts


[F1] key: Get help or use the Office assistant.

[SHIFT] + [F1]: Context sensitive help.

F2 Key: Move text or image.

[SHIFT] + [F2]: Copy Text.

F3 Key: Insert an autotext entry.

[SHIFT] + [F3]: Change the case of the selected text.

F4 Key: Perform last action again.

[SHIFT] + [F4]: Perform a Find or Go to action again.

F5 Key: Displays the Go to dialogue box, from here you can also Find and Replace.

[SHIFT] + [F5]: Move to a previous revision.


F6 Key: Go to the next frame or pane.

[SHIFT] + [F6]: Go to the previous frame or pane.

F7 Key: Launch the Spell checker.

[SHIFT] + [F7]: Launch the Thesaurus.

F8 Key: Extend the current selection.

[SHIFT] + [F8]: Shrink the current selection.

F9 Key: Update the selected fields.

[SHIFT] + [F9]: Switch between a field code and its result.

F10 Key: Activate the menu bar.

[SHIFT] + [F10]: Display a Shortcut Menu. Same as right-clicking.

F11 Key: Go to the next field.

[SHIFT] + [F11]: Go to the previous field.

F12 Key: Save file As, equivalent to tools menu.

[SHIFT] + [F12]: Save document, equivalent to tools menu.

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