Microsoft Word Shortcuts

Navigation

Page Up	Moves up a screen
Page Dn	Moves down a screen
Home	Go to the beginning of the line
End	Go to the end of the line
CTRL + Home	Beginning of document
CTRL + End	End of document
CTRL + Left Arrow	Moves the cursor to the next word on the left
CTRL + Right Arrow	Moves the cursor to the next word on the right
CTRL + Down Arrow	Moves the cursor to the next paragraph down
CTRL + Up Arrow	Moves the cursor to the next paragraph up
CTRL + Page Up	Move to the beginning of the next page up
CTRL + Page Dn	Move to the beginning of the next page down
CTRL + G or F5	Go to page, section, line, etc.
CTRL + ALT + Pg Up	Move to the top of the screen
CTRL + ALT + Pg Dn	Move to the bottom of the screen
CTRL + F	Find Word

Formatting

CTRL + B	Bolds text
CTRL + I	Italicizes text
CTRL + U	Underlines text (continuously)
CTRL + SHIFT + W	Underlines words (with breaks at spaces)
CTRL + Spacebar	Removes character formatting
CTRL + L	Left aligns a paragraph
CTRL + R	Right aligns a paragraph
CTRL + J	Justifies a paragraph
CTRL + E	Centers a paragraph
CTRL + M	Increases left indent
CTRL + SHIFT + M	Reduces left indent
CTRL + D	Open Font Dialog
SHIFT + F3	Changes uppercase, lowercase, or proper
CTRL + SHIFT + A	Sets the font to ALL CAPS
CTRL + SHIFT + K	Sets the font to small caps
CTRL + ]	Increases size by one point
CTRL + [	Decreases size by one point
CTRL + SHIFT + Z	Removes character formatting
CTRL + SHIFT + P	Changes point size
CTRL + SHIFT + D	Double-underlines text
CTRL + SHIFT + N	Change font to Normal style
CTRL + SHIFT + L	Creates a bulleted list
CTRL + =	Uses subscript font
CTRL + SHIFT + =	Uses superscript font
CTRL + SHIFT + H	Makes the text hidden
CTRL + SHIFT + *	Displays nonprinting characters
CTRL + SHIFT + F	Changes font
CTRL + SHIFT + Q	Switches to Symbol font (Greek Tragedy)
CTRL + T	Creates a hanging indent
CTRL + SHIFT + T	Reduces a hanging indent
CTRL + 1	Single-spaces a paragraph
CTRL + 2	Double-spaces a paragraph
CTRL + 5	Sets line spacing to 1.5
CTRL + 0	Removes or sets space before a line to one line
CTRL + SHIFT + S	Applies a style
CTRL + SHIFT + N	Applies Normal style
CTRL + ALT + 1	Applies Heading 1 style
CTRL + ALT + 2	Applies Heading 2 style
CTRL + ALT + 3	Removes paragraph formatting
CTRL + SHIFT + F5	Create Bookmark
CTRL + ENTER	Insert Page Break
CTRL + SHIFT + Enter	Insert Column Break
Ctrl + 0	Open or Close Up Paragraph
DoubleClick Format Painter Button	Copy text format and Paint the format on multiple objects

Selection

SHIFT +left Arrow	Select one character left
SHIFT + Right Arrow	Select one character right
SHIFT + Up Arrow	Select one line up
SHIFT + Down Arrow	Select one line down
CTRL + SHIFT + ←	Select from cursor to the beginning of a word
CTRL + SHIFT + →	Select from cursor to the end of a word
CTRL + SHIFT + ↓	Select from cursor to the end of a paragraph
CTRL + SHIFT + ↑	Select from cursor to the beginning of a paragraph
CTRL + SHIFT + HOME	Select to the beginning of the document
CTRL + SHIFT + END	Select to the end of the document
SHIFT + HOME	Select to the beginning of the line
SHIFT + END	Select to the end of the line
SHIFT + Pg Up	Select one screen up
SHIFT + Pg Dn	Select one screen down
CTRL + A	Select Entire Document
Shift + F8	Shrink Selection

Viewing & Editing

CTRL + N	Create a new document
CTRL + O	Open a document
CTRL + W	Close file
CTRL + K	Insert a hyperlink
SHIFT + F7	Open the Thesaurus
CTRL + BACKSPACE	Delete a word
Alt + F3	Create Auto Text (Short Hand)
CTRL + W or CTRL + F4	Document Close
Alt + SHIFT + D	Enter today's date
CTRL + F6	Toggle to next Open Document
CTRL + SHIFT + F6	Toggle to previous Open Document
CTRL + F10	Maximize Document
CTRL + F5	Restore Document to Smaller Window (From Maximized)
CTRL + F7	Document Move (when not maximized)
CTRL + F8	Document Size (when not maximized)
Alt + CTRL + S	Split Document into two windows
CTRL + F2	Print Preview Document
CTRL + P	Print Document
Alt + SHIFT + F9	Toggle Field Check
F7	Open Spell-check
Alt + I	In Spell Check Dialogue: Ignore
Alt + G	In Spell Check Dialogue: Ignore All
Alt + L	In Spell Check Dialogue: Change
Alt + I	In Spell Check Dialogue: Change All
Alt + A	In Spell Check Dialogue: Add to Spell Checker
Alt + D	In Spell Check Dialogue: Delete