Clever Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

Ctrl + 0                                Adds or removes 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 + 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 link.

Ctrl + L                                Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.

Ctrl + M                              Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl + P                                Open the print window.

Ctrl + R                               Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.

Ctrl + T                                Create a hanging indent.

Ctrl + U                               Underline highlighted selection.

Ctrl + V                               Paste.

Ctrl + X                               Cut selected text.

Ctrl + Y                               Redo the last action performed.

Ctrl + Z                                Undo last action.

Ctrl + Shift + L                     Quickly create a bullet point.

Ctrl + Shift + F                     Change the font.

Ctrl + Shift + >                     Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then 
                                           increases 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 + ' + <char>                  Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl + ' + e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key.

Ctrl + Shift + *                     View or hide non printing characters.

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

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

Ctrl + <up arrow>               Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl + <down arrow>          Moves to the end of the paragraph.

Ctrl + Del                            Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl + Backspace                Deletes word to left of cursor.

Ctrl + End                          Moves the cursor to the end of the document.

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

Ctrl + Spacebar                  Reset highlighted text to the default font.

Ctrl + 1                               Single-space lines.

Ctrl + 2                               Double-space lines.

Ctrl + 5                               1.5-line spacing.

Ctrl + Alt + 1                      Changes text to heading 1.

Ctrl + Alt + 2                      Changes text to heading 2.

Ctrl + Alt + 3                      Changes text to heading 3.

Alt + Ctrl + F2                    Open new document.

Ctrl + F1                             Open the Task Pane.

Ctrl + F2                             Display the print preview.

Ctrl + Shift + >                    Increases the highlighted text size by one.

Ctrl + Shift + <                    Decreases the highlighted text size by one.

Ctrl + Shift + F6                  Opens to another open Microsoft Word document.

Ctrl + Shift + F12                Prints the document.

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 at the beginning of every word.

Shift + F7                            Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.

Shift + F12                          Save.

Shift + Enter                        Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.

Shift + Insert                       Paste.

Shift + Alt + D                    Insert the current date.

Shift + Alt + T                     Insert the current time.