Word Shortcut Keys


Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page


Ctrl + B  Bold highlighted selection


Ctrl + C      Copy selected text


Ctrl + X      Cut selected text


Ctrl + N      Open new/blank document


Ctrl + 0      Open options


Ctrl + P      Open the print window


Ctrl + F      Open find box


Ctrl + I       Italicize highlighted selection


Ctrl + K      Insert link


Ctrl + U    Underline highlighted selection


Ctrl + V    Paste


Ctrl + Y      Redo the last action performed


Ctrl + Z    Undo last action


Ctrl + G    Find and replace options


Ctrl + H    Find and replace options


Ctrl + J     Justify paragraph alignment


Ctrl + L      Align selected text or line to the left


Ctrl+O      Align selected paragraph to the left


Ctrl + E      Align selected text or line to the center


Ctrl + R      Align selected text or line to the right


Ctrl + M   Indent the paragraph


Ctrl+T    Hanging indent


Ctrl + D      Font option


Ctrl + Shift + F     Change the font


Ctrl+ Shift + >      Increase selected font +1


Ctrl +]       Increase selected font +1


Ctrl + Shift + <      Decrease selected font -1


Ctrl + [      Decrease selected font -1


Ctrl + Shift + *      View or hide non printing characters


Ctrl + left arrow key     Move one word to the left


Ctrl + right arrow key     Move one word to the right


Ctrl + Home  Move to beginning of the line or paragraph


Ctrl + End Move to the end of the paragraph


Ctrl + Del     Delete word to right of cursor  


Ctrl + Backspace      Delete word to left of cursor


Ctrl + End      Move cursor to end of document


Ctrl + Home      Move cursor to beginning of document


Ctrl + Space      Reset highlighted text to default font


Ctrl + 1    Single-space lines


Ctrl + 2      Double-space line


Ctrl + 5      1.5-line spacing


Ctrl + Alt + 1     Change text to heading 1


Ctrl + Alt + 2      Change texts to heading 2


Ctrl + Alt + 3     Change texts to heading 3


F1    Open help


Shift + F3     Change case of selected text


Shift + Insert     Paste


F4       Repeat last action performed (Word 2000+)


F7       Spell check selected text and/or document


Shift + F7     Activate the thesaurus


F12    Save as


Ctrl + S    Save


Shift + F12    Save


Alt + Shift + D      Insert the current date


Alt + Shift + T      Insert the current time


Ctrl + W      Close document