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KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

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WORD

Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the
same time.

Action Keystroke Action Keystroke

Document Actions Text Style


Open a file CTRL+O Font face CTRL+SHIFT+F
New file CTRL+N Font size CTRL+SHIFT+P
Close a file CTRL+W Bold CTRL+B
Save As F12 Italics CTRL+I
CTRL+S or Underline CTRL+U
Save
SHIFT+F12 Double underline CTRL+SHIFT+D
Print Preview CTRL+F2 Word underline CTRL+SHIFT+W
Print CTRL+P All caps CTRL+SHIFT+A
Show/Hide CTRL+* Change case(to SHIFT+F3
paragraph change I st letter
symbols )
Spelling and Subscript CTRL+=
F7
grammar Superscript CTRL+SHIFT+=
Help F1 Make web
CTRL+K
Find CTRL+F hyperlink
Replace CTRL+H
Go To CTRL+G
TABLES
Go to
Tab
CURSOR MOVEMENT next cell
Select all - Go to
entire CTRL+A previous SHIFT+Tab
document cell
Select from Go to
cursor to beginning ALT+PageUp
SHIFT+Home of column
beginning of
line Highlight
Select from to
ALT+SHIFT+PageUp
cursor to end SHIFT+END beginning
of line of column
Go to Go to end
ALT+PageDown
beginning of HOME of column
line Highlight
Go to end of to end of ALT+SHIFT+PageDown
END column
line
Go to Go to
beginning of CTRL+Home beginning ALT+Home
document of row
Go to end of Highlight ALT+SHIFT+Home
CTRL+End to
document
beginning
of row
FORMATTING
Go to end
Cut CTRL+X ALT+End
of row
Copy CTRL+C Highlight
Paste CTRL+V to end of ALT+SHIFT+End
Undo CTRL+Z row
Redo CTRL+Y Column
CTRL+SHIFT+Enter
break
Format
CTRL+SHIFT+C
painter
Left Miscellaneous
CTRL+L
alignment
Copyright symbol
Center ALT+CTRL+C
CTRL+E -©
alignment
Date field ALT+SHIFT+D
Right
CTRL+R Go to footnotes ALT+CTRL+F
alignment
Justified CTRL+J Show/Hide ¶ CTRL+SHIFT+8
Delete Thesaurus SHIFT+F7
previous CTRL+Backspace
word
Apply
bulleted CTRL+SHIFT+L
list
Indent CTRL+M
Page
CTRL+Enter
break
EXCEL

Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the
same time.
Action Keystroke Action Keystroke

Document actions Selecting Cells


Open a file CTRL+O All cells left SHIFT+left
New file CTRL+N of current cell arrow
Save As F12 All cells right SHIFT+right
of current cell arrow
Save CTRL+S
Entire column CTRL+Spacebar
Print CTRL+P
Entire row SHIFT+Spacebar
Find CTRL+F
Entire
Replace CTRL+H CTRL+A
worksheet
Go to F5

Text Style
Cursor Movement
Bold CTRL+B
One cell up up arrow
Italics CTRL+I
One cell
down arrow Underline CTRL+U
down
Strikethrough CTRL+5
One cell
Tab
right
One cell left SHIFT+Tab Formatting
Top of Edit active
worksheet CTRL+Home F2
cell
(cell A1)
Format as
End of currency with
worksheet SHIFT+CTRL+$
CTRL+End 2 decimal
(last cell with places
data)
Format as SHIFT+CTRL+%
End of row Home percent with
End of CTRL+left arrow no decimal
column places
Move to next Cut CTRL+X
CTRL+PageDown
worksheet Copy CTRL+C
Paste CTRL+V
Formulas Undo CTRL+Z
Apply AutoSum ALT+= Redo CTRL+Y
Current date CTRL+; Format cells
CTRL+1
dialog box
Current time CTRL+:
Spelling F7
Help F1
Macros ALT+F8

POWERPOINT

Action Keystroke Action Keystroke

Document actions Formatting


Open a presentation CTRL+O Select all CTRL+A
New presentation CTRL+N Copy CTRL+C
Save As F12 Cut CTRL+X
Save CTRL+S Paste CTRL+V
Print CTRL+P Undo CTRL+Z
Help F1 Redo CTRL+Y
Bold CTRL+B
Italics CTRL+I
Presentation actions
Underline CTRL+U
Begin slide show F5
Left CTRL+L
Next slide ENTER or
Down arrow justified
key Center
CTRL+E
BACKSPACE justified
Previous slide or Right
Up arrow key CTRL+R
justified
Activate pen tool CTRL+P Promote list ALT+SHIFT+Left
Erase pen strokes E item arrow
Deactivate pen Demote list ALT+SHIFT+Right
CTRL+A
tool item arrow or TAB
Show/Hide black
B
screen
Show/Hide white Editing
W Find CTRL+F
screen
Show/Hide Replace CTRL+H
A
pointer & button Insert hyperlink CTRL+K
End slide show ESC New slide CTRL+M
Spell checker F7
Macros ALT+F8
Run the slide show and press the F1 key to view all keyboard
shortcuts applicable when running a slide show.

ACCESS

Action Keystroke Action Keystroke

Database actions Editing


Open existing Select all CTRL+A
CTRL+O
database Copy CTRL+C
Open a new CTRL+N
database Cut CTRL+X
Save CTRL+S Paste CTRL+V
Save record SHIFT+ENTER Undo CTRL+Z
Print CTRL+P Redo CTRL+Y
Display Find CTRL+F
database F11 Replace CTRL+H
window
Spell checker F7
Find and
CTRL+F Toggle between Edit
Replace
mode and F2
Copy CTRL+C Navigation mode
Cut CTRL+X Open window for
Paste CTRL+V editing large content SHIFT+F2
Undo CTRL+Z fields
Help F1 Switch from current
field to current ESC
Toggle
record
between Form
F5
and Design
view
Navigating Through a
datasheet
Other Next field TAB
Insert line break Previous field SHIFT+TAB
CTRL+ENTER
in a memo field First field of
HOME
Insert current record
CTRL+;
date Last field of
END
Insert current record
CTRL+:
time DOWN
Next record
Copy data from ARROW
CTRL+'
previous record Previous record UP ARROW
Add a record CTRL++ First field of first CTRL+HOME
Delete a record CTRL+- record
Last field of last
CTRL+END
record

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