Microsoft Word for Windows Shortcut Keys

Special characters An ellipsis Ctrl+Alt+period Non-breaking hyphen Ctrl+Shift+hyphen Option hyphen Ctrl+hyphen Non-breaking space Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar Copyright Ctrl+Alt+c Registered Ctrl+Alt+r Trademark Ctrl+Alt+t Selecting text Paragraph Triple click Entire doc Ctrl+a Ctrl+Shift+F8 (keyboard) Block of text or Alt+drag (mouse) Column in table Alt+click in column Entire table Alt+double-click any cell Paragraph formatting Increase indent Ctrl+m Decrease indent Ctrl+Shift+m Hanging indent Ctrl+t Remove hanging indent Ctrl+Shift+t Left para Ctrl+l Center Para Ctrl+e Right para Ctrl+r Justify para Ctrl+j Reset paragraph to style Ctrl+q Single line spacing Ctrl+1 Double line spacing Ctrl+2 1.5 line spacing Ctrl+5 Add/Remove 12 pt before Ctrl+0 (zero) Styles Make Style Box Active Ctrl+Shift+s Apply normal style Ctrl+Shift+n Apply heading 1 Ctrl+Alt+1 Apply heading 2 Ctrl+Alt+2 Apply heading 3 Ctrl+Alt+3 Apply list bullet Ctrl+Shift+l Start AutoFormat Ctrl+Alt+k

Menu commands Close document window Ctrl+w New document Ctrl+n Open document Ctrl+o Save document Ctrl+s Save As F12 Print preview Ctrl+f2 or Ctrl+Alt+i Select all Ctrl+a Normal view Ctrl+Alt+n Page layout view Ctrl+Alt+p Undo Ctrl+z Redo / Repeat typed text Ctrl+y, F4 or Alt+Enter Go To Ctrl+g or F5 Go Back Shift+F5 Find Ctrl+f Replace Ctrl+h Character formatting Word underline Ctrl+Shift+w Double underline Ctrl+Shift+d Small caps Ctrl+Shift+k All caps Ctrl+Shift+a Hidden text Ctrl+Shift+h Copy formats (Format Painter) Ctrl+Shift+c Paste formats (Format Painter) Ctrl+Shift+v Font Ctrl+Shift+f or Ctrl+d Point size Ctrl+Shift+p Next larger point size Ctrl+Shift+> Next smaller point size Ctrl+Shift+< Change case Shift+F3 Bold Ctrl+b Italics Ctrl+i Underline (continuous) Ctrl+u Underline (double) Ctrl+Shift+d Underline (word only) Ctrl+Shift+w Subscript Ctrl+= Superscript Ctrl++ Reset font formatting Ctrl+Spacebar Show/Hide Non-printing characters Ctrl+Shift+*

Copy and Insert Text and Graphics Copy text or graphics Ctrl+c Copy formats Ctrl+Shift+c Move text or graphics F2 Paste text or graphics Ctrl+v Paste formats Ctrl+Shift+v Create AutoText entry Alt+ F3 Insert AutoText entry name+F3 Line break Shift+Enter Page break Ctrl+Enter Column Break/Split Table Ctrl+Shift+Enter Other Activate next document Ctrl+f6 Activate previous doc. Ctrl+Shift+f6 Current date Alt+Shift+d Cancel Esc New paragraph Enter Line Break Shift+Enter New page Ctrl+Enter New col/split table Ctrl+Shift+Enter Next cell in table Tab Tab in table Ctrl+Tab Next Misspelling Alt+F7 Thesaurus Shift+F7 Insert Merge field Alt+Shift+f Edit Merge Data Source Alt+Shift+e Merge to New Document Alt+Shift+n Merge to Printer Alt+Shift+m Fields Update selected fields F9 Toggle field code/results Shift+F9 or Alt+F9 Go to next field F11 Go to previous field Shift+F11 Unlink a field Ctrl+Shift+F9 Lock a field Ctrl+F11 Unlock a field Ctrl+Shift+F11