MS Word Shortcuts

Shortcuts for MS Word

1. Ctrl + N
   • Create a new document.
2. Ctrl + O
   • Open an existing document.
3. Ctrl + S
   • Save the current document.
4. Ctrl + P
   • Open the Print dialog to print the current document.
5. Ctrl + C
   • Copy the selected text or object.
6. Ctrl + X
   • Cut the selected text or object.
7. Ctrl + V
   • Paste the copied or cut text or object.
8. Ctrl + Z
   • Undo the last action.
9. Ctrl + Y
   • Redo the last undone action.
10. Ctrl + A
    • Select all content in the document.
11. Ctrl + F
    • Open the Find dialog to search within the document.
12. Ctrl + H
    • Open the Replace dialog to find and replace text.
13. Ctrl + B
    • Apply bold formatting to the selected text.
14. Ctrl + I
    • Apply italic formatting to the selected text.
15. Ctrl + U
    • Apply underline formatting to the selected text.
16. Ctrl + L
    • Align the selected text to the left.
17. Ctrl + E
    • Center the selected text.
18. Ctrl + R
    • Align the selected text to the right.
19. Ctrl + J
    • Justify the selected text.
20. Ctrl + M
    • Increase the indent of the selected paragraph.
21. Ctrl + Shift + M
    • Decrease the indent of the selected paragraph.
22. Ctrl + T
    • Create a hanging indent.
23. Ctrl + Shift + T
    • Reduce a hanging indent.
24. Ctrl + D
    • Open the Font dialog box to change the font and font size.
25. Ctrl + Shift + F
    • Change the font.
26. Ctrl + Shift + P
    • Change the font size.
27. Ctrl + 1
    • Set single line spacing.
28. Ctrl + 2
    • Set double line spacing.
29. Ctrl + 5
    • Set 1.5 line spacing.
30. Ctrl + Enter
    • Insert a page break.
31. Ctrl + K
    • Insert a hyperlink.
32. Ctrl + Home
    • Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.
33. Ctrl + End
    • Move the cursor to the end of the document.
34. Ctrl + Backspace
    • Delete the word to the left of the cursor.
35. Ctrl + Delete
    • Delete the word to the right of the cursor.
36. Ctrl + Shift + C
    • Copy the formatting of the selected text.
37. Ctrl + Shift + V
    • Apply the copied formatting to the selected text.
38. Ctrl + Spacebar
    • Remove character formatting.
39. Ctrl + Shift + N
    • Apply the Normal style.
40. Ctrl + Alt + 1
    • Apply the Heading 1 style.
41. Ctrl + Alt + 2
    • Apply the Heading 2 style.
42. Ctrl + Alt + 3
    • Apply the Heading 3 style.
43. Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S
    • Open the Styles task pane.
44. F7
    • Check spelling and grammar.
45. Shift + F7
    • Open the Thesaurus.
46. Ctrl + Shift + A
    • Format all letters as uppercase.
47. Ctrl + Shift + K
    • Format all letters as lowercase.
48. Ctrl + Shift + L
    • Apply the List Bullet style.
49. Ctrl + Shift + F12
    • Print the document.
50. Alt + Ctrl + F2
    • Open the Open dialog box.