Keystroke shortcuts for MS Word (and elsewhere in Windows):

NOTE:   ÿ symbol indicates a Windows 95 standard keystroke, which will work the same in most Windows programs.
ó symbol indicates that the keystroke is a toggle (use it once to turn the feature on, again to turn it off.)

Keyboard Shortcuts for Navigation


Move right one character ÿ    Right Arrow

Move left one character ÿ    Left Arrow

Move up one line ÿ    Up Arrow

Move down one line ÿ    Down Arrow

Move to left end of the current line ÿ    Home

Move to right end of current line ÿ    End

Move up 1 screen (approx. 20 lines)    Page Up

Move down 1 screen (approx. 20 lines)    Page Down

Move to top of current screen    Alt+Ctrl+Page Up

Move to bottom of current screen    Alt+Ctrl-Page Down

Move 1 word to right ÿ    Ctrl-Right Arrow

Move 1 word to left ÿ    Ctrl-Left Arrow

Previous Browse Object    Ctrl+Page Up

Next Browse Object    Ctrl+Page Down

Open Browse Toolbar    Alt+Ctrl +Home

Top of Previous Page    User must assign

Top of Next Page    User must assign

Move to start of document    Ctrl-Home

Move to end of document    Ctrl-End

Go To specific page or bookmark    F5 or Ctrl+G

Move to the previous frame or object    Alt+Up Arrow

Move to the next frame or object    Alt+Down Arrow

Move to a previous revision    Shift+F5

Bookmark dialog box    Ctrl+Shift+F5

Add Hyperlink    Ctrl +K

Forward Hyperlink (next web page)    Alt+left arrow

Backward Hyperling (previous web page    Alt+right arrow


Keyboard Shortcut s for Selecting


Select all (the entire document)    Ctrl + A

Turn on extend selection mode    F8

Cancel extend selection mode    Esc

Select to a particular character    F8, then the character

NOTE: You can also use the mouse with the Shift key to select from the current insertion point or selection to any point.

Extend a selection in increments    F8

Extend a selection any amount    Shift+Any forward navigation keystroke

Reduce a selection in increments    Shift+F8

Reduce a selection any amount    Shift+Any backward navigation keystroke

Vertical block of text    Ctrl+Shift+F8, then use the arrow keys. Esc to cancel selection mode

NOTE: You can also use the mouse with the Alt key to select a vertical block of text

Select an entire table (NUMLOCK on)    Alt+Shift+5 on the numeric keypad

Select an entire table (NUMLOCK off)    Alt+5 on the numeric keypad


Keyboard Shortcut s for Editing


Delete character right of insertion pt. ÿ    Del

Delete character left of insertion pt. ÿ    Backspace

Delete word left of the insertion pt. ÿ    Ctrl+ Backspace

Delete word right of the insertion pt. ÿ    Ctrl+Del

Delete entire selection ÿ    Del or Backspace

Replace entire selection ÿ    Any character

Undo ÿ    Ctrl+Z

Redo    Alt+Shift+ Backspace

Repeat    Ctrl+Y

Select entire document ÿ    Ctrl+A

Cut to the Clipboard ÿ    Ctrl+X

Copy to the Clipboardÿ    Ctrl+C

Copy without Clipboard (WP style)    Shift+F2

Cut to the Spike    Ctrl+F3

Copy formats    Ctrl+Shift+C

Paste ÿ    Ctrl+V

Paste formats    Ctrl+Shift+V

Insert Spike contents    Ctrl+Shift+F3

Move text or graphics    F2

De-select text (return to insertion point)    Any arrow key

Line break (new line, same paragraph)    Shift+Enter

Page break ÿ    Ctrl+Enter

Find    Ctrl+F

Find Next    Shift+F4

Replace    Ctrl+H

Run Proofing (Spelling/Grammar)    F7

Go to next misspelling    Alt+F7

Thesaurus    Shift+F7

Create AutoText    Alt+F3



Bold ÿ ó    Ctrl+B

Italic ÿ ó    Ctrl+I

Underline ÿ ó    Ctrl+U

Underline words only ó    Ctrl+Shift+W

Double underline ó    Ctrl+Shift+D

Enlarge font one size    Ctrl+Shift+>

Reduce font one size    Ctrl+Shift+<

Enlarge font one point    Ctrl+]

Reduce font one point    Ctrl+[

Activate Font list    Ctrl+Shift+F

Activate Font Size    Ctrl+Shift+P

Open Font Dialog box    Ctrl+D

Change case    Shift+F3

All capital letters ó    Ctrl+Shift+A

Format as hidden text ó    Ctrl+Shift+H

Small capitals ó    Ctrl+Shift+K

Subscript ó    Ctrl+=

Superscript ó    Ctrl+Shift+=

Strikethrough ó    Alt+Ctrl+ underscore

Symbol font    Ctrl+Shift+Q

Remove direct font formatting    Ctrl+Shift+Z
[Ctrl]+Spacebar

Activate symbol font for next character    Ctrl+Shift+Q

 



Left justify paragraph    Ctrl+L

Center paragraph    Ctrl+E

Right justify paragraph    Ctrl+R

Fully justify paragraph    Ctrl+J

Indent paragraph    Ctrl+M

Demote to body text    Ctrl+Shift+N

Create single-spaced lines    Ctrl+1

Create double-spaced lines    Ctrl+2

Create one-and-a-half-spaced lines    Ctrl+5

Add/remove 1 line of space above text ó    Ctrl+0 (Zero)

Remove a paragraph indent from the left     Ctrl+Shift+M

Create a hanging indent    Ctrl+T

Reduce a hanging indent    CtrL+SHIFT+ T

Assign an action to a shortcut key    Alt+Ctrl+ Plus Sign on the numeric keypad

Remove direct paragraph formatting    Ctrl+Q

Return selected text to style format    Ctrl+Spacebar


Keyboard Shortcuts for Document & Window Control


New document    Ctrl+N

Open existing document    Ctrl+O, or Ctrl+F12

Save    Ctrl+S, or Shift+F12

Save As…    F12

Switch to Normal View    Alt+Ctrl+N

Switch to Outline View    Alt+Ctrl+O

Switch to Page Layout View    Alt+Ctrl+P

Next pane within window ÿ    F6

Previous pane within windows ÿ    Shift+F6

Close active window pane (remove split)    Alt+Shift+C

Next window ÿ    Ctrl+F6

Previous window ÿ    Shift + Ctrl+ F6

Maximize the program window ÿ    Alt+F10

Maximize current document window    Ctrl+F10

Restore the program window ÿ    Alt+F5

Restore the current document window    Ctrl+F5

Move a restored document window    Ctrl F7, arrow keys, Enter

Resize restored document window    Ctrl+F8, arrow keys, Enter

Split a document window    Alt+Ctrl+S, arrow keys, Enter

Display nonprinting characters    Ctrl+Shift+*

Close document window    Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4

Close the program ÿ    Alt+F4

Show Visual Basic editor    Alt+F11

Launch Microsoft System Info    Alt+Ctrl+F1



Execute a highlighted menu choice ÿ    Enter

Execute dialog box default button ÿ    Enter

Cancel a menu or dialog box ÿ    Esc

Help (context sensitive) ÿ    F1

Reveal format mouse pointer    Shift+F1

Print    Ctrl+P, or Ctrl+Shift+ F12

Print preview    Ctrl+F2, or Alt+Ctrl+1

Activate menu bar ÿ    Alt, or F10

Activate shortcut menu    Shift+F10



Move to the next cell ÿ    Tab

Move to the previous cell ÿ    Shift+Tab

Move up one cell    Up Arrow

Move down one cell    Down Arrow

Move to beginning of current row    Alt+Home

Move to end of current row    Alt+End

Move to beginning of current column    Alt+Page Up

Move to end of current column    Alt+Page Down

Move one column to the left    Ctrl+Up Arrow

Move one column to the right    Ctrl+Down Arrow

Select columns    Press Alt and click the mouse button

Select the entire table    Alt+Ctrl+ Shift+A

Insert a tab character in the table    Ctrl+Tab

(Table) AutoFormat Update Look    Alt+Ctrl+U



Keyboard Shortcuts for Columns


Insert column break    Ctrl+Shift+ Enter


Keyboard Shortcuts for Styles


Apply the Normal style     Ctrl+Shift+N

Apply Heading 1 style    Alt+Ctrl+1

Apply Heading 2 style    Alt+Ctrl+2

Apply Heading 3 style    Alt+Ctrl+3

Apply the List style    Ctrl+Shift+L

Apply ListBullet style    Alt+Shift+L

Activate Style Box—Formatting Toolbar    Ctrl+Shift+S

Open Style dialog box (toolbar hidden)    Ctrl+Shift+S

Promote a paragraph    Alt+Shift+Left Arrow

Demote a paragraph    Alt+Shift+ Right Arrow


Keyboard Shortcuts for Outlining


NOTE: Outlining also uses Styles shortcuts

Demote paragraph    Alt+Shift+ Right Arrow

Promote paragraph    Alt+Shift+ Left Arrow

Move selected paragraphs up    Alt+Shift+ Up Arrow

Move selected paragraphs down    Alt+Shift+ Down Arrow

Expand text under a heading    Alt+Shift+ Plus Sign

Collapse text under a heading    Alt+Shift+ Minus Sign

Show all text or headings    Alt+Shift+A

Display all text    The asterisk (*) key on the numeric keypad

Hide or display character formatting    The forward slash (/) key on the numeric keypad

Show the first line or all of body text    Alt+Shift+L

Show all headings with Heading 1 style    Alt+Shift+1

Show all headings up to Heading "N".    Alt+Shift+N

Toggle hyperlinks/subdocuments    Ctrl+\


Keyboard Shortcuts for Fields, Notations and References


Update selected fields    F9

Insert a blank field    Ctrl+F9

Insert Date field    Alt+Shift+D

Insert Time field    Alt+Shift+T

Insert Page field    Alt+Shift+P

Insert ListNum field    Alt+Ctrl+L

Insert Annotation    Alt+Ctrl+M

Insert Footnote    Alt+Ctrl+F

Insert Endnote    Alt+Ctrl+E

Insert Hyperlink    Ctrl + K

Mark Index Entry    Alt+Shift+X

Mark Citation Entry    Alt+Shift+I

Mark TOC Entry    Alt+Shift+O

Toggle field display ó    Shift+F9

Switch between field codes or results ó    Alt+F9

Update linked info in other document    Ctrl+Shift+F7

Unlink a field    Ctrl+Shift+F9, Ctrl+6

Perform the action in selected field    Alt+Shift+F9

Go to the next field    F11

Go to the previous field    Shift+F11

Lock a field     Ctrl+F11, Ctrl+6

Unlock a field    Ctrl+F4



Preview a mail merge    Alt+Shift+K

Merge a document    Alt+Shift+N

Print the merged document    Alt+Shift+M

Edit a mail merge data document    Alt+Shift+E

Insert a merge field    Alt+Shift+F


Keyboard Shortcuts for Special Characters (also see "Symbol" under "Insert" on the  menu bar)


Optional hyphen    Ctrl+Hyphen

Nonbreaking hyphen    Ctrl+Shift+ Hyphen

Nonbreaking space    Ctrl+Shift+ Spacebar

Copyright symbol    Alt+Ctrl+C

Registered trademark symbol    Alt+Ctrl+R

Trademark symbol    Alt+Ctrl+T

Ellipsis    Alt+Ctrl+ Period

Single opening quotation mark    Ctrl+`,`

Single closing quotation mark    Ctrl+','

Double opening quotation mark    Ctrl+`,"

Double closing quotation mark    Ctrl+',"

Accented character    Ctrl+', letter to be accented


Other Keyboard Shortcuts


Insert Autotext    F3 or Alt+Ctrl+V

Start AutoFormat    Alt+Ctrl+K

Add command to menu    Alt+Ctrl+=

Remove command from menu    Alt+Ctrl+-

Assign action to shortcut key    Alt+Ctrl+ Numeric Plus Sign

Link Header/Footer to previous section    Alt+Shift+R

Tools…Macro dialog box    Alt+F8

Revision marks on/off    Ctrl+Shift+E

 

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