Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Word keyboard shortcuts and keep it by your computer for a quick reference.
Document Actions:
| Open a file | CTRL+O |
| New file | CTRL+N |
| Close a file | CTRL+W |
| Save As | F12 |
| Save | CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12 |
| Print Preview | CTRL+F2 |
| CTRL+P | |
| Show/Hide paragraph symbols | CTRL+* |
| Spelling and grammar | F7 |
| Help | F1 |
| Find | CTRL+F |
| Replace | CTRL+H |
| Go To | CTRL+G |
Text Style:
| Font face | CTRL+SHIFT+F |
| Font size | CTRL+SHIFT+P |
| Bold | CTRL+B |
| Italics | CTRL+I |
| Underline | CTRL+U |
| Double underline | CTRL+SHIFT+D |
| Word underline | CTRL+SHIFT+W |
| All caps | CTRL+SHIFT+A |
| Change case | SHIFT+F3 |
| Subscript | CTRL+= |
| Superscript | CTRL+SHIFT+= |
| Make web hyperlink | CTRL+K |
Cursor movement:
| Select all – entire document | CTRL+A |
| Select from cursor to beginning of line | SHIFT+Home |
| Select from cursor to end of line | SHIFT+END |
| Go to beginning of line | HOME |
| Go to end of line | END |
| Go to beginning of document | CTRL+Home |
| Go to end of document | CTRL+End |
Tables:
| Go to next cell | Tab |
| Go to previous cell | SHIFT+Tab |
| Go to beginning of column | ALT+PageUp |
| Highlight to beginning of column | ALT+SHIFT+PageUp |
| Go to end of column | ALT+PageDown |
| Highlight to end of column | ALT+SHIFT+PageDown |
| Go to beginning of row | ALT+Home |
| Highlight to beginning of row | ALT+SHIFT+Home |
| Go to end of row | ALT+End |
| Highlight to end of row | ALT+SHIFT+End |
| Column break | CTRL+SHIFT+Enter |
Formatting:
| Cut | CTRL+X |
| Copy | CTRL+C |
| Paste | CTRL+V |
| Undo | CTRL+Z |
| Redo | CTRL+Y |
| Format painter | CTRL+SHIFT+C |
| Left alignment | CTRL+L |
| Center alignment | CTRL+E |
| Right alignment | CTRL+R |
| Justified | CTRL+J |
| Delete previous word | CTRL+Backspace |
| Apply bulleted list | CTRL+SHIFT+L |
| Indent | CTRL+M |
| Page break |
Miscellaneous:
| Copyright symbol – © | ALT+CTRL+C |
| Date field | ALT+SHIFT+D |
| Go to footnotes | ALT+CTRL+F |
| Show/Hide ¶ | CTRL+SHIFT+8 |
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All Shortcuts
This list shows only the most common keyboard shortcuts. To print a list of all the shortcuts in Word, follow these steps:
- Select Tools|Macro|Macros from the menu bar.
- From the Macros In drop-down menu, select Word Commands.
- Select ListCommands from the macro listing.
- Click the Run button.
- Choose Current Menu and Keyboard Settings from the popup window and click OK.
- Word will automatically open a new document containing a table of keystrokes. Print the document.