Top 80 Amazing Keyboard Shortcuts of Microsoft word

You can use keyboard shortcuts to simply navigate throughout your text. This can save time if you have a long text and do not want to scroll through the whole thing, or simply want to easily move between words or sentences.

80 Shortcuts of Microsoft word

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1.    Ctrl + A =      Select All document

2.    Ctrl + C =    Copy

3.    Ctrl + V =     Paste

4.    Ctrl + X =     Cut

5.    Ctrl + Z =      Undo

6.    Ctrl + Y =      Redo

7.    Ctrl + E =       Center Align

8.    Ctrl + J =        Justified Align

9.     Ctrl + R =       Right Align

10. Ctrl + shift + A =  Upper case

11. Alt + F4 =      Close program / Minimize

12. Ctrl + F =       Find

13. Ctrl + S / F12 =        Save 

14. Ctrl + N =      To create a new document

15. Ctrl + O =      To open a saved document

16. Ctrl + P =         To print a document

17. Ctrl + Delete = Delete word after cursor

18. Ctrl + backspace = Delete word before cursor

19. Shift + Arrows = Select text where cursor is placed

20.Ctrl + End =   Move cursor to end of document

21. Ctrl + Home =  Move cursor to start of document

22. Alt + Tab =         Quickly switch programs

23.  Ctrl + F4 =        Quickly close Window

24. Window + D =  Quickly return to desktop

25.  Shift + Home =  Select whole line left of cursor

26. Shift + End =       Select whole line right of cursor

27. Ctrl + W = Close the document

28. Ctrl + I = Apply italic formatting to text

29. Ctrl + U = Apply underline formatting to text

30. Ctrl + [ = Decrease the font size by 1 point

31. Ctrl + ] = Increase the font size by 1 point

32. Esc =  Cancel a Command

33. Ctrl + Alt + S = Split the window

34. Alt + Q, then enter the search them = Move to the Search  field or tell me

35. Alt + F = Open the File page

36. Alt + H = Open the Home tab

37. Alt + N = Open the Insert tab

38. Alt + G = Open the Design tab

39. Alt + P = Open the Layout tab

40. Alt + S = Open the References tab

41. Alt + M = Open the Mailings tab

42.  Alt + R = Open the Review tab

43. Alt + W = Open the view tab

44. Alt or F10 =  To move a different tab , Use arrow key and access key

45. Shift + Tab or Tab Key = Move the focus to commands on the ribbon

46. Ctrl + Left  or Right arrow key = Move between commands on the Ribbon

47. Arrow keys = Move among the items on the Ribbon

48. Spacebar or Enter = Activate the selected button

49.Down Arrow key = A menu or Submenu is open , move to the next command,  Open the menu for the selected button

50. Alt + Down Arrow key = Open the menu for the selected button

51. Ctrl + F1 = Expand or collapse the ribbon

52. Left Arrow Key = Move to the submenu  or  a main menu is open  or selected

53. Ctrl + Left arrow key = Move the cursor one word to the left

54. Ctrl + Right arrow key = Move the cursor one word to the right

55. Ctrl + Up arrow key = Move the cursor up by one paragraph

56. Ctrl + Down arrow key = Move the cursor down by one paragraph

57. End = Move the cursor  to the end of the current line

58. Home =  Move the cursor  to the beginning  the current line

59. Ctrl + Page up down = Move the cursor to the top of the next page

60. Ctrl + Page up = Move the cursor to the top of the previous page

61. Ctrl + Alt + Page up = Move the cursor to the top of the screen

62. Ctrl + Alt + Page down = Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen

63. Ctrl + F = Display the Navigation task

64. Ctrl + Alt + I = Switch to print preview

65. Shift + F8 = Reduce the Selection

66. Alt + H, F, O = Open the Clipboard task

67. Ctrl + Shift + C = Copy the selected formatting

68. Ctrl + Shift + V = Paste the selected formatting

69. Alt + Shift + R = Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document

70. Ctrl + H = Display the Replace dialog

71. Alt + N, M = Insert a Smart Art graphic

72. Alt + N, W = Insert a Word Art graphic

73. Ctrl + M = indent the paragraph

74. Ctrl + 1 = Apply single spacing to the paragraph

75. Ctrl + 2 = Apply double spacing to the paragraph

76. Ctrl + 5 = Apply 1.5- line spacing to the paragraph

77. Ctrl + Alt + K = Enable Auto Format

78. Ctrl + 0 (zero) = Add or Remove space before the paragraph

79. Ctrl + Shift + S = Display the Apply styles

80. Ctrl + Shift + N = Apply the Normal Style

 

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