How many times have you used CTRL+X or CTRL+V today?
There are some shortcut keys you just can’t live without, and you probably already use them frequently. Learn some more shortcut keys today and use them to save you time in the future.
This Tutorial is for Microsoft Word. Word 2003, and 2007 have been tested. If you do not use either of these versions, I cannot guarantee all of these shortcuts will work.
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Ctrl + A | Select all contents of the page. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected text. |
| Ctrl + D | Open the font dialogue box. |
| Ctrl + E | Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. |
| Ctrl + F | Open find box. |
| Ctrl + G | Open find and replace box. |
| Ctrl + H | Also opens find and replace box. |
| Ctrl + I | Italicise highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + J | Justify (spread) the text across the page. |
| Ctrl + K | Insert link. |
| Ctrl + L | Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. |
| Ctrl + M | Indent the paragraph. |
| Ctrl + N | Open a new document. |
| Ctrl + O | Open a document stored on your hard drive. |
| Ctrl + P | Open the print window. |
| Ctrl + R | Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. |
| Ctrl + S | Saves the current document. |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste contents of clipboard. |
| Ctrl + W | Closes the current document. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected text. |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo the last action performed. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Change the font. |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts. |
| Ctrl + ] | Increase selected font +1pts. |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt. |
| Ctrl + [ | Decrease selected font -1pts. |
| Ctrl + Shift + * | View or hide non printing characters. |
| Ctrl + <left arrow> | Moves one word to the left. |
| Ctrl + <right arrow> | Moves one word to the right. |
| Ctrl + <up arrow> | Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph. |
| Ctrl + <down arrow> | Moves to the end of the paragraph. |
| Ctrl + Del | Deletes word to right of cursor. |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Deletes word to left of cursor. |
| Ctrl + End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |
| Ctrl + Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Reset highlighted text to the default font. |
| Ctrl + 1 | Single-space lines. |
| Ctrl + 2 | Double-space lines. |
| Ctrl + 5 | 1.5-line spacing. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Changes text to heading 1. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 2 | Changes text to heading 2. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 3 | Changes text to heading 3. |
| Ctrl + F1 | Open the Task Pane. |
| F1 | Open Help. |
| Alt + Ctrl + F2 | Open new document. |
| Ctrl + F2 | Display the print preview. |
| Shift + F3 | Change the text from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word. |
| Shift + Insert | Paste. |
| F4 | Repeat the last action performed. |
| F5 | Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F6 | Opens to another open Microsoft Word document. |
| F7 | Spell and grammar check selected text and/or document. |
| Shift + F7 | Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted. |
| F12 | Save as. |
| Shift + F12 | Save. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F12 | Prints the document. |
| Alt + Shift + D | Insert the current date. |
| Alt + Shift + T | Insert the current time. |
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