This 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.


Microsoft WORD Shortcuts

Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time.



Action Keystroke

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
Print <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+P
Show/Hide paragraph symbols <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+*
Spelling and grammar <<=-=-=-=->> F7
Help <<=-=-=-=->> F1
Find <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+F
Replace <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+H
Go To <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+G

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

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 <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+Enter

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

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

Miscellaneous

Copyright symbol <<=-=-=-=->> ALT+CTRL+C
Date field <<=-=-=-=->> ALT+SHIFT+D
Go to footnotes <<=-=-=-=->> ALT+CTRL+F
Show/Hide <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+SHIFT+8
Thesaurus <<=-=-=-=->> SHIFT+F7
Page break <<=-=-=-=->> CTRL+Enter