Microsoft Word shortcut keys

Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys in Microsoft Word. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for other shortcut keys used in other programs. Shortcut Ctrl + 0 Ctrl + A Ctrl + B Ctrl + C Ctrl + D Ctrl + E Ctrl + F Ctrl + I Ctrl + J Ctrl + K Description Adds or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. Select all contents of the page. Bold highlighted selection. Copy selected text. Open the font preferences window. Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. Open find box. Italic highlighted selection. Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen. Insert link.

Ctrl + L Ctrl + M Ctrl + P Ctrl + R Ctrl + T Ctrl + U Ctrl + V Ctrl + X Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Shift + L Ctrl + Shift + F Ctrl + Shift + >

Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. Indent the paragraph. Open the print window. Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. Create a hanging indent. Underline highlighted selection. Paste. Cut selected text. Redo the last action performed. Undo last action. Quickly create a bullet point. Change the font. Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts. Increase selected font +1pts. Decrease selected font -1pts if

Ctrl + ] Ctrl + Shift + <

12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt. Ctrl + [ Ctrl + / + c Ctrl + ' + <char> Decrease selected font -1pts. Insert a cent sign (). Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented you would use Ctrl + ' + e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key. View or hide non printing characters. Moves one word to the left. Moves one word to the right. Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph. Moves to the end of the paragraph. Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl + Shift + * Ctrl + <left arrow> Ctrl + <right arrow> Ctrl + <up arrow> Ctrl + <down arrow> Ctrl + Del

Ctrl + Backspace Ctrl + End Ctrl + Home Ctrl + Spacebar Ctrl + 1 Ctrl + 2 Ctrl + 5 Ctrl + Alt + 1 Ctrl + Alt + 2 Ctrl + Alt + 3 Alt + Ctrl + F2 Ctrl + F1 Ctrl + F2 Ctrl + Shift + > Ctrl + Shift + <

Deletes word to left of cursor. Moves the cursor to the end of the document. Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. Reset highlighted text to the default font. Single-space lines. Double-space lines. 1.5-line spacing. Changes text to heading 1. Changes text to heading 2. Changes text to heading 3. Open new document. Open the Task Pane. Display the print preview. Increases the highlighted text size by one. Decreases the highlighted text size by one.

Ctrl + Shift + F6 Ctrl + Shift + F12 F1 F4 F5 F7

Opens to another open Microsoft Word document. Prints the document. Open Help. Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word. Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document. Save as. Change the text in Microsoft Word fromuppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word. Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted. Save. Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph. Paste.

F12 Shift + F3

Shift + F7 Shift + F12 Shift + Enter Shift + Insert

Shift + Alt + D Shift + Alt + T

Insert the current date. Insert the current time.

In addition to the above shortcut keys users can also use their mouse as a method of quickly do something commonly performed. Below some are examples of mouse shortcuts. Mouse shortcuts Click, hold, and drag Doubleclick Doubleclick Description Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go. If double-click a word, selects the complete word. Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned. Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set atab stop. Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked. Zooms in and out of document.

Doubleclick Triple-click Ctrl + Mouse wheel

Microsoft Excel shortcut keys

1. Basic Ctrl+x Cut selected text Ctrl+c Copy selected text Ctrl+v Paste selected text Ctrl+z Undo Ctrl+y Redo Ctrl+f Find Ctrl+p Print F2 Edit a cell

2. Common Ctrl+1 Ctrl+Shift+~ Ctrl+Enter Alt+Enter Ctrl+Shift+Enter F3 Ctrl+F3 Ctrl+Shift+F3 Ctrl+; Ctrl+Shift+; F9 Shift+F9

Displays the Format Cell dialog box Remove cell format Enter same contents to multiple cells Wrap texts in a cell Enter a matrix into a cell or multiple cells Create a list of names in the worksheet Define a new name Create muliple names for a table Enter date directly Enter time directly Update changes in all open workbooks Update changes in active worksheet

3. Advanced Alt+F11 Open VBA editor F5 Run(execute) a procedure in the VBA window

4. Unusual Ctrl+Alt+Tab Insert a tab to a cell Shift+F3 Insert a function

Slide show shortcuts

To do this Start a presentation from the beginning. Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide. Press F5

N, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or SPACEBAR Perform the previous animation or P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP return to the previous slide. ARROW, or BACKSPACE Go to slide number. number+ENTER Display a blank black slide, or return to the presentation from a B or PERIOD blank black slide. Display a blank white slide, or return to the presentation from a W or COMMA blank white slide. Stop or restart an automatic S presentation. End a presentation. ESC or HYPHEN Erase on-screen annotations. E Go to the next slide, if the next H slide is hidden.

Set new timings while rehearsing. Use original timings while rehearsing. Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing. Re-record slide narration and timing Return to the first slide.

T O M R Press and hold Right and Left Mouse buttons for 2 seconds A or = CTRL+P CTRL+A CTRL+E CTRL+M

Show or hide the arrow pointer Change the pointer to a pen. Change the pointer to an arrow. Change the pointer to an eraser Show or hide ink markup Hide the pointer and navigation CTRL+H button immediately. Hide the pointer and navigation CTRL+U button in 15 seconds. View the All Slides dialog box CTRL+S View the computer task bar CTRL+T Display the shortcut menu. SHIFT+F10 Go to the first or next hyperlink on TAB a slide. Go to the last or previous SHIFT+TAB hyperlink on a slide. Perform the "mouse click" ENTER while a hyperlink is selected behavior of the selected hyperlink.

Media shortcuts during presentation

To do this Press Stop media playback ALT+Q Toggle between play and pause ALT+P Go to the next bookmark ALT+END Go to the previous bookmark ALT+HOME Increase the sound volume ALT+Up Decrease the sound volume ALT+Down Seek forward ALT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Seek backward ALT+SHIFT+PAGE UP Mute the sound ALT+U