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 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 + > Ctrl + ] Ctrl + Shift + < Ctrl + [ Ctrl + / + c Ctrl + ' + <char>
Ctrl + Shift + * Ctrl + <left arrow> Ctrl + <right arrow> Ctrl + <up arrow> Ctrl + <down arrow> Ctrl + Del
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. 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 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt. 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 + 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 + < Ctrl + Shift + F6 Ctrl + Shift + F12 F1 F4 F5 F7 F12 Shift + F3 Shift + F7 Shift + F12 Shift + Enter Shift + Insert Shift + Alt + D Shift + Alt + T
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. 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 from uppercase 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. 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 Double-click Double-click Double-click Triple-click Ctrl + Mouse wheel 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 a tab stop. Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked. Zooms in and out of document.
Excel shortcuts
Shortcut key Action Menu equivalent comments None Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Bold Edit, Copy Edit, Fill, Down Edit, Find Edit, Goto Edit, Replace Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Italic Insert, Hyperlink File, New File, Open File, Print Edit, Fill Right File, Save Format, Cells, Font, Underline, Single Edit, Paste File, Close version
Ctrl+A Ctrl+B
All All
Ctrl+K
Insert Hyperlink
Ctrl+V Ctrl W
Paste Close
Cut Repeat Undo Help Edit Paste Name Repeat last action
Edit, Cut Edit, Repeat Edit, Undo Help, Contents and Index None Insert, Name, Paste Edit, Repeat.
All Excel 97/2000 + All All All All All All All
F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9
While typing a formula, switch between absolute/relative refs Goto Next Pane Spell check Extend mode Recalculate all workbooks
Works while not in Edit mode. None All Edit, Goto None Tools, Spelling None Tools, Options, Calculation, Calc Now N/A Insert, Chart File, Save As None None Edit, Paste Special, Value Edit, Copy none Help, Whats This? Insert, Edit Comments Insert, Function Edit, Find, Find Next Edit, Find, Find Next None None Tools, Options, Calculation, Calc Sheet None All All All All All
Activate Menubar New Chart Save As Insert Current Time Insert Current Date Copy Value from Cell Above Copy Formula from Cell Above Hold down shift for additional functions in Excels menu Whats This? Edit cell comment Paste function into formula Find Next Find Previous Pane Add to selection Calculate active worksheet
All All All All All All All Excel 97/2000 + All All All All All All All All
Ctrl+Alt+F9
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9
Calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks, regardless of whether they have changed since the last calculation. Rechecks dependent formulas and then calculates all cells in all open workbooks, including cells not marked as needing to be calculated. Display shortcut menu New worksheet Save Define name Close
None
None Insert, Worksheet File, Save Insert, Names, Define File, Close
XL, Restore window size Next workbook window Previous workbook window Move window Resize window Minimize workbook Maximize or restore window Inset 4.0 Macro sheet
Alt+F11
Ctrl+Shift+F3 Ctrl+Shift+F6 Ctrl+Shift+F12 Alt+Shift+F1 Alt+Shift+F2 Alt+= Ctrl+` Ctrl+Shift+A Alt+Down arrow Alt+ Ctrl+Shift+~
Create name by using names of row and column labels Previous Window Print New worksheet Save AutoSum Toggle Value/Formula display Insert argument names into formula Display AutoComplete list Format Style dialog box General format
Restore Window, ... Window, ... XL, Move XL, Size XL, Minimize XL, Maximize None in Excel 97. In versions prior to 97 Insert, Macro, 4.0 Macro File, Open Insert, Chart... File, Save As File, Exit Tools, Macro, Macros in Excel 97 Tools,Macros in earlier versions Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor Insert, Name, Create Window, ... File, Print Insert, Worksheet File, Save No direct equivalent Tools, Options, View, Formulas No direct equivalent None Format, Style Format, Cells, Number, Category, General Format, Cells, Number, Category, Number Format, Cells,
Excel 97/2000 + All All All All All All All All Excel 95 All All
Ctrl+Shift+!
Comma format
All
Ctrl+Shift+@
Time format
All
Ctrl+Shift+#
Date format
Ctrl+Shift+$
Currency format
Ctrl+Shift+%
Percent format
Ctrl+Shift+^
Exponential format
Place outline border around selected cells Remove outline border Select the current region around the active cell. In a PivotTable report, select the entire PivotTable report. Insert
Ctrl++
Ctrl+-
Delete
Ctrl+1 Ctrl+2
Ctrl+3
Italic
Ctrl+4
Underline
Ctrl+5
Strikethrough
Ctrl+6
Show/Hide objects
Ctrl+7 Ctrl+8
Number, Category, Time Format, Cells, Number, Category, Date Format, Cells, Number, Category, Currency Format, Cells, Number, Category, Percentage Format, Cells, Number, Category, Format, Cells, Border Format, Cells, Border Edit, Goto, Special, Current Region Insert, (Rows, Columns, or Cells) Depends on selection Delete, (Rows, Columns, or Cells) Depends on selection Format, Cells Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Bold Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Italic Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Underline Format, Cells, Font, Effects, Strikethrough Tools, Options, View, Objects, Show All/Hide View, Toolbars, Stardard None
All
All
All
All
All
All
All All
All
All
All
All
All All
Hide rows Hide columns Unhide rows Unhide columns Activate the menu In toolbar: next toolbar In a workbook: activate next workbook In toolbar: previous toolbar In a workbook: activate previous workbook Next tool
Format, Row, Hide Format, Column, Hide Format, Row, Unhide Format, Column, Unhide None None
All All All All All Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + All Before 97/2000 All Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 +
Shift+Ctrl+Tab
None
Tab
None
Shift+Tab
Previous tool
None
Enter
Do the command
None
Alt+Enter
None
Ctrl+Enter
Fill the selected cell range with the current entry. Font Drop Down List Font tab of Format Cell Dialog box Point size Drop Down List Select the entire column
None
Format, Cells, Font Format, Cells, Font Format, Cells, Font None
Shift+Spacebar
None
CTRL+SHIFT+|
Select the array containing the active cell. Select all cells that contain comments. In a selected row, select the cells that dont match the formula or static value in the active cell. In a selected column, select the cells that dont match the formula or static value in the active cell.
Select all cells directly referenced by formulas in the selection. Select all cells directly or indirectly CTRL+SHIFT+{ referenced by formulas in the selection. Select cells that contain formulas that CTRL+] directly reference the active cell. Select cells that contain formulas that CTRL+SHIFT+} directly or indirectly reference the active cell. Select the visible cells in the current ALT+; selection. With multiple cells selected, select only SHIFT+BACKSPACE the active cell. CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR Selects the entire worksheet. If the worksheet contains data, CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR selects the current region. Pressing CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR a second time selects the entire worksheet. When an object is selected, CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR selects all objects on a worksheet CTRL+[
Shortcut key Ctrl+A Ctrl+B Ctrl+C Ctrl+D Ctrl+F Ctrl+G Ctrl+H Ctrl+I Ctrl+K Select All Bold Copy Fill Down Find Goto Replace Italic Insert Hyperlink
Action
Menu equivalent comments None Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Bold Edit, Copy Edit, Fill, Down Edit, Find Edit, Goto Edit, Replace Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Italic Insert, Hyperlink
version All All All All All All All All Excel 97/2000 + All All All All All All All Excel 97/2000 + All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All All
New Workbook Open Print Fill Right Save Underline Paste Close
File, New File, Open File, Print Edit, Fill Right File, Save Format, Cells, Font, Underline, Single Edit, Paste File, Close
Ctrl+X Ctrl+Y Ctrl+Z F1 F2 F3 F4 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F9 F10 F11 F12 Ctrl+: Ctrl+; Ctrl+" Ctrl+'
Cut Repeat Undo Help Edit Paste Name Repeat last action While typing a formula, switch between absolute/relative refs Goto Next Pane Spell check Extend mode Recalculate all workbooks Activate Menubar New Chart Save As Insert Current Time Insert Current Date Copy Value from Cell Above Copy Formula from Cell Above
Edit, Cut Edit, Repeat Edit, Undo Help, Contents and Index None Insert, Name, Paste Edit, Repeat. Works while not in Edit mode. None Edit, Goto None Tools, Spelling None Tools, Options, Calculation, Calc Now N/A Insert, Chart File, Save As None None Edit, Paste Special, Value Edit, Copy
Shift
Hold down shift for additional functions in Excel's menu What's This? Edit cell comment Paste function into formula Find Next Find Previous Pane Add to selection Calculate active worksheet
none
Calculate all worksheets in all open workbooks, regardless of whether they have changed since the last calculation. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F9 Rechecks dependent formulas and then calculates all cells in all open workbooks, including cells not marked as needing to be calculated. Display shortcut menu Shift+F10 New worksheet Shift+F11 Save Shift+F12 Define name Ctrl+F3 Close Ctrl+F4 XL, Restore window size Ctrl+F5 Next workbook window Ctrl+F6 Previous workbook window Shift+Ctrl+F6 Move window Ctrl+F7 Resize window Ctrl+F8 Minimize workbook Ctrl+F9 Maximize or restore window Ctrl+F10 Inset 4.0 Macro sheet Ctrl+F11
Help, What's This? Insert, Edit Comments Insert, Function Edit, Find, Find Next Edit, Find, Find Next None None Tools, Options, Calculation, Calc Sheet None
Excel 97/2000 + All All All All All All All All Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + All All All All All All All All All All All All All
None
Alt+F11
None Insert, Worksheet File, Save Insert, Names, Define File, Close Restore Window, ... Window, ... XL, Move XL, Size XL, Minimize XL, Maximize None in Excel 97. In versions prior to 97 Insert, Macro, 4.0 Macro File, Open Insert, Chart... File, Save As File, Exit Tools, Macro, Macros in Excel 97 Tools,Macros in earlier versions Tools, Macro, Visual Basic Editor Insert, Name, Create Window, ... File, Print Insert, Worksheet
Create name by using names of row and column labels Previous Window Print New worksheet
All All All All Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + All All All All
Alt+Shift+F2 Alt+= Ctrl+` Ctrl+Shift+A Alt+Down arrow Alt+' Ctrl+Shift+~ Ctrl+Shift+! Ctrl+Shift+@ Ctrl+Shift+# Ctrl+Shift+$ Ctrl+Shift+% Ctrl+Shift+^ Ctrl+Shift+& Ctrl+Shift+_ Ctrl+Shift+* Ctrl++
Save AutoSum Toggle Value/Formula display Insert argument names into formula Display AutoComplete list Format Style dialog box General format Comma format Time format Date format Currency format Percent format Exponential format Place outline border around selected cells Remove outline border Select current region Insert
Ctrl+-
Delete
Ctrl+1 Ctrl+2 Ctrl+3 Ctrl+4 Ctrl+5 Ctrl+6 Ctrl+7 Ctrl+8 Ctrl+9 Ctrl+0 Ctrl+Shift+( Ctrl+Shift+) Alt or F10
Format cells dialog box Bold Italic Underline Strikethrough Show/Hide objects Show/Hide Standard toolbar Toggle Outline symbols Hide rows Hide columns Unhide rows Unhide columns Activate the menu
File, Save No direct equivalent Tools, Options, View, Formulas No direct equivalent None Format, Style Format, Cells, Number, Category, General Format, Cells, Number, Category, Number Format, Cells, Number, Category, Time Format, Cells, Number, Category, Date Format, Cells, Number, Category, Currency Format, Cells, Number, Category, Percentage Format, Cells, Number, Category, Format, Cells, Border Format, Cells, Border Edit, Goto, Special, Current Region Insert, (Rows, Columns, or Cells) Depends on selection Delete, (Rows, Columns, or Cells) Depends on selection Format, Cells Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Bold Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Italic Format, Cells, Font, Font Style, Underline Format, Cells, Font, Effects, Strikethrough Tools, Options, View, Objects, Show All/Hide View, Toolbars, Stardard None Format, Row, Hide Format, Column, Hide Format, Row, Unhide Format, Column, Unhide None
All All All All Excel 95 All All All All All All All All All All All All
All
All All All All All All All All All All All All All
Ctrl+Tab
None
Shift+Ctrl+Tab
None
Ctrl+Tab
None
Shift+Ctrl+Tab
None
Tab
None
Shift+Tab
Previous tool
None
Enter
Do the command
None
Alt+Enter
None
Ctrl+Enter
Fill the selected cell range with the current entry. Font Drop Down List Font tab of Format Cell Dialog box
None
Shift+Ctrl+F Shift+Ctrl+F+F
Point size Drop Down List Format, Cells, Font Shift+Ctrl+P A special thanks goes out to Shane Devenshire who provided most of the shortcuts in this list!
Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + Excel 97/2000 + All Before 97/2000 All
References:
Microsoft Office Assistance: Keyboard shortcuts Microsoft Office Assistance: Work with the keyboard (with video) Microsoft Office Assistance: Excel shortcut and function keys
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F7 F8 F9 F10 Shift+F2 Shift+F3 Shift+F7 Shift+F8 Shift+F9 Shift+F10 Ctrl+F2 Ctrl+F4 Ctrl+F8 Ctrl+F10 Alt+F4 Alt+F6 Alt+F11 Ctrl+Shift+F2 Ctrl+Shift+F8 Ctrl+Shift+F9 Insert Delete Home End Page Up Page Down Left Arrow Right Arrow Up Arrow Down Arrow Tab Enter BackSpace Shift+Insert Shift+Home Shift+End Shift+Page Up Shift+Page Down Shift+Left Arrow Shift+Right Arrow Shift+Up Arrow Shift+Down Arrow Shift+Tab Alt+Spacebar Alt+Tab Alt+BackSpace Ctrl+A Ctrl+C Ctrl+E
View Code Window Step Into Toggle Breakpoint Activate Menu Bar View definition Find Previous View Object Step Over Quick Watch Show Right Click Menu Focus To Object Box Close Window Run To Cursor Activate Menu Bar Close VBE Switch Between Last 2 Windows Return To Application Go to last position Step Out Clear All Breakpoints Toggle Insert Mode Delete Move to beginning of line Move to end of line Page Up Page Down Left Right Up Down Indent New Line Delete Prev Char Paste Select To Start Of Line Select To End Of Line Select To Top Of Module Select To End Of Module Extend Selection Left 1 Char Extend Selection Right 1 Char Extend Selection Up Extend Selection Down Outdent System Menu Cycle Applications Undo Select All Copy Export Module
View, Code Debug, Step Into Debug, Toggle Breakpoint View, Definition View, Object Debug, Step Over Debug, Quick Watch
View, Last Position Debug, Step Out Debug, Clear All Breakpoints Edit, Clear
Edit, Indent
Edit, Paste
Edit, Outdent
Ctrl+F Ctrl+G Ctrl+H Ctrl+I Ctrl+J Ctrl+L Ctrl+M Ctrl+N Ctrl+P Ctrl+R Ctrl+S Ctrl+T Ctrl+V Ctrl+X Ctrl+Y Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Insert Ctrl+Delete Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End Ctrl+Page Up Ctrl+Page Down Ctrl+Left Arrow Ctrl+Right Arrow Ctrl+Up Arrow Ctrl+Down Arrow Ctrl+Spacebar Ctrl+Tab Ctrl+BackSpace Ctrl+Shift+I Ctrl+Shift+J
Find Immediate Window Replace Turn On Quick Info List Properties/Methods Show Call Stack Import File New Line Print Project Explorer Save Show Available Components Paste Cut Cut Entire Line Undo Copy Delete To End Of Word Top Of Module End Of Module Top Of Current Procedure End Of Current Procedure Move one word to left Move one word to right Previous Procedure Next Procedure Complete Word Cycle Windows Delete To Start Of Word Parameter Info List Constants
Edit, Find View, Immediate Window Edit, Replace Edit, Quikc Info Edit, List Properties/Methods File, Import File File, Print View, Project Explorer File, Save Insert, Components... Edit, Paste Edit, Cut Edit, Undo Edit, Copy
F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F7 F8 F8
To select the Credit Note voucher (CTRL+F8) F9 To select the Purchase voucher
F9 (CTRL + F9) F10 F10 F11 F12 ALT + 2 To select the Debit Note voucher At Accounting / Inventory Voucher creation and alteration screen At Accounting / Inventory Voucher creation and alteration screen At Accounting / Inventory Voucher creation and alteration screen At almost all screens in TALLY At almost all screens in TALLY At List of Vouchers creates a voucher similar to the one where you positioned the cursor and used this key combination At List of Vouchers adds a voucher after the one where you positioned the cursor and used this key combination. At voucher entry and alteration screens, at a field where you have to select a master from a list. If the necessary account has not been created already, use this key combination to create the master without quitting from the voucher screen.
To select the Reversing Journal voucher To select the Memorandum voucher To select the Functions and Features screen To select the Configure screen To Duplicate a voucher
ALT + A
To Add a voucher
ALT + C
To create a master at a voucher screen (if it has not been already assigned a different function, as in reports like Balance Sheet, where it adds a new column to the report) To delete a voucher To delete a master
ALT + D
At Voucher and Master (Single) alteration screens. Masters can be deleted subject to (if it has not been already assigned a conditions, as explained in the manual. different function, as explained above) To create a master at a voucher screen (if it has not been already assigned a different function, as in reports like Balance Sheet, where it adds a new column to the report) To delete a voucher At voucher entry and alteration screens, at a field where you have to select a master from a list. If the necessary account has not been created already, use this key combination to create the master without quitting from the voucher screen. At Voucher and Master (Single) alteration screens. Masters can be deleted subject to conditions, as explained in the manual.
ALT + C
ALT + D
To delete a master
(if it has not been already assigned a different function, as explained above) ALT + E To export the report in ASCII, SDF, At all reports screens in TALLY HTML OR XML format To insert a voucher To remove a line in a report To bring back a line you removed using ALT + R To cancel a voucher in Day Book/List of Vouchers To accept a form wherever you use this key combination, that screen or report gets accepted as it is. At List of Vouchers inserts a voucher before the one where you positioned the cursor and used this key combination. At all reports screens in TALLY At all reports screens in TALLY At all voucher screens in TALLY At almost all screens in TALLY, except where a specific detail has to be given before accepting.
CTRL + A