keyboard shortcuts for word

document actions

• CTRL+O: Open a file
• CTRL+N: New file
• CTRL+W: Close a file
• F12: Save As
• CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12: Save
• CTRL+F2: Print Preview
• CTRL+P: Print
• CTRL+*: Show/Hide paragraph symbols
• F7: Spelling and grammar
• F1: Help
• CTRL+F: Find
• CTRL+H: Replace
• CTRL+G: Go To

cursor movement

• CTRL+A: Select all - entire document
• SHIFT+Home: Select from cursor to beginning of line
• SHIFT+END: Select from cursor to end of line
• HOME: Go to beginning of line
• END: Go to end of line
• CTRL+Home: Go to beginning of document
• CTRL+End: Go to end of document

formatting

• CTRL+X: Cut
• CTRL+C: Copy
• CTRL+V: Paste
• CTRL+Z: Undo
• CTRL+Y: Redo
• CTRL+SHIFT+C: Format painter
• CTRL+L: Left alignment
• CTRL+E: Center alignment
• CTRL+R: Right alignment
• CTRL+J: Justified
• CTRL+Backspace: Delete previous word
• CTRL+SHIFT+L: Apply bulleted list
• CTRL+M: Indent
• CTRL+Enter: Page break

text style

• 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

tables

• Tab: Go to next cell
• SHIFT+Tab: Go to previous cell
• ALT+PageUp: Go to beginning of column
• ALT+SHIFT+PageUp: Highlight to beginning of column
• ALT+PageDown: Go to end of column
• ALT+SHIFT+PageDown: Highlight to end of column
• ALT+Home: Go to beginning of row
• ALT+SHIFT+Home: Highlight to beginning of row
• ALT+End: Go to end of row
• ALT+SHIFT+End: Highlight to end of row
• CTRL+SHIFT+Enter: Column break

miscellaneous

• ALT+CTRL+C: Copyright symbol - ©
• ALT+SHIFT+D: Date field
• ALT+CTRL+F: Go to footnotes
• CTRL+SHIFT+8: Show/Hide ¶
• SHIFT+F7: Thesaurus