Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys (part 1)

Microsoft Office Word is Microsoft's flagship word processing software. It was first released in 1983 under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. Versions were later written for several other platforms including IBM PCs running DOS (1983), the Apple Macintosh (1984), SCO UNIX, OS/2 and Microsoft Windows (1989). It is a component of the Microsoft Office system; however, it is also sold as a standalone product and included in Microsoft Works Suite. Beginning with the 2003 version, the branding was revised to emphasize Word's identity as a component within the Office suite: Microsoft began calling it Microsoft Office Word instead of merely Microsoft Word. Nomenclature usage in the wild is currently in flux, with both names being commonly used. The latest release is Word 2007. But did you know there are a lot of shortcut keys in Microsoft word that make us quicker when using Microsoft word we can access all menu with Keyboard.

Here is the shortcut, feel free to brows.

Category

Description

Keystrokes

special chars

A column break

CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

fields

A DATE field

ALT+SHIFT+D

special chars

A field

CTRL+F9

special chars

A line break

SHIFT+ENTER

fields

A LISTNUM field

ALT+CTRL+L

special chars

A nonbreaking hyphen

CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN

special chars

A nonbreaking space

CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

special chars

A page break

CTRL+ENTER

fields

A PAGE field

ALT+SHIFT+P

fields

A TIME field

ALT+SHIFT+T

help/topics

Activate a selected hyperlink

ENTER

FuncKeys

Activate the menu bar

F10

Create View

Activate the ruler

CTRL+SHIFT+F10

line spacing

Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

CTRL+0 (zero)

special chars

An AutoText entry

ENTER (after typing the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)

special chars

An ellipsis

ALT+CTRL+period

fields

An empty field

CTRL+F9

special chars

An optional hyphen

CTRL+HYPHEN

styles

Apply a style

CTRL+SHIFT+S

Char Format

Apply an underline

CTRL+U

Char Format

Apply bold formatting

CTRL+B

Char Format

Apply hidden text formatting

CTRL+SHIFT+H

Char Format

Apply italic formatting

CTRL+I

Char Format

Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing)

CTRL+EQUAL SIGN

Char Format

Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing)

CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

styles

Apply the Heading 1 style

ALT+CTRL+1

styles

Apply the Heading 2 style

ALT+CTRL+2

styles

Apply the Heading 3 style

ALT+CTRL+3

styles

Apply the List style

CTRL+SHIFT+L

styles

Apply the Normal style

CTRL+SHIFT+N

Browse Text

Browse through a document

ALT+CTRL+HOME

find replace and browse text (dup?)

Browse through a document

ALT+CTRL+HOME

Do/Undo

Cancel an action

ESC

undo/redo

Cancel an action

ESC

Dialogs

Cancel the command and close the dialog box

ESC

windows

Carry out the Move command when the document window isn't maximized (document icon menu, menu bar)

CTRL+F7, press arrow keys, and then press ENTER

windows

Carry out the Size command when the document window isn't maximized (document icon menu, menu bar)

CTRL+F8, press arrow keys, and then press ENTER

Align Paras

Center a paragraph

CTRL+E

Char Format

Change the case of letters

SHIFT+F3

shft/func

Change the case of letters

SHIFT+F3

fonts

Change the font

CTRL+SHIFT+F

fonts

Change the font size

CTRL+SHIFT+P

Char Format

Change the formatting of characters (Font command, Format menu)

CTRL+D

Char Format

Change the selection to the Symbol font

CTRL+SHIFT+Q

word email

Check the names on the To, Cc and Bcc lines against the Address Book

ALT+K

FuncKeys

Choose the Go To command (Edit menu)

F5

Ctrl/func

Choose the Move command (Control menu)

CTRL+F7

Documents

Choose the Open command (File menu)

CTRL+F12

Documents

Choose the Print command (File menu)

CTRL+SHIFT+F12

Documents

Choose the Print Preview command (File menu)

CTRL+F2

FuncKeys

Choose the Save As command (File menu)

F12

shft/func

Choose the Save command (File menu)

SHIFT+F12

Ctrl/func

Choose the Size command (document Control menu)

CTRL+F8

FuncKeys

Choose the Spelling command (Tools menu)

F7

shft/func

Choose the Thesaurus command (Tools menu, Language submenu)

SHIFT+F7

Docs

Close a document

CTRL+W

Documents

Close a document

CTRL+W

help/topics

Close a pop-up window

ESC

help/asst

Close an Assistant message or a tip.

ESC

windows

Close the active document window

CTRL+W

help

Close the active Help window

ALT+F4

Dialogs

Close the selected list

ESC (when a list is selected)

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