Microsoft Word short cut keys

Have been seeing people asking questions about Microsoft Word or other packages short cut keys.

So my Today post is dedicated to that;
Have arranged them alphabetically so sit back and go through this article.

Here is the list of most used short cut keys in Microsoft Word.

1 ctrl + A= to align or select all

2.Ctrl + B=to Bold

3. Ctrl + C=to copy

4. Ctrl + D= to duplicate

5. Ctrl + E= to centralize

6. Ctrl + F= to open find box

7. Ctrl + G= to open the goto command.

8. Ctrl + H= align to right.

9. Ctrl + I= to italics selected word

10. Ctrl + J= to justify

11. Ctrl + K=to insert hyperlink to selected word

12. Ctrl + L= align selected words to left.

13. Ctrl + M= indent the paragraph.

14. Ctrl + N= open new blank document.

15. Ctrl + O= opens dialog box

16. Ctrl + P= to print current page.

17.Ctrl + R= align selected text to right.

18. Ctrl + S= to save.

19. Ctrl + T. To create hanging indent.

20. Ctrl + U= to underline selected text.

21. Ctrl + V= to paste.

22. Ctrl + W=close active window or page.

23. Ctrl + X=to cut

24. Ctrl + Y= to redo

25. Ctrl + Z= to undo

Note : note all short cut works for all operating system.

The ones listed above are mainly alphabet words.

26. Ctrl + Shift + L =
Quickly
create a
bullet point .

27.Ctrl + Shift + F =Change the
font.

28. Ctrl + Shift + >= Increase
selected
font +1pts
up to 12pt
and then
increase
font +2pts.

29.Ctrl + ] =Increase
selected
font +1pts.

30.Ctrl + Shift + < =Decrease
selected
font -1pts if
12pt or
lower; if
above 12,
decreases
font by
+2pt.

31.Ctrl + [ = Decrease
selected
font -1pts.

32. Ctrl + / + c= Insert a
cent sign
(¢).

33. Ctrl + ' + <char> =Insert a
character
with an
accent
(grave)
mark, where
<char> is
the
character
you want.
For

34.Ctrl + <left arrow> =Moves one
word to the
left.

35.Ctrl + <right arrow> =Moves one
word to the
right.

36.Ctrl + <up arrow> Moves to
the
beginning of
the line or
paragraph.

37.Ctrl + <down arrow> =Moves to
the end of
the
paragraph.

38.Ctrl + Del = permanently.

39.Ctrl + Backspace =Deletes
word to left
of cursor.

40.Ctrl + End =Moves the
cursor to
the end of
the
document.

41. Ctrl + Home =Moves the
cursor to
the
beginning of
the
document.

42.Ctrl + Space bar=  Reset
highlighted
text to the
default font.

Here is the list of control keys mix with numbers.

43.Ctrl + 1 =Single-
space lines.

44.Ctrl + 2 =Double-
space lines.

45.Ctrl + Alt + 1= Changes
text to
heading 1.

46.Ctrl + Alt + 2 =Changes text to
heading 2.

47. Ctrl + Alt + 3 =Changes
text to
heading 3.

48. Alt + Ctrl + F2 =Open new
document.

49.Ctrl + F1 =Open the
Task Pane.

50. Ctrl + F2= Display the
print
preview .

51.Ctrl + Shift + >= Increases
the selected
text size by
one.

52.Ctrl + Shift + < =Decreases
the selected
text size by
one.

53.Ctrl + Shift + F6 =Switches to
another
open
Microsoft
Word
document.

54.Ctrl + Shift + F12 =Prints the
document.

Here are the functional (F) keys.

55.F1= Open Help.

56. F4 =Repeat the
last action
performed

57.F5 =Open the
Find,
Replace,
and Go To
window in
Microsoft
Word.

58. F7 = Spell check
and
grammar
check
selected
text or
document.

59. F12= Save As.

60. Shift + F3= Change the
text in
Microsoft
Word from
uppercase
to
lowercase
or a capital
letter at the
beginning of
every word.

61.Shift + F7= Runs a
Thesaurus
check on
the selected
word.

62.Shift + F12 =Save the
open
document.

63.Shift + Enter =Create a
soft break
instead of a
new
paragraph.

64.Shift + Alt + D =Insert the
current
date.

65.Shift + Alt + T =Insert the
current
time.

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