MS Word Keystrokes Flashcards
Create a New Document
Ctrl + N
Close the Active Window/Document
Ctrl + W
Save a Document
Ctrl + S
F12
Save As
F12
Switches to another open MS Document
Ctrl + Shift + F6
Hide/Show Ribbon
Ctrl + F1
Insert a Hyperlink
Ctrl + K
Test Hyperlink
Control + Left Click
Go back one page
Control + Page Down
Go forward one page
Control + Page Up
Select All
Ctrl + A
Capitalize all letters
Ctrl + Shift + A
Undo
Ctrl + Z
Redo
Ctrl + Y
Cut
Ctrl + X
Copy
Ctrl + C
Paste
Ctrl + V
Italics
Ctrl + I
Bold
Ctrl + B
Underline
Ctrl + U
Justify Left
Ctrl + L
Justify Right
Ctrl + R
Justify Center
Ctrl + E
Justify to Screen
Ctrl + J
Increase/Decrease Font size
Ctrl + [ or ]
Show Print Preview
Ctrl + F2
Open an existing Document
Ctrl + O
Quickly creates a Bullet Point
Alt + Shift + B
Change Font in Dialog Box
Ctrl + Shift + F
Change Font size in Dialog Box
Ctrl + Shift + P
Resets selection to default text
Ctrl + Spacebar
Move one word to the left
Ctrl + Left Arrow
Move one word to the right
Ctrl + Right Arrow
Moves to the beginning of a sentence or paragraph
Ctrl + Up Arrow
Moves to the end of a paragraph
Ctrl + Down Arrow
Deletes word to Right of cursor
Ctrl + Del
Deletes word Left of cursor
Ctrl + Backspace
Moves cursor to the end of a document
Ctrl + End
Moves cursor to beginning of Document
Ctrl + Home
Single space lines
Ctrl + 1
Double space lines
Ctrl + 2
1.5 space line
Ctrl + 5
Runs the Thesaurus on the selected word
Shift + F7
Insert Current Date
Shift + Alt + D
Insert Current Time
Shift + Alt + T
Ctrl + P
Spell Check
Alt + F7
Promote/demote Bullet Lists
Alt + Shift + Right/Left Arrow
Thesaurus
Shift + F7
Forced Page Break to Next Page
Ctrl + Enter
Find/Replace Dialog Box
Ctrl + H
Forces Columb Page Break
Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Line Break (not considered to be a separate paragraph
Shift + Enter
Selects all in a Table
Alt + 5 (with Num Lock off
Indent Selection
Ctrl + M