WORD SHORTCUT KEYS Flashcards
select all contents of the page
ctrl + A
bold highlighted selection
ctrl + B
copy selected text
ctrl + C
cut selected text
ctrl + X
open new/blank document
ctrl + N
open options
Ctrl + O
open the print window
ctrl + P
open find box
ctrl + F
italicize highlighted selection
ctrl + I
insert link
Ctrl + K
Underline highlighed selection
Ctrl + U
paste
ctrl + V
redo the last action peformed
Clrt + Y
undo last action
ctrl + Z
find and replace options
ctrl + G
justify paragraph alignment
ctrl + J
align selected text or line to the left
ctrl + L
align selected paragraph to the left
ctrl + Q
align selected text or line to the center
ctrl + E
align selected text or line to the right
ctrl + R
indent paragraph
ctrl + M
hanging indent
ctrl + T
font options
ctrl + D
change the font
ctrl + shift + F
increase selected font + 1
ctrl + shift + > / ctrl + ] (squared bracket)
decrease selected font - 1
ctrl + shift + < / ctrl + [ (squared bracket)
view or hide non printing characters
ctrl + shift + *
move one word to the left
ctrl + left
move one word to the right
ctrl + right
move to beginning of the line or paragraph
ctrl + up
move to the end of document
ctrl + down
delete word to the right of cursor
ctrl + del
delete word to the left of cursor
ctrl + backspace
move cursor to the end of document
ctrl + del
move cursor to the beginning of document
ctrl + home
reset highlighted text to default font
ctrl + space
single space line
ctlr + 1
double space line
ctrl + 2
1.5 line spacing
ctrl + 5
change text to heading 1
ctrl + alt + 1
change text to the heading 2
ctrl + alt + 2
change text to the headng 3
ctrl + alt + 3
open help
f1
change case selected text
shift + f3
pase
shift + insert
repeat last action performed (word 2000+)
f4
spell check selected text and/ or document
f7
activate the thesaurus
shift + f7
save as
f12
save
ctrl + s / shift + s
insert the current date
alt + shift + d
insert the current time
alt + shift + T
close document
ctrl + W