| Alt + F | File menu options in current program. |
| Alt + E | Edit options in current program |
| F1 | Universal Help in almost every Windows program. |
| Ctrl + A | Select all text. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Shift + Del | Cut selected item. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected item. |
| Ctrl + Ins | Copy selected item |
| Ctrl + V | Paste selected item. |
| Shift + Ins | Paste |
| Home | Goes to beginning of current line. |
| Ctrl + Home | Goes to beginning of document. |
| End | Goes to end of current line. |
| Ctrl + End | Goes to end of document. |
| Shift + Home | Highlights from current position to beginning of line. |
| Shift + End | Highlights from current position to end of line. |
| Ctrl + Left arrow | Moves one word to the left at a time. |
| Ctrl + Right arrow | Moves one word to the right at a time. |
| Alt + F4 | Close |
Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys in Microsoft Word.
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Ctrl + A | Select all contents of the page. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected text. |
| Ctrl + D | Go to Font |
| Ctrl + E | Center Alignment |
| Ctrl + F | Find |
| Ctrl + G | Go to Page |
| Ctrl + H | Go to Replace |
| Ctrl + I | Italic |
| Ctrl + J | Justify Alignment |
| Ctrl + L | Left Alignment |
| Ctrl + N | Open New Document |
| Ctrl + O | Open Files |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected text. |
| Ctrl + P | Open the print window. |
| Ctrl + F | Open find box. |
| Ctrl + I | Italic highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + K | Insert link. |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo the last action performed. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action. |
| Ctrl + L | Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. |
| Ctrl + E | Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. |
| Ctrl + R | Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. |
| Ctrl + M | Indent the paragraph. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Change the font. |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts. |
| Ctrl + ] | Increase selected font +1pts. |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt. |
| Ctrl + [ | Decrease selected font -1pts. |
| Ctrl + Shift + * | View or hide non printing characters. |
| Ctrl + | Moves one word to the left. |
| Ctrl + | Moves one word to the right. |
| Ctrl + | Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph. |
| Ctrl + | Moves to the end of the paragraph. |
| Ctrl + Del | Deletes word to right of cursor. |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Deletes word to left of cursor. |
| Ctrl + End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |
| Ctrl + Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Reset highlighted text to the default font. |
| Ctrl + 1 | Single-space lines. |
| Ctrl + 2 | Double-space lines. |
| Ctrl + 5 | 1.5-line spacing. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Changes text to heading 1. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 2 | Changes text to heading 2. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 3 | Changes text to heading 3. |
| Alt + Shift + D | Insert the current date. |
| Alt + Shift + T | Insert the current time. |
