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. |