Microsoft Word - Kayboard Shortcuts

Word's Keyboard Shortcuts

You can dramatically enhance your efficiency in working with Word by using the shortcut keys to accomplish different tasks. From the human factors point of view, the shortcuts eliminate the procedure of moving your hand off the keyboard to grab the mouse and locate it carefully on the correct button and clicking and returning it back to the keyboard to keep on typing. Using the shortcuts will feel a bit awkward at the beginning, and you might doubt the efficiency of using them. After you remember them and you get accustomed to it, your work will get at least two times faster.Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts in Word, arranged by subjects.Note: The + (plus) sign means “Together with”, for example “Ctrl+S” means pressing the Ctrl key together with the S key.

General Actions
Save the current document	Ctrl+S
Open a previously saved document	Ctrl+O
New blank document	Ctrl+N
Print	Ctrl+P
Moving the text cursor
Jump to the beginning of the row	Home
Jump to the end of the row	End
Jump to the beginning of the document	Ctrl+Home
Jump one word to the right	Ctrl+Arrow right
Jump one word to the right	Ctrl+Arrow left
Selecting text
Selecting the whole document	Ctrl+A
Selecting the whole row	Home, and then Shift+End or: Home, and then Shift+Arrow down
Formatting
Bold	Ctrl+B
Italic	Ctrl+I
Underline	Ctrl+U
Increase font by 1	Ctrl+]   (this is the right-squared bracket, located next to the Enter key)
Paragraphs
Align text to the right	Ctrl+R
Align text to the left	Ctrl+L
Align text to the center	Ctrl+E
Increase indentation	Ctrl+M
Decrease Indentation	Ctrl+Shift+M
Set line spacing to single	Ctrl+1
Set line spacing to double	Ctrl+2
Set line spacing to 1.5	Ctrl+5
Edit
Undo last action(s)	Ctrl+Z
Repeat last action(s)	Ctrl+Y
Copy	Ctrl+C
Cut	Ctrl+X
Paste	Ctrl+V
Find and Replace
Find	Ctrl+F
Replace	Ctrl+H