Keyboard shortcuts can significantly speed up your workflow in Microsoft Word.
Here’s a list of some commonly used shortcuts:
Basic Text Editing
1. Ctrl + N: Create a new document.
2. Ctrl + O: Open an existing document.
3. Ctrl + S: Save the current document.
4. Ctrl + P: Print the current document.
5. Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action.
6. Ctrl + Y: Redo the last undone action.
7. Ctrl + C: Copy selected text.
8. Ctrl + X: Cut selected text.
9. Ctrl + V: Paste copied/cut text.
10. Ctrl + A: Select all text.
Formatting Text
11. Ctrl + B: Bold selected text.
12. Ctrl + I: Italicize selected text.
13. Ctrl + U: Underline selected text.
14. Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase font size.
15. Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease font size.
16. Ctrl + E: Center-align text.
17. Ctrl + L: Left-align text.
18. Ctrl + R: Right-align text.
19. Ctrl + J: Justify text.
20. Ctrl + D: Open font settings.
Navigation and Selection
21. Ctrl + F: Find text in the document.
22. Ctrl + H: Replace text in the document.
23. Ctrl + G: Go to a specific page, line, or section.
24. Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Navigate between words.
25. Ctrl + Home: Move cursor to the beginning of the document.
26. Ctrl + End: Move cursor to the end of the document.
Paragraph Formatting
27. Ctrl + Enter: Insert a page break.
28. Ctrl + T: Create a hanging indent.
29. Ctrl + Shift + T: Decrease indent.
30. Ctrl + Shift + M: Remove paragraph formatting.
Review and Editing
31. F7: Spell check.
32. Ctrl + F2: Print Preview.
33. Ctrl + W: Close the current document.
34. Alt + F4: Close Microsoft Word.
Others
35. Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy formatting.
36. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste formatting.
37. F4: Repeat the last action.
38. Ctrl + Spacebar: Remove formatting.
39. Shift + F3: Change text case (UPPERCASE, lowercase, Capitalize Each Word).
