Shortcuts make life easier when you are working on a computer. Though they don't do the same in real life, but let us not talk about the world other than computers.
So to make our life easier with computer and get better experience while working with softwares, software vendors provide a list of shortcuts to use their softwares. In this post I am listing mouse and keyboard shortcuts to be used in Microsoft Word.
Mouse shortcuts for Microsoft Word:
Shortcut
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Description
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Double-click (on a word)
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Select the word.
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Single-click (anywhere in a sentence) + Holding
CTRL
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Select the entire sentence.
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Triple-click (anywhere in a paragraph)
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Select the entire paragraph.
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Click, hold, drag, then release
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Select text from the click position to release
position.
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Click first position, hold SHIFT key, then click
2nd position
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Select text from the 1st position to the 2nd
position.
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Hold ALT key, then click and drag
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Vertical select text.
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Hold CTRL key, then scroll wheel
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Zoom in/out.
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Keyboard shortcuts:
Shortcut
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Description
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Ctrl + A
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Select all (including text, graphics).
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Ctrl + B
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Bold.
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Ctrl + I
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Italic.
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Ctrl + U
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Underline.
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Ctrl + C
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Copy.
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Ctrl + V
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Paste.
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Ctrl + X
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Cut.
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Ctrl + F
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Find.
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo.
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Ctrl + Y
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Redo.
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Ctrl + P
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Open the print dialog.
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Ctrl + K
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Insert link.
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Ctrl + L
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Left align.
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Ctrl + E
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Center align.
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Ctrl + R
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Right align.
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Ctrl + M
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Indent.
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Ctrl + (left arrow)
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Moves one word to the left.
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Ctrl + (right arrow)
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Moves one word to the right.
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Ctrl + (up arrow)
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Moves cursor to the beginning of the paragraph.
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Ctrl + (down arrow)
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Moves cursor to the end of the paragraph.
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Ctrl + Shift + F
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Change font.
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Ctrl + Shift + *
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View/hide non-printing characters.
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Ctrl + Del
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Deletes word to the right of cursor.
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Ctrl + Backspace
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Deletes word to the left of cursor.
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Ctrl + End
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Moves cursor to the end of document.
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Ctrl + Home
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Moves cursor to the beginning of document.
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Ctrl + Spacebar
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Reset highlighted text to the default font.
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Ctrl + 1
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Single-space.
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Ctrl + 2
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Double-space.
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Ctrl + 5
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1.5-line.
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Ctrl + Alt + 1
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Format text: heading 1.
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Ctrl + Alt + 2
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Format text: heading 2.
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Ctrl + Alt + 3
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Format text: heading 3.
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F1
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Help.
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F4
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Repeat the last action
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F5
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Go to .
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F7
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Spelling and grammar.
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F12
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Save as.
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F8 then (left arrow)
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Increase selection to the left by one character
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F8 then (right arrow)
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Increase selection to the right by one character
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Ctrl + F1
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Task Pane.
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Ctrl + F2
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Print preview.
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Alt + Ctrl + F2
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New document.
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Shift + F3
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Cycle between capitalized formats
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Ctrl + Insert
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Copy.
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Shift + Insert
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Paste.
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Shift + End
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Select from current position to the end of the
line.
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Shift + Home
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Select from current position to the beginning of
the line.
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Ctrl + Shift + (left arrow)
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Select from current position to the beginning of
the word.
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Ctrl + Shift + (right arrow)
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Select from current position to the end of the
word.
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Ctrl + Shift + (up arrow)
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Select from current position to the beginning of
the document.
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Ctrl + Shift + (down arrow)
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Select from current position to the end of the
document.
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Ctrl + Shift + Page Up
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Select from current position to the beginning of
the window.
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Ctrl + Shift + Page Down
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Select from current position to the end of the
window.
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Shift + Page Up
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One screen page up.
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Shift + Page Down
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One screen page down.
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Shift + F7
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Thesaurus check selected text.
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Shift + F12
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Save.
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Ctrl + Shift + F12
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Print.
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Alt + Shift + D
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Insert the current date.
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Alt + Shift + T
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Insert the current time.
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