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Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

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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
Description
Double-click (on a word)
Select the word.
Single-click (anywhere in a sentence) + Holding CTRL
Select the entire sentence.
Triple-click (anywhere in a paragraph)
Select the entire paragraph.
Click, hold, drag, then release
Select text from the click position to release position.
Click first position, hold SHIFT key, then click 2nd position
Select text from the 1st position to the 2nd position.
Hold ALT key, then click and drag
Vertical select text.
Hold CTRL key, then scroll wheel
Zoom in/out.


Keyboard shortcuts:


Shortcut
Description
Ctrl + A
Select all (including text, graphics).
Ctrl + B
Bold.
Ctrl + I
Italic.
Ctrl + U
Underline.
Ctrl + C
Copy.
Ctrl + V
Paste.
Ctrl + X
Cut.
Ctrl + F
Find.
Ctrl + Z
Undo.
Ctrl + Y
Redo.
Ctrl + P
Open the print dialog.
Ctrl + K
Insert link.
Ctrl + L
Left align.
Ctrl + E
Center align.
Ctrl + R
Right align.
Ctrl + M
Indent.
Ctrl + (left arrow)
Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl + (right arrow)
Moves one word to the right.
Ctrl + (up arrow)
Moves cursor to the beginning of the paragraph.
Ctrl + (down arrow)
Moves cursor to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl + Shift + F
Change font.
Ctrl + Shift + *
View/hide non-printing characters.
Ctrl + Del
Deletes word to the right of cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace
Deletes word to the left of cursor.
Ctrl + End
Moves cursor to the end of document.
Ctrl + Home
Moves cursor to the beginning of document.
Ctrl + Spacebar
Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl + 1
Single-space.
Ctrl + 2
Double-space.
Ctrl + 5
1.5-line.
Ctrl + Alt + 1
Format text: heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2
Format text: heading 2.
Ctrl + Alt + 3
Format text: heading 3.
F1
Help.
F4
Repeat the last action
F5
Go to .
F7
Spelling and grammar.
F12
Save as.
F8 then (left arrow)
Increase selection to the left by one character
F8 then (right arrow)
Increase selection to the right by one character
Ctrl + F1
Task Pane.
Ctrl + F2
Print preview.
Alt + Ctrl + F2
New document.
Shift + F3
Cycle between capitalized formats
Ctrl + Insert
Copy.
Shift + Insert
Paste.
Shift + End
Select from current position to the end of the line.
Shift + Home
Select from current position to the beginning of the line.
Ctrl + Shift + (left arrow)
Select from current position to the beginning of the word.
Ctrl + Shift + (right arrow)
Select from current position to the end of the word.
Ctrl + Shift + (up arrow)
Select from current position to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + Shift + (down arrow)
Select from current position to the end of the document.
Ctrl + Shift + Page Up
Select from current position to the beginning of the window.
Ctrl + Shift + Page Down
Select from current position to the end of the window.
Shift + Page Up
One screen page up.
Shift + Page Down
One screen page down.
Shift + F7
Thesaurus check selected text.
Shift + F12
Save.
Ctrl + Shift + F12
Print.
Alt + Shift + D
Insert the current date.
Alt + Shift + T
Insert the current time.

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