78 Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

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78 Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

Here are 78 Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts, which include keyboard shortcuts for formating text,
line spacing, and selecting text. These shortcuts will help you become more efficient at using Word. They
will work with all recent versions of Word.

Word Function Keys
F1: Gets Help or visit Microsoft Office Online
F2: Moves text or graphics
F3: Inserts an AutoText entry
F4: Repeats the last action
F5: Chooses the Go To command (Edit menu)
F6: Goes to the next frame
F7: Chooses the Spelling command (Tools menu)
F8: Extends a selection
F9: Updates selected fields
F10:Activates the menu bar
F11: Goes to the next field
F12: Save As command

Control + Function Key
Ctrl + F2: Print Preview command (File menu)
Ctrl + F3: Cut to the Spike
Ctrl + F4: Closes the window

Ctrl + F5: Restores the document window size (for example, after maximising it)
Ctrl + F6: Goes to the next window
Ctrl + F7: Move command (title bar shortcut menu)
Ctrl + F8: Size command (title bar shortcut menu)
Ctrl + F9: Inserts an empty field
Ctrl + F10: Maximises document window
Ctrl + F11: Locks a field
Ctrl + F12: Open command (File menu)

Control + Shift + Function Key
Ctrl + Shift + F3: Inserts contents of Spike
Ctrl + Shift + F5: Edit a bookmark
Ctrl + Shift + F6: Goes to the previous window
Ctrl + Shift + F7: Updates linked information in a Word source document
Ctrl + Shift + F8: Makes vertical text block
Ctrl + Shift + F9: Unlinks a field
Ctrl + Shift + F11: Unlocks a field
Ctrl + Shift + F12: Print command (File menu)

Shift + Function Key
Shift + F1: Starts context-sensitive Help or reveals formatting
Shift + F2: Copies text
Shift + F3: Changes case of letters

Shift + F4: Repeats a Find o
Shift + F5: Moves to the last change
Shift + F6: Goes to the previous pane or frame
Shift + F7: Launches Thesaurus (Tools menu, Language submenu)
Shift + F8: Shrinks a selection
Shift + F9: Switches between a field code and its result
Shift + F10: Displays a shortcut menu
Shift + F11: Goes to the previous field
Shift + F12: Save command (File menu)

Alt + Function Key
Alt + F1: Goes to next field
Alt + F3: Creates an AutoText entry.
Alt + F4: Quits Word
Alt + F5: Restores program window size
Alt + F6: Moves from an open dialog box back to the document for some dialog boxes like Find and
Replace.
Alt + F7: Finds the next misspelling or grammatical error. Check spelling as you type check box must be
selected.
Alt + F8: Runs a macro
Alt + F9: Switches between all field codes and their results
Alt + F10: Maximises the program window
Alt + F11: Displays Visual Basic code

Alt + Shift + Function Key
Alt + Shift + F1: Goes to the previous field
Alt + Shift + F2: Save command (File menu)
Alt + Shift + F9: Runs GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results
Alt + Shift + F10: Displays the menu or message for a smart tag. If more than one smart tag is present,
switch to the next smart tag and display its menu or message
Alt + Shift + F11: Starts Microsoft Script Editor

Control + Alt + Function Key
Ctrl + Alt + F1: Displays Microsoft System Information
Ctrl + Alt + F2: Open command (File menu)

Basic Character Formatting
To change text to bold, press Ctrl+B, and to reverse bold back to normal text, press Ctrl+B again.
To change text to italic, press Ctrl+I, and to reverse italics back to normal text, press Ctrl+I again.
Underline text by pressing Ctrl+U, and to reverse underlining, press Ctrl+U again.

Changing Line Spacing

Changing the line spacing inserts extra space between the lines of text in a paragraph (or all paragraphs
in a block). In Word, there are three keyboard shortcuts for three common types of line spacing: singlespacing, 1 1/2-line spacing, and double spacing:
To single-space a paragraph (or all paragraphs within a text selection), press Ctrl+1.
To double-space a paragraph (or paragraphs that are selected), press Ctrl+2.
To space 1 1/2 lines, press Ctrl+5.

Selecting a Block with the Keyboard

To quickly select characters and lines as a block, you can use the Shift key in combination with any of the
cursor control keys as described on the following pages.
Shift+Left Arrow: to select one character at a time to the left of the toothpick cursor.
Shift+Right Arrow: to select one character at a time to the right of the toothpick cursor.
Shift+Home: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the beginning of the line.
Shift+End: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the end of the line.
Shift+Up Arrow: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the line above.
Shift+Down Arrow: to select a block of text from the toothpick cursor to the line below.

Shift+Click to Select Text Block of Any Size

To select a text block of any size, use the Shift+click technique as follows:
Positioning the mouse toothpick cursor where you want the block to start (the anchor point).
Navigate through your document using the vertical scroll bar.
Press and hold the Shift key and then click the mouse where you want the block to end.
The text from the toothpick cursor to wherever you Shift+clicked the mouse is selected as a block.

F8 Extended Selection Mode

Press the F8 key multiple times to select specific text, as follows:
Select a Word: Press the F8 key twice to select a word. (However, its easier to just double-click the word
to select it.)
Select a Sentence: Press the F8 key three times with the mouse cursor within a sentence to select that
sentence.

Select a Paragraph: Press the F8 key four times with the mouse cursor within a paragraph to select that
whole paragraph.
Select the Entire Document: Press the F8 key five times to select the whole document. (Or press Ctrl+A.)
To use the mouse and the F8 key together to select text of any size, place the mouse cursor at either
end of the selection block and then press the F8 key. Then, go to the other side of the text you need to
select and click the mouse cursor.

To exit F8 Extended Selection mode, press the Esc key.

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