Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts
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| Word Keyboard Shortcuts |
Microsoft's MS Word is a word processor program. MS Word is available as one of the
components in the Microsoft Office Suite. This is one of the most widely
used word processor program. It has most of the operations that are
needed for a word processor program and is used both for personal use
and also for office purposes. There are many keyboard shortcuts
available for different operations performed in Microsoft Word.
Here is a list of Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts that are
available in Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, and in Microsoft
Office Word 2007.
Command
Name
Shortcut Keys
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All Caps CTRL+SHIFT+A
Annotation ALT+CTRL+M
App Maximize ALT+F10
App Restore ALT+F5
Apply Heading1
ALT+CTRL+1
Apply Heading2 ALT+CTRL+2
Apply Heading3
ALT+CTRL+3
Apply List Bullet CTRL+SHIFT+L
Auto Format ALT+CTRL+K
Auto Text F3 or ALT+CTRL+V
Bold
CTRL+B or CTRL+SHIFT+B
Bookmark CTRL+SHIFT+F5
Browse Next CTRL+PAGE DOWN
Browse Previous CTRL+PAGE UP
Browse Sel
ALT+CTRL+HOME
Cancel
ESC
Center Para CTRL+E
Change Case SHIFT+F3
Char Left
LEFT
Char Left Extend
SHIFT+LEFT
Char Right
RIGHT
Char Right Extend SHIFT+RIGHT
Clear DELETE
Close or Exit ALT+F4
Close Pane ALT+SHIFT+C
Column Break CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
Column Select CTRL+SHIFT+F8
Copy CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT
Copy Format CTRL+SHIFT+C
Copy Text SHIFT+F2
Create Auto Text ALT+F3
Customize Add Menu ALT+CTRL+=
Customize Keyboard ALT+CTRL+NUM +
Customize Remove Menu ALT+CTRL+-
Cut CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE
Date Field ALT+SHIFT+D
Delete Back Word CTRL+BACKSPACE
Delete Word CTRL+DELETE
Dictionary ALT+SHIFT+F7
Do Field Click ALT+SHIFT+F9
Doc Close CTRL+W or CTRL+F4
Doc Maximize
CTRL+F10
Doc Move CTRL+F7
Doc Restore CTRL+F5
Doc Size CTRL+F8
Doc Split ALT+CTRL+S
Double Underline CTRL+SHIFT+D
End of Column ALT+PAGE DOWN
End of Column ALT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
End of Doc Extend CTRL+SHIFT+END
End of Document CTRL+END
End of Line END
End of Line Extend SHIFT+END
End of Row ALT+END
End of Row ALT+SHIFT+END
End of Window ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN
End of Window Extend ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
Endnote Now ALT+CTRL+D
Extend Selection F8
Field Chars CTRL+F9
Field Codes ALT+F9
Find CTRL+F
Font CTRL+D or CTRL+SHIFT+F
Font Size Select CTRL+SHIFT+P
Footnote Now ALT+CTRL+F
Go Back SHIFT+F5 or ALT+CTRL+Z
Go To CTRL+G or F5
Grow Font
CTRL+SHIFT+.
Grow Font One Point
CTRL+]
Hanging Indent
CTRL+T
Header Footer Link ALT+SHIFT+R
Help F1
Hidden CTRL+SHIFT+H
Hyperlink CTRL+K
Indent CTRL+M
Italic CTRL+I or CTRL+SHIFT+I
Justify Para CTRL+J
Left Para CTRL+L
Line Down DOWN
Line Down Extend SHIFT+DOWN
Line Up
UP
Line Up Extend
SHIFT+UP
List Num Field
ALT+CTRL+L
Lock Fields
CTRL+3 or CTRL+F11
Macro
ALT+F8
Mail Merge Check ALT+SHIFT+K
Mail Merge Edit Data Source
ALT+SHIFT+E
Mail Merge to Doc
ALT+SHIFT+N
Mail Merge to Printer
ALT+SHIFT+M
Mark Citation
ALT+SHIFT+I
Mark Index Entry
ALT+SHIFT+X
Mark Table of Contents Entry
ALT+SHIFT+O
Menu Mode F10
Merge Field
ALT+SHIFT+F
Microsoft Script Editor
ALT+SHIFT+F11
Microsoft System Info ALT+CTRL+F1
Move Text
F2
New
CTRL+N
Next Cell
TAB
Next Field F11 or ALT+F1
Next Misspelling
ALT+F7
Next Object ALT+DOWN
Next Window
CTRL+F6 or ALT+F6
Normal
ALT+CTRL+N
Normal Style CTRL+SHIFT+N or ALT+SHIFT+CLEAR
(NUM 5)
Open CTRL+O or CTRL+F12 or ALT+CTRL+F2
Open or Close Up Para CTRL+0
Other Pane F6 or SHIFT+F6
Outline
ALT+CTRL+O
Outline Collapse ALT+SHIFT+- or ALT+SHIFT+NUM -
Outline Demote
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT
Outline Expand
ALT+SHIFT+=
Outline Expand
ALT+SHIFT+NUM +
Outline Move Down ALT+SHIFT+DOWN
Outline Move Up
ALT+SHIFT+UP
Outline Promote
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT
Outline Show First Line
ALT+SHIFT+L
Overtype
INSERT
Page
ALT+CTRL+P
Page Break
CTRL+ENTER
Page Down
PAGE DOWN
Page Down Extend
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
Page Field
ALT+SHIFT+P
Page Up
PAGE UP
Page Up Extend
SHIFT+PAGE UP
Para Down CTRL+DOWN
Para Down Extend CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN
Para Up CTRL+UP
Para Up Extend CTRL+SHIFT+UP
Paste
CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT
Paste Format CTRL+SHIFT+V
Prev Cell
SHIFT+TAB
Prev Field
SHIFT+F11 or ALT+SHIFT+F1
Prev Object ALT+UP
Prev Window CTRL+SHIFT+F6 or ALT+SHIFT+F6
Print
CTRL+P or CTRL+SHIFT+F12
Print Preview
CTRL+F2 or ALT+CTRL+I
Proofing F7
Redo
ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE
Redo or Repeat
CTRL+Y or F4 or ALT+ENTER
Repeat Find
SHIFT+F4 or ALT+CTRL+Y
Replace
CTRL+H
Reset Char
CTRL+SPACE or CTRL+SHIFT+Z
Reset Para CTRL+Q
Revision Marks Toggle
CTRL+SHIFT+E
Right Para CTRL+R
Save CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12 or ALT+SHIFT+F2
Save As F12
Select All CTRL+A or CTRL+CLEAR (NUM 5) or CTRL+NUM 5
Select Table ALT+CLEAR (NUM 5)
Show All CTRL+SHIFT+8
Show All Headings ALT+SHIFT+A
Show Heading1 ALT+SHIFT+1
Show Heading2 ALT+SHIFT+2
Show Heading3 ALT+SHIFT+3
Show Heading4 ALT+SHIFT+4
Show Heading5 ALT+SHIFT+5
Show Heading6 ALT+SHIFT+6
Show Heading7 ALT+SHIFT+7
Show Heading8 ALT+SHIFT+8
Show Heading9 ALT+SHIFT+9
Shrink Font CTRL+SHIFT+,
Shrink Font One Point
CTRL+[
Small Caps
CTRL+SHIFT+K
Space Para1
CTRL+1
Space Para15 CTRL+5
Space Para2
CTRL+2
Spike CTRL+SHIFT+F3 or CTRL+F3
Start of Column
ALT+PAGE UP
Start of Column
ALT+SHIFT+PAGE UP
Start of Doc Extend
CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
Start of Document
CTRL+HOME
Start of Line HOME
Start of Line Extend SHIFT+HOME
Start of Row
ALT+HOME
Start of Row
ALT+SHIFT+HOME
Start of Window
ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP
Start of Window Extend
ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP
Style CTRL+SHIFT+S
Subscript
CTRL+=
Superscript
CTRL+SHIFT+=
Symbol Font
CTRL+SHIFT+Q
Thesaurus SHIFT+F7
Time Field ALT+SHIFT+T
Toggle Field Display
SHIFT+F9
Toggle Master Subdocs CTRL+\
Tool SHIFT+F1
Un Hang
CTRL+SHIFT+T
Un Indent CTRL+SHIFT+M
Underline CTRL+U or CTRL+SHIFT+U
Undo CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE
Unlink Fields
CTRL+6 or CTRL+SHIFT+F9
Unlock Fields CTRL+4 or CTRL+SHIFT+F11
Update Auto Format
ALT+CTRL+U
Update Fields
F9 or ALT+SHIFT+U
Update Source
CTRL+SHIFT+F7
VBCode ALT+F11
Web Go Back ALT+LEFT
Web Go Forward
ALT+RIGHT
Word Left
CTRL+LEFT
Word Left Extend
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT
Word Right CTRL+RIGHT
Word Right Extend CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT
Word Underline CTRL+SHIFT+W
Note: Some keyboard shortcuts in earlier versions of Microsoft Word no longer work as expected in Microsoft Office Word 2007.
