Shortcut Keys of Microsoft Word

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The following lists contain (CTRL+) combination shortcut keys for Microsoft Word, function keys, and some other common shortcut keys for Microsoft Word, along with descriptions of their functionality.

This are the total and all types of shortcut keys of word

Shortcut Keys	Description
Alt + Ctrl + F2	Open new document.
Alt + Shift + D	Insert the current date.
Alt + Shift + T	Insert the current time.
Alt-End	Table-to row end
Alt-F10	Application window-maximize
Alt-F11	Macros-view VBA code
Alt-F3	AutoText-create
Alt-F4	Exit application
Alt-F5	Application window-restore
Alt-F7	Spell-It-display next misspelling
Alt-F8	Macros-edit
Alt-F9	Fields-display codes (toggle)
Alt-Home	Table-to row beginning
Alt-PgUp	Table-to column top
Alt-Shift =	Outlining-expand
Alt-Shift-1	Outlining-Show Heading 1
Alt-Shift-2	Outlining-Show Heading 2
Alt-Shift-3	Outlining-Show Heading 3
Alt-Shift-4	Outlining-Show Heading 4
Alt-Shift-5	Outlining-Show Heading 5
Alt-Shift-6	Outlining-Show Heading 6
Alt-Shift-7	Outlining-Show Heading 7
Alt-Shift-8	Outlining-Show Heading 8
Alt-Shift-9	Outlining-Show Heading 9
Alt-Shift-A	Outlining-Show All Headings
Alt-Shift-C	Pane-Close
Alt-Shift-D	Date Field
Alt-Shift-E	Merge-data edit
Alt-Shift-F	Merge-field insert
Alt-Shift-F11	Microsoft Script Editor
Alt-Shift-F6	Application window-previous
Alt-Shift-F9	Fields-double-click in field
Alt-Shift-I	Mark-TOA citation
Alt-Shift-K	Merge-preview
Alt-Shift-L	Outlining-Show 1st line
Alt-Shift-Left/Right	Outlining-promote/demote
Alt-Shift-M	Merge-to printer
Alt-Shift-N	Merge-to document
Alt-Shift-Num -	Outlining-collapse
Alt-Shift-Num +	Outlining-expand
Alt-Shift-P	Page number field
Alt-Shift-R	Header/Footer-link to previous
Alt-Shift-T	Time Field
Alt-Shift-U	Fields-update
Alt-Shift-Up/Down	Outlining-move
Alt-Shift-X	Mark-Index entry
bottom Alt-PgDn	Table-to column
Click, hold, and drag	Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
Ctrl -	Soft hyphen -
Ctrl- ] or [	Font grow/shrink 1 pt
Ctrl + [	Decrease selected font -1pts.
Ctrl + ]	Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl +	Moves to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl +	Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl +	Moves one word to the right.
Ctrl +	Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl + 1	Single-space lines.
Ctrl + 2	Double-space lines.
Ctrl + 5	1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl + A	Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + Alt + 1	Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2	Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl + Alt + 3	Changes text to heading 3.
Ctrl + B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + Backspace	Deletes word to left of cursor.
Ctrl + C	Copy selected text.
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + Del	Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl + E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl + End	Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl + F	Open find box.
Ctrl + F1	Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl + F2	Display the print preview.
Ctrl + Home	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K	Insert link.
Ctrl + L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl + M	Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl + Mouse wheel	Zooms in and out of document.
Ctrl + N	Create a new blank document
Ctrl + O	Open
Ctrl + P	Open the print window.
Ctrl + R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + Shift + *	View or hide non printing characters.
Ctrl + Shift + <	Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt.
Ctrl + Shift + >	Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts.
Ctrl + Shift + F	Change the font.
Ctrl + Shift + F12	Prints the document.
Ctrl + Shift + F6	Opens to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl + Spacebar	Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl + U	Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V	Paste.
Ctrl + X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl + Y	Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl + Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl =	Subscript
Ctrl-\	Move between master/subdocument
CTRL+HYPHEN	Create a nonbreaking hyphen
CTRL+SHIFT+<	Decrease font size
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR	Create a nonbreaking space
CTRL+SPACEBAR	Remove paragraph or character formatting
CTRL+U	underline
CTRL+Y	Redo the last action
Ctrl-0 (zero)	Paragraph Space Above (add/delete 12 pt.)Ctrl-0
Ctrl-1	Line-spacing
Ctrl-2	Line-spacing 2
Ctrl-3	Fields-lock a field
Ctrl-4	Fields-unlock a field
Ctrl-5	Line-spacing 1.5
Ctrl-6	Fields-unlink a field
Ctrl-A	Select All
Ctrl-Alt-	Ellipsis
Ctrl-Alt -	Remove menu item
Ctrl-Alt =	Customize a menu
Ctrl-Alt-1	Heading Level 1
Ctrl-Alt-2	Heading Level 2
Ctrl-Alt-3	Heading Level 3
Ctrl-Alt-C	Type (c)
Ctrl-Alt-E	Endnote
Ctrl-Alt-F	Footnote
Ctrl-Alt-F1	Microsoft System Info
Ctrl-Alt-Home	Browse a document
Ctrl-Alt-I	Print Preview
Ctrl-Alt-K	AutoFormat
Ctrl-Alt-N	View-Normal
Ctrl-Alt-Num -	Em Dash
Ctrl-Alt-Num +	Customize a shortcut
Ctrl-Alt-O	View-Outline
Ctrl-Alt-P	View-Page
Ctrl-Alt-PgDn/PgUp	To bottom/top of screen
Ctrl-Alt-R	Type (r)
Ctrl-Alt-S	Split a window
Ctrl-Alt-T	Type (tm)
Ctrl-Alt-U	Table-remove border lines
Ctrl-Alt-V	AutoText-insert entry
Ctrl-Alt-Y	Repeat Find
Ctrl-Alt-Z	Go Back
Ctrl-B	Bold
Ctrl-click	Graphic-original proportions
Ctrl-D	Font
Ctrl-drag	Drawing-draw from center
Ctrl-E	Justify-Center
Ctrl-Enter	Break-page
Ctrl-F10	Maximize window
Ctrl-F11	Fields-lock a field
Ctrl-F3	Spike-cut to
Ctrl-F4	Close
Ctrl-F5	Document window-restore
Ctrl-F6	Next window
Ctrl-F7	Document window-move
Ctrl-F8	Document window-size
Ctrl-F9	Fields-insert blank field
Ctrl-G	GoTo
Ctrl-H	Replace
Ctrl-I	Italics
Ctrl-J	Justify-Full
Ctrl-K	Hyperlink
Ctrl-L	Justify-Left
Ctrl-Left/Right	GoTo Next/Previous Word
Ctrl-M	Indent-increase
Ctrl-O	Open a document
Ctrl-P	Print
Ctrl-PgDn/PgUp	Browse next/previous item
Ctrl-Q	Remove Paragraph formats
Ctrl-R	Justify-Right
Ctrl-S	Save
Ctrl-Shift -	Hard hyphen -
Ctrl-Shift- >or <	Font next/previous size
Ctrl-Shift-8	Nonprinting characters
Ctrl-Shift-A	Case-All Caps
Ctrl-Shift-C	Copy formatting
Ctrl-Shift-D	Underline-double
Ctrl-Shift-E	Revision Marks on/off
Ctrl-Shift-Enter	Break-column
Ctrl-Shift-F	Font
Ctrl-Shift-F11	Fields-unlock a field
Ctrl-Shift-F3	Spike-paste
Ctrl-Shift-F5	Bookmarks
Ctrl-Shift-F7	Fields-update link in source
Ctrl-Shift-F9	Fields-unlink a field
Ctrl-Shift-H	Hidden text
Ctrl-Shift-K	Small Caps
Ctrl-Shift-L	List Bullet Style
Ctrl-Shift-M	Indent-decrease
Ctrl-Shift-N	Normal Style Ctrl-Shift-N
Ctrl-Shift-Q	Symbol Font
Ctrl-Shift-S	Style box
Ctrl-Shift-T	Hanging indent-decrease
Ctrl-Shift-Tab	Dialog box previous tabbed section
Ctrl-Shift-W	Underline-word
Ctrl-Shift-Z	Remove Character formats
Ctrl-T	Hanging Indent-increase
Ctrl-Tab	Dialog box next tabbed section
Ctrl-Up/Down	GoTo Next/Previous Paragraph
Ctrl-V	Paste
Ctrl-W	Close
Ctrl-X	Cut
Ctrl-Y	Repeat the last command
Ctrl-Z	Undo
Double-click	If double-click a word, selects the complete word.
Double-click	Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned.
Double-click	Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
entry Alt-Shift-O	Mark-TOC entry
entry F3	AutoText-insert
F1	Open Help.
F1	Help
F10	Menu Bar
F12	Save as.
F12	Save As
F4	Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5	Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
F6	Window pane-next
F7	Spell and grammar check selected text and/or document.
F7	Spelling and Grammar check
F8	Selection extended
field Ctrl-Alt-L	Insert ListNum
field F11	Fields-next
field F9	Fields-update selected
Find Ctrl + F	Find
Font Size Ctrl-Shift-P	Font Size Ctrl-Shift-P
Hard space	Hard space
Increase font size	CTRL+SHIFT+>
Insert Comment	Ctrl-Alt-M
Mouse shortcuts	Description
Repeat Find Shift-F4	Repeat Find Shift-F4
Shift + F12	Save.
Shift + F3	Change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
Shift + F7	Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
Shift + Insert	Paste.
shift+f3	Capatilize word
Shift-drag	Drawing-constrain shape to symmetrical
Shift-drag	Graphic-crop
Shift-Enter	Newline within paragraph
Shift-F1	Help-Whats This?
Shift-F10	Shortcut Menu
Shift-F11	Fields-previous field
Shift-F5	Go Back
Shift-F6	Window pane-previous
Shift-F7	Thesaurus
Shift-F8	Selection reduced
Shift-F9	Fields-display code
Triple-click	Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked.