Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts Cheat Sheet

Word Keyboard Shortcuts

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Shortcut	What it does
`Ctrl`+`N`	Create a new document
`Ctrl`+`O`	Open an existing document
`Ctrl`+`S`	Save the document
`F12`	Save As
`Ctrl`+`P`	Print
`Ctrl`+`W`or`Ctrl`+`F4`	Close the current document
`Alt`+`F4`	Close Word
`Ctrl`+`Z`	Undo the last action
`Ctrl`+`Y`or`F4`	Redo or repeat the last action
`Ctrl`+`C`	Copy the selected text
`Ctrl`+`X`	Cut the selected text
`Ctrl`+`V`	Paste the contents of the clipboard
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`V`	Display the Paste Special dialog box
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`C`	Copy formatting
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`V`	Paste formatting
`Ctrl`+`F`	Find (opens the Navigation pane)
`Ctrl`+`H`	Find and Replace
`Ctrl`+`G`or`F5`	Go To a page, section or bookmark
`F7`	Run spelling and grammar check
`Shift`+`F7`	Open the thesaurus
`F1`	Open Help
`Esc`	Cancel a command or close a dialog box

Shortcut	What it does
`Ctrl`+`B`	Apply or remove bold
`Ctrl`+`I`	Apply or remove italics
`Ctrl`+`U`	Apply or remove underline
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`W`	Underline words only (not spaces)
`Ctrl`+`=`	Apply or remove subscript
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`+`	Apply or remove superscript
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`>`	Increase the font size
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`<`	Decrease the font size
`Ctrl`+`]`	Increase the font size by one point
`Ctrl`+`[`	Decrease the font size by one point
`Ctrl`+`D`	Open the Font dialog box
`Shift`+`F3`	Change case (lower, UPPER, Title Case)
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`A`	Format as ALL CAPS
`Ctrl`+`Space`	Clear character formatting
`Ctrl`+`Q`	Clear paragraph formatting

Shortcut	What it does
`→`	Move one character right
`←`	Move one character left
`↑`	Move up one line
`↓`	Move down one line
`Ctrl`+`→`	Move one word right
`Ctrl`+`←`	Move one word left
`Ctrl`+`↑`	Move to the start of the paragraph
`Ctrl`+`↓`	Move to the start of the next paragraph
`Home`	Move to the start of the line
`End`	Move to the end of the line
`PgUp`	Move up one screen
`PgDn`	Move down one screen
`Ctrl`+`Home`	Move to the start of the document
`Ctrl`+`End`	Move to the end of the document
`Shift`+`F5`	Return to your last edit (press again to cycle through the last three)

Shortcut	What it does
`Ctrl`+`A`	Select the whole document
`Shift`+`→`	Extend the selection one character right
`Shift`+`←`	Extend the selection one character left
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`→`	Select to the end of the word
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`←`	Select to the start of the word
`Shift`+`Home`	Select to the start of the line
`Shift`+`End`	Select to the end of the line
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`↑`	Select to the start of the paragraph
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`↓`	Select to the end of the paragraph
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`Home`	Select to the start of the document
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`End`	Select to the end of the document
`F8`	Extend the selection (press repeatedly for word, sentence, paragraph, document)
`Shift`+`F8`	Shrink the selection
`Ctrl`+`Click`	Select a whole sentence
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`F8`	Select a rectangular block of text

Shortcut	What it does
`Backspace`	Delete one character to the left
`Ctrl`+`Backspace`	Delete one word to the left
`Delete`	Delete one character to the right
`Ctrl`+`Delete`	Delete one word to the right
`Insert`	Switch between Insert and Overtype mode

Shortcut	What it does
`Tab`	Move to the next cell (adds a new row from the last cell)
`Shift`+`Tab`	Move to the previous cell
`Alt`+`Home`	Move to the first cell in the row
`Alt`+`End`	Move to the last cell in the row
`Alt`+`PgUp`	Move to the first cell in the column
`Alt`+`PgDn`	Move to the last cell in the column
`Alt`+`Shift`+`↑`	Move the current row up
`Alt`+`Shift`+`↓`	Move the current row down

Shortcut	What it does
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`E`	Turn Track Changes on or off
`Ctrl`+`Shift`+`8`	Show or hide formatting marks (¶)
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`P`	Switch to Print Layout view
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`O`	Switch to Outline view
`Ctrl`+`Alt`+`N`	Switch to Draft view
`Ctrl`+`Mouse Wheel Up`	Zoom in
`Ctrl`+`Mouse Wheel Down`	Zoom out
`Ctrl`+`F2`	Open the print preview
`Ctrl`+`F1`	Expand or collapse the ribbon
`Alt`	Activate the access keys
`Alt`+`F8`	Open the Macros dialog box
`Alt`+`F11`	Open the VBA editor

Tip: on a Mac, use Cmd in place of Ctrl for many of these.