Microsoft shortcut key

Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Word keyboard shortcuts and keep it by your computer for a quick reference.

Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time.

Documents Action : -

Open a file = CTRL+O
New file = CTRL+N
Close a file = CTRL+W
Save As = F12
Save = CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12
Print Preview = CTRL+F2
Print = CTRL+P
Show/Hide paragraph symbols = CTRL+*
Spelling and grammar = F7
Help = F1
Find = CTRL+F
Replace = CTRL+H
Go To = CTRL+G


Cursor movements : - 



Select all - entire document = CTRL+A
Select from cursor to beginning of line = SHIFT+Home
Select from cursor to end of line = SHIFT+END
Go to beginning of line = HOME
Go to end of line = END
Go to beginning of document = CTRL+Home
Go to end of document = CTRL+End


Formatting : -



Cut = CTRL+X
Copy = CTRL+C
Paste = CTRL+V
Undo = CTRL+Z
Redo = CTRL+Y
Format painter = CTRL+SHIFT+C
Left alignment  = CTRL+L
Center alignment = CTRL+E
Right alignment = CTRL+R
Justified = CTRL+J
Delete previous word = CTRL+Backspace
Apply bulleted list = CTRL+SHIFT+L
Indent = CTRL+M
Page break = CTRL+Enter


Text style : -


Font face = CTRL+SHIFT+F
Font size = CTRL+SHIFT+P
Bold = CTRL+B
Italics = CTRL+I
Underline = CTRL+U
Double underline=  CTRL+SHIFT+D
Word underline = CTRL+SHIFT+W
All caps = CTRL+SHIFT+A
Change case = SHIFT+F3
Subscript = CTRL+=
Superscript = CTRL+SHIFT+=
Make web hyperlink = CTRL+K 




Tables : -





Go to next cell = Tab
Go to previous cell = SHIFT+Tab
Go to beginning of column = ALT+PageUp
Highlight to beginning of column = ALT+SHIFT+PageUp
Go to end of column = ALT+PageDown
Highlight to end of column = ALT+SHIFT+PageDown
Go to beginning of row = ALT+Home
Highlight to beginning of row = ALT+SHIFT+Home
Go to end of row = ALT+End
Highlight to end of row = ALT+SHIFT+End
Column break = CTRL+SHIFT+Enter


Miscellaneous : -




Copyright symbol - © = ALT+CTRL+C
Date field = ALT+SHIFT+D
Go to footnotes = ALT+CTRL+F
Show/Hide ¶ = CTRL+SHIFT+8
Thesaurus = SHIFT+F7