MS Word Shortcut Key

Switch to the next window.

Switch to the previous window.

Close the active window.

Restore the size of the active window after you maximize it.

Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window (clockwise direction). You may needto press F6 more than once.

Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window (counterclockwise direction).

When more than one window is open, switch to the next window.

Switch to the previous window.

Maximize or restore a selected window.

Copy a picture of the screen to the Clipboard.

Copy a picture of the selected window to the Clipboard.

Move to the next option or option group.

Move to the previous option or option group.

Switch to the next tab in a dialog box.

Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box.

Move between options in an open drop-down list, or between options in a group of options.

Perform the action assigned to the selected button; select or clear the selected check box.

Select an option; select or clear a check box.

Open a selected drop-down list.

Close a selected drop-down list; cancel a command and close a dialog box.

Run the selected command.

Move to the beginning of the entry.

Move to the end of the entry.

Move one character to the left or right.

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move one word to the right.

Select or unselect one character to the left.

Select or unselect one character to the right.

Select or unselect one word to the left.

Select or unselect one word to the right.

Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry.

Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry.

Display the Open dialog box.

Display the Save As dialog box.

Open the selected folder or file.

Open the folder one level above the selected folder.

Delete the selected folder or file.

Display a shortcut menu for a selected item such as a folder or file.

Move forward through options.

Move back through options.

Open the Look in list.

Cancel an action.

Undo an action.

Redo or repeat an action.

Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window. (You may need to press F6 more than once.)

When a menu is active, move to a task pane. (You may need to press CTRL+TAB more than once.)

When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane.

Display the full set of commands on the task pane menu.

Perform the action assigned to the selected button.

Open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item.

Select the first or last item in a gallery.

Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list.

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.

Display the menu or message for an available action or for the Auto Correct Options button or the Paste options button . If more than one action is present, switch to the next action and display its menu or message.

Move between options in a menu of available actions

Perform the action for the selected item on a menu of available actions.

Close the available actions menu or message.

Select the active tab of the ribbon and activate the access keys.

Expand or collapse the ribbon.

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.

Move the focus to select each of the following areas of the window.

Move the focus to each command on the ribbon, forward or backward, respectively.

Move down, up, left, or right, respectively, among the items on the ribbon.

Activate the selected command or control on the ribbon.

Open the selected menu or gallery on the ribbon.

Activate a command or control on the ribbon so you can modify a value.

Get help on the selected command or control on the ribbon. (If no Help topic is associated with the selected command, a general Help topic about he program is shown instead.)

Create a nonbreaking space.

Create a nonbreaking hyphen.

Make letters bold.

Make letters italic.

Make letters underline.

Decrease font size one value.

Increase font size one value.

Decrease font size 1 point.

Increase font size 1 point.

Remove paragraph or character formatting.

Copy the selected text or object.

Cut the selected text or object.

Paste text or an object.

Paste special

Paste formatting only

Undo the last action.

Redo the last action.

Open the Word Count dialog box.

Create a new document.

Open a document.

Close a document.

Split the document window.

Remove the document window split.

Save a document.

Open the Navigation task pane (to search document).

Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window).

Replace text, specific formatting, and special items.

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location.

Switch between the last four places that you have edited.

Open a list of browse options. Press the arrow keys to select an option, and then press ENTER to browse through a document by using the selected option.

Move to the previous browse object (set in browse options).

Move to the next browse object (set in browse options).

Switch to Print Layout view.

Switch to Outline view.

Switch to Draft view.

Promote a paragraph.

Demote a paragraph.

Demote to body text.

Move selected paragraphs up.

Move selected paragraphs down.

Expand text under a heading.

Collapse text under a heading.

Expand or collapse all text or headings.

Hide or display character formatting.

Show the first line of body text or all body text.

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style.

Show all headings up to Heading n.

Insert a tab character.

Print a document.

Switch to print preview.

Move around the preview page when zoomed in.

Move by one preview page when zoomed out.

Move to the first preview page when zoomed out.

Move to the last preview page when zoomed out.

Insert a comment.

Turn change tracking on or off.

Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open.

Go to beginning of document.

Go to end of document.

Go to page n.

Exit Read mode.

Mark a table of contents entry.

Mark a table of contents entry.

Mark a table of authorities entry (citation).

Mark an index entry.

Insert an endnote.

Insert a hyperlink.

Go back one page.

Go forward one page.

Refresh.

Delete one character to the left.

Delete one word to the left.

Delete one character to the right.

Delete one word to the right.

Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard.

Undo the last action.

Cut to the Spike.

Open the Office Clipboard

Copy selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard.

Cut selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard.

Paste the most recent addition or pasted item from the Office Clipboard.

Move text or graphics once.

Copy text or graphics once.

When text or an object is selected, open the Create New Building Block dialog box.

When the building block — for example, a SmartArt graphic — is selected, display the shortcut menu that is associated with it.

Cut to the Spike.

Paste the Spike contents.

Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document.

A field

A line break

A page break

A column break

An em dash

An en dash

An optional hyphen

A nonbreaking hyphen

A nonbreaking space

The copyright symbol

The registered trademark symbol

The trademark symbol

An ellipsis

A single opening quotation mark

A single closing quotation mark

Double opening quotation marks

Insert the Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol ( ), type 20 AC, and then hold down ALT andpress X.

Find out the Unicode character code for the selected character

Insert the ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down ALT and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.

Turn extend mode on.

Select the nearest character.

Increase the size of a selection.

Reduce the size of a selection.

Turn extend mode off.

Extend a selection one character to the right.

Extend a selection one character to the left.

Extend a selection to the end of a word.

Extend a selection to the beginning of a word.

Extend a selection to the end of a line.

Extend a selection to the beginning of a line.

Extend a selection one line down.

Extend a selection one line up.

Extend a selection to the end of a paragraph.

Extend a selection to the beginning of a paragraph.

Extend a selection one screen down.

Extend a selection one screen up.

Extend a selection to the beginning of a document.

Extend a selection to the end of a document.

Extend a selection to the end of a window.

Extend a selection to include the entire document.

Select a vertical block of text.

Select the next cell's contents.

Select the preceding cell's contents.

Extend a selection to adjacent cells.

Extend a selection (or block).

Select an Entire Table.

One character to the left

One character to the right

One word to the left

One word to the right

One paragraph up

One paragraph down

One cell to the left (in a table)

One cell to the right (in a table)

Up one line

Down one line

To the end of a line

To the beginning of a line

To the top of the window

To the end of the window

Up one screen (scrolling)

Down one screen (scrolling)

To the top of the next page

To the top of the previous page

To the end of a document

To the beginning of a document

To a previous revision

After opening a document, to the location you were working in when the document was last closed

To the next cell in a row

To the previous cell in a row

To the first cell in a row

To the last cell in a row

To the first cell in a column

To the last cell in a column

To the previous row

To the next row

Row up

Row down

New paragraphs in a cell

Tab characters in a cell

Copy formatting from text.

Apply copied formatting to text.

Open the Font dialog box to change the font.

Increase the font size.

Decrease the font size.

Increase the font size by 1 point.

Decrease the font size by 1 point.