| Open a document. |
Ctrl+O |
| Create a new document. |
Ctrl+N |
| Save the document. |
Ctrl+S |
| Close the document. |
Ctrl+W |
| Cut the selected content to the Clipboard. |
Ctrl+X |
| Copy the selected content to the Clipboard. |
Ctrl+C |
| Paste the contents of the Clipboard. |
Ctrl+V |
| Select all document content. |
Ctrl+A |
| Apply bold formatting to text. |
Ctrl+B |
| Apply italic formatting to text. |
Ctrl+I |
| Apply underline formatting to text. |
Ctrl+U |
| Decrease the font size by 1 point. |
Ctrl+Left bracket ([) |
| Increase the font size by 1 point. |
Ctrl+Right bracket (]) |
| Center the text. |
Ctrl+E |
| Align the text to the left. |
Ctrl+L |
| Align the text to the right. |
Ctrl+R |
| Cancel a command. |
Esc |
| Undo the previous action. |
Ctrl+Z |
| Redo the previous action, if possible. |
Ctrl+Y |
| Adjust the zoom magnification. |
Alt+W, Q, then use the Tab key in the Zoom dialog box to go to the value you want. |
| Split the document window. |
Ctrl+Alt+S |
| Remove the document window split. |
Alt+Shift+C or Ctrl+Alt+S |
| Move to the Tell Me or Search field on the Ribbon to search for assistance or Help content. |
Alt+Q, then enter the search term. |
| Open the File page to use Backstage view. |
Alt+F |
| Open the Home tab to use common formatting commands, paragraph styles, and the Find tool. |
Alt+H |
| Open the Insert tab to insert tables, pictures and shapes, headers, or text boxes. |
Alt+N |
| Open the Design tab to use themes, colors, and effects, such as page borders. |
Alt+G |
| Open the Layout tab to work with page margins, page orientation, indentation, and spacing. |
Alt+P |
| Open the References tab to add a table of contents, footnotes, or a table of citations. |
Alt+S |
| Open the Mailings tab to manage Mail Merge tasks and to work with envelopes and labels. |
Alt+M |
| Open the Review tab to use Spell Check, set proofing languages, and to track and review changes to your document. |
Alt+R |
| Open the View tab to choose a document view or mode, such as Read Mode or Outline view. You can also set the zoom magnification and manage multiple document windows. |
Alt+W |
| Select the active tab on the ribbon, and activate the access keys. |
Alt or F10. To move to a different tab, use access keys or the arrow keys. |
| Move the focus to commands on the ribbon. |
Tab key or Shift+Tab |
| Move between command groupings on the ribbon. |
Ctrl+Left or Right arrow key |
| Move among the items on the ribbon. |
Arrow keys |
| Show the tooltip for the ribbon element currently in focus. |
Ctrl+Shift+F10 |
| Activate the selected button. |
Spacebar or Enter |
| Open the list for the selected command. |
Down arrow key |
| Open the menu for the selected button. |
Alt+Down arrow key |
| When a menu or submenu is open, move to the next command. |
Down arrow key |
| Expand or collapse the ribbon. |
Ctrl+F1 |
| Open the context menu. |
Shift+F10, Or, on a Windows keyboard, the Windows Menu key (between the right Alt and right Ctrl keys) |
| Move to the submenu when a main menu is open or selected. |
Left arrow key |
| Move the cursor one word to the left. |
Ctrl+Left arrow key |
| Move the cursor one word to the right. |
Ctrl+Right arrow key |
| Move the cursor up by one paragraph. |
Ctrl+Up arrow key |
| Move the cursor down by one paragraph. |
Ctrl+Down arrow key |
| Move the cursor to the end of the current line. |
End |
| Move the cursor to the beginning the current line. |
Home |
| Move the cursor to the top of the screen. |
Ctrl+Alt+Page up |
| Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen. |
Ctrl+Alt+Page down |
| Move the cursor by scrolling the document view up by one screen. |
Page up |
| Move the cursor by scrolling the document view down by one screen. |
Page down |
| Move the cursor to the top of the next page. |
Ctrl+Page down |
| Move the cursor to the top of the previous page. |
Ctrl+Page up |
| Move the cursor to the end of the document. |
Ctrl+End |
| Move the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
Ctrl+Home |
| Move the cursor to the location of the previous revision. |
Shift+F5 |
| Move the cursor to the location of the last revision made before the document was last closed. |
Shift+F5, immediately after opening the document. |
| Cycle through floating shapes, such as text boxes or images. |
Ctrl+Alt+5, and then the Tab key repeatedly |
| Exit the floating shape navigation and return to the normal navigation. |
Esc |
| Display the Navigation task pane, to search within the document content. |
Ctrl+F |
| Display the Go To dialog box, to navigate to a specific page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location. |
Ctrl+G |
| Cycle through the locations of the four previous changes made to the document. |
Ctrl+Alt+Z |
| Open the list of browse options to define the type of object to browse by. |
Ctrl+Alt+Home |
| Move to the previous object of the defined type. |
Ctrl+Page up |
| Move to the next object of the defined type. |
Ctrl+Page down |
| Print the document. |
Ctrl+P |
| Switch to print preview. |
Ctrl+Alt+I |
| Move around the preview page when zoomed in. |
Arrow keys |
| Move by one preview page when zoomed out. |
Page up or Page down |
| Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. |
Ctrl+Home |
| Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. |
Ctrl+End |
| Select text. |
Shift+Arrow keys |
| Select the word to the left. |
Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow key |
| Select the word to the right. |
Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow key |
| Select from the current position to the beginning of the current line. |
Shift+Home |
| Select from the current position to the end of the current line. |
Shift+End |
| Select from the current position to the beginning of the current paragraph. |
Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow key |
| Select from the current position to the end of the current paragraph. |
Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow key |
| Select from the current position to the top of the screen. |
Shift+Page up |
| Select from the current position to the bottom of the screen. |
Shift+Page down |
| Select from the current position to the beginning of the document. |
Ctrl+Shift+Home |
| Select from the current position to the end of the document. |
Ctrl+Shift+End |
| Select from the current position to the bottom of the window. |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page down |
| Select all document content. |
Ctrl+A |
| Start extending the selection. |
F8-In the extend selection mode, clicking a location in the document extends the current selection to that location. |
| Select the nearest character to the left or right. |
F8, Left or Right arrow key |
| Expand the selection. |
F8 repeatedly to expand the selection to the entire word, sentence, paragraph, section, and document. |
| Reduce the selection. |
Shift+F8 |
| Select a vertical block of text. |
Ctrl+Shift+F8, then press the arrow keys |
| Stop extending the selection. |
Esc |
| Delete one word to the left. |
Ctrl+Backspace |
| Delete one word to the right. |
Ctrl+Delete |
| Open the Clipboard task pane and enable the Office Clipboard, which allows you to copy and paste content between Microsoft Office apps. |
Alt+H, F, O |
| Cut the selected content to the Clipboard. |
Ctrl+X |
| Copy the selected content to the Clipboard. |
Ctrl+C |
| Paste the contents of the Clipboard. |
Ctrl+V |
| Move the selected content to a specific location. |
F2, move the cursor to the destination, and then press Enter. |
| Copy the selected content to a specific location. |
Shift+F2, move the cursor to the destination, and then press Enter. |
| Define an AutoText block with the selected content. |
Alt+F3 |
| Insert an AutoText block. |
The first few characters of the AutoText block, and then press Enter when the ScreenTip appears. |
| Cut the selected content to the Spike. |
Ctrl+F3 |
| Paste the contents of the Spike. |
Ctrl+Shift+F3 |
| Copy the selected formatting. |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
| Paste the selected formatting. |
Ctrl+Shift+V |
| Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document. |
Alt+Shift+R |
| Display the Replace dialog box, to find and replace text, specific formatting, or special items. |
Ctrl+H |
| Display the Object dialog box, to insert a file object into the document. |
Alt+N, J, J |
| Insert a SmartArt graphic. |
Alt+N, M |
| Insert a WordArt graphic. |
Alt+N, W |
| Center the paragraph. |
Ctrl+E |
| Justify the paragraph. |
Ctrl+J |
| Align the paragraph to the left. |
Ctrl+L |
| Align the paragraph to the right. |
Ctrl+R |
| Indent the paragraph. |
Ctrl+M |
| Remove a paragraph indent. |
Ctrl+Shift+M |
| Create a hanging indent. |
Ctrl+T |
| Remove a hanging indent. |
Ctrl+Shift+T |
| Remove paragraph formatting. |
Ctrl+Q |
| Apply single spacing to the paragraph. |
Ctrl+1 |
| Apply double spacing to the paragraph. |
Ctrl+2 |
| Apply 1.5-line spacing to the paragraph. |
Ctrl+5 |
| Add or remove space before the paragraph. |
Ctrl+0 (zero) |
| Enable AutoFormat. |
Ctrl+Alt+K |
| Apply the Normal style. |
Ctrl+Shift+N |
| Apply the Heading 1 style. |
Ctrl+Alt+1 |
| Apply the Heading 2 style. |
Ctrl+Alt+2 |
| Apply the Heading 3 style. |
Ctrl+Alt+3 |
| Display the Apply Styles task pane. |
Ctrl+Shift+S |
| Display the Styles task pane. |
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S |
| Display the Font dialog box. |
Ctrl+D or Ctrl+Shift+F |
| Increase the font size. |
Ctrl+Shift+Right angle bracket (>) |
| Decrease the font size. |
Ctrl+Shift+Left angle bracket (<) |
| Increase the font size by 1 point. |
Ctrl+Right bracket (]) |
| Decrease the font size by 1 point. |
Ctrl+Left bracket ([) |
| Switch the text between upper case, lower case, and title case. |
Shift+F3 |
| Change the text to all upper case. |
Ctrl+Shift+A |
| Hide the selected text. |
Ctrl+Shift+H |
| Apply bold formatting. |
Ctrl+B |
| Apply underline formatting. |
Ctrl+U |
| Apply underline formatting to the words, but not the spaces. |
Ctrl+Shift+W |
| Apply double-underline formatting. |
Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Apply italic formatting. |
Ctrl+I |
| Apply small caps formatting. |
Ctrl+Shift+K |
| Apply subscript formatting. |
Ctrl+Equal sign ( = ) |
| Apply superscript formatting. |
Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (+) |
| Remove manual character formatting. |
Ctrl+Spacebar |
| Change the selected text to the Symbol font. |
Ctrl+Shift+Q |
| Display all nonprinting characters. |
Ctrl+Shift+8 (do not use the numeric keypad) |
| Display the Reveal Formatting task pane. |
Shift+F1 |
| Insert a line break. |
Shift+Enter |
| Insert a page break. |
Ctrl+Enter |
| Insert a column break. |
Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
| Insert an em dash (—). |
Ctrl+Alt+Minus sign (on the numeric keypad) |
| Insert an en dash (–). |
Ctrl+Minus sign (on the numeric keypad) |
| Insert an optional hyphen. |
Ctrl+Hyphen (-) |
| Insert a nonbreaking hyphen. |
Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen (-) |
| Insert a nonbreaking space. |
Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar |
| Insert a copyright symbol (©). |
Ctrl+Alt+C |
| Insert a registered trademark symbol (®). |
Ctrl+Alt+R |
| Insert a trademark symbol (™). |
Ctrl+Alt+T |
| Insert an ellipsis (…) |
Ctrl+Alt+Period (.) |
| 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. |
Alt+the character code (on the numeric keypad) |
| Insert a hyperlink. |
Ctrl+K |
| Go back one page. |
Alt+Left arrow key |
| Go forward one page. |
Alt+Right arrow key |
| Refresh the page. |
F9 |
| Move to the next cell in the row and select its content. |
Tab key |
| Move to the previous cell in the row and select its content. |
Shift+Tab |
| Move to the first cell in the row. |
Alt+Home |
| Move to the last cell in the row. |
Alt+End |
| Move to the first cell in the column. |
Alt+Page up |
| Move to the last cell in the column. |
Alt+Page down |
| Move to the previous row. |
Up arrow key |
| Move to the next row. |
Down arrow key |
| Move one row up. |
Alt+Shift+Up arrow key |
| Move one row down. |
Alt+Shift+Down arrow key |
| Select the content in the next cell. |
Tab key |
| Select the content in the previous cell. |
Shift+Tab |
| Extend a selection to adjacent cells. |
Shift+Arrow keys |
| Select a column. |
Select the top or bottom cell of the column, and then press Shift+Up or Down arrow key |
| Select a row. |
Select the first or last cell in the row, and then press Shift+Alt+End or Home. |
| Select the whole table. |
Alt+5 on the numeric keypad, with Num Lock switched off |
| Insert a new paragraph in a cell. |
Enter |
| Insert a tab character in a cell. |
Ctrl+Tab |
| Insert a comment. |
Ctrl+Alt+M |
| Turn change tracking on or off. |
Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Close the Reviewing Pane. |
Alt+Shift+C |
| Mark a table of contents entry. |
Alt+Shift+O |
| Mark a table of authorities entry (citation). |
Alt+Shift+I |
| Choose citation options. |
Alt+Shift+F12, Spacebar |
| Mark an index entry. |
Alt+Shift+X |
| Insert a footnote. |
Ctrl+Alt+F |
| Insert an endnote. |
Ctrl+Alt+D |
| Go to the next footnote. |
Alt+Shift+Right angle bracket (>) |
| Go to the previous footnote. |
Alt+Shift+Left angle bracket (<) |
| Preview the mail merge. |
Alt+Shift+K |
| Merge a document. |
Alt+Shift+N |
| Print the merged document. |
Alt+Shift+M |
| Edit a mail-merge data document. |
Alt+Shift+E |
| Insert a merge field. |
Alt+Shift+F |
| Insert a DATE field. |
Alt+Shift+D |
| Insert a LISTNUM field. |
Ctrl+Alt+L |
| Insert a PAGE field. |
Alt+Shift+P |
| Insert a TIME field. |
Alt+Shift+T |
| Insert an empty field. |
Ctrl+F9 |
| Update the linked information in a Word source document. |
Ctrl+Shift+F7 |
| Update the selected fields. |
F9 |
| Unlink a field. |
Ctrl+Shift+F9 |
| Switch between a selected field code and its result. |
Shift+F9 |
| Switch between all field codes and their results. |
Alt+F9 |
| Run GOTO BUTTON or MACROBUTTON from a field displaying field results. |
Alt+Shift+F9 |
| Go to the next field. |
F11 |
| Go to the previous field. |
Shift+F11 |
| Lock a field. |
Ctrl+F11 |
| Unlock a field. |
Ctrl+Shift+F11 |