Go to "Tell me what you want to do": Alt+Q
Open: Ctrl+O
Save: Ctrl+S
Close: Ctrl+W
Cut: Ctrl+X
Copy: Ctrl+C
Paste: Ctrl+V
Select all: Ctrl+A
Bold: Ctrl+B
Italic: Ctrl+I
Underline: Ctrl+U
Decrease font size 1 point: Ctrl+[
Increase font size 1 point: Ctrl+]
Center text: Ctrl+E
Left align text: Ctrl+L
Right align text: Ctrl+R
Cancel: Esc
Undo: Ctrl+Z
Re-do: Ctrl+Y
Zoom: Alt+W, Q,
open the File page. Alt+F
To use themes, colors: Alt+G
To use common formatting commands, paragraph styles: Alt+H
To manage Mail Merge tasks: Alt+M
To insert tables, pictures and shapes etc: Alt+N
To work with page margins: Alt+P
To type a search term for Help: Alt+Q
To use Spell Check: Alt+R
To add a table of contents: Alt+S
To choose a document view You can also set Zoom magnification and manage multiple windows of documents. Alt+W
To move between commands, press the Tab key or Shift+Tab.
To move in the group that’s currently selected, press the Down Arrow key.
To move between groups on a ribbon, press Ctrl+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow.
Controls on the ribbon are activated in different ways, depending upon the type of control:
Create and Edit Documents
Create, view, and save documents
Create a new document. Ctrl+N
Open a document. Ctrl+O
Close a document. Ctrl+W
Split the document window. Alt+Ctrl+S
Remove the document window split. Alt+Shift+C or Alt+Ctrl+S
Save a document. Ctrl+S
Work with Web content
Insert a hyperlink. Ctrl+K
Go back one page. Alt+Left Arrow
Go forward one page. Alt+Right Arrow
Refresh. F9
Print and preview documents
Print a document. Ctrl+P
Switch to print preview. Alt+Ctrl+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
Check spelling and review changes in a document
Insert a comment (in the Revision task pane). Alt+R, C
Turn change tracking on or off. Ctrl+Shift+E
Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open. Alt+Shift+C
Select Review tab on ribbon. Alt+R, then Down Arrow to move to commands on this tab.
Select Spelling & Grammar Alt+R, S
Find, replace, and go to specific items in the document
Open the search box in the Navigation task pane. Ctrl+F
Replace text, specific formatting, and special items. Ctrl+H
Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location. Ctrl+G
Switch between the last four places that you have edited. Alt+Ctrl+Z
Move around in a document using the keyboard
One character to the left. Left Arrow
One character to the right. Right Arrow
One word to the left. Ctrl+Left Arrow
One word to the right. Ctrl+Right Arrow
One paragraph up. Ctrl+Up Arrow
One paragraph down. Ctrl+Down Arrow
One cell to the left (in a table) Shift+Tab
One cell to the right (in a table) Tab
Up one line Up Arrow
Down one line Down Arrow
To the end of a line End
To the beginning of a line Home
To the top of the window Alt+Ctrl+Page Up
To the end of the window Alt+Ctrl+Page Down
Up one screen (scrolling) Page Up
Down one screen (scrolling) Page Down
To the top of the next page Ctrl+Page Down
To the top of the previous page Ctrl+Page Up
To the end of a document Ctrl+End
To the beginning of a document Ctrl+Home
To a previous revision Shift+F5
After opening a document, to the location you were working in when the document was last closed Shift+F5
Insert or mark table of contents, footnotes, and citations
Mark a table of contents entry. Alt+Shift+O
Mark a table of authorities entry (citation). Alt+Shift+I
Mark an index entry. Alt+Shift+X
Insert a footnote. Alt+Ctrl+F
Insert an endnote. Alt+Ctrl+D
Go to next footnote (in Word 2016). Alt+Shift+>
Go to previous footnote (in Word 2016). Alt+Shift+<
Go to "Tell me what you want to do" and Smart Lookup (in Word 2016). Alt+Q
Work with Documents in Different Views
Word offers several different views of a document. Each view makes it easier to do certain tasks. For example, Read Mode enables you to present two pages of the document side by side, and to use an arrow navigation to move to the next page.
Switch to another view of the document
Switch to Read Mode view Alt+W, F
Switch to Print Layout view. Alt+Ctrl+P
Switch to Outline view. Alt+Ctrl+O
Switch to Draft view. Alt+Ctrl+N
Work with headings in Outline view
These shortcuts only apply if a document is in Outline view.
Promote a paragraph. Alt+Shift+Left Arrow
Demote a paragraph. Alt+Shift+Right Arrow
Demote to body text. Ctrl+Shift+N
Move selected paragraphs up. Alt+Shift+UpArrow
Move selected paragraphs down. Alt+Shift+Down Arrow
Expand text under a heading. Alt+Shift+PlusSign
Collapse text under a heading. Alt+Shift+MinusSign
Expand or collapse all text or headings. Alt+Shift+A
Hide or display character formatting. The slash (/) key on the numeric keypad
Show the first line of text or all text. Alt+Shift+L
Show all headings with the Heading 1 style. Alt+Shift+1
Show all headings up to Heading n. Alt+Shift+n
Insert a tab character. Ctrl+Tab
Navigate in Read Mode view
Go to beginning of document. Home
Go to end of document. End
Go to page n. n (n is the page number you want to go to), Enter
Exit Read mode. Esc
Edit and Move Text and Graphics
Select text and graphics
Select text by holding down Shift and using the arrow keys to move the cursor
Extend a selection
Turn extend mode on. F8
Select the nearest character. F8, and then press Left Arrow or Right Arrow
Increase the size of a selection. F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so on)
Reduce the size of a selection. Shift+F8
Turn extend mode off. Esc
Extend a selection one character to the right. Shift+Right Arrow
Extend a selection one character to the left. Shift+Left Arrow
Extend a selection to the end of a word. Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow
Extend a selection to the beginning of a word. Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
Extend a selection to the end of a line. Shift+End
Extend a selection to the beginning of a line. Shift+Home
Extend a selection one line down. Shift+Down Arrow
Extend a selection one line up. Shift+Up Arrow
Extend a selection to the end of a paragraph. Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow
Extend a selection to the beginning of a paragraph. Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow
Extend a selection one screen down. Shift+Page Down
Extend a selection one screen up. Shift+Page Up
Extend a selection to the beginning of a document. Ctrl+Shift+Home
Extend a selection to the end of a document. Ctrl+Shift+End
Extend a selection to the end of a window. Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Down
Extend a selection to include the entire document. Ctrl+A
Select a vertical block of text. Ctrl+Shift+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode
Extend a selection to a specific location in a document. F8+arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode
Delete text and graphics
Delete one character to the left. Backspace
Delete one word to the left. Ctrl+Backspace
Delete one character to the right. Delete
Delete one word to the right. Ctrl+Delete
Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard. Ctrl+X
Undo the last action. Ctrl+Z
Cut to the Spike. (Spike is a feature that allows you to collect groups of text from different locations and paste them in another location). Ctrl+F3
Copy and move text and graphics
Open the Office Clipboard Press Alt+H to move to the Home tab, and then press F,O.
Copy selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard. Ctrl+C
Cut selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard. Ctrl+X
Paste the most recent addition or pasted item from the Office Clipboard. Ctrl+V
Move text or graphics once. F2 (then move the cursor and press Enter)
Copy text or graphics once. Shift+F2 (then move the cursor and press Enter)
When text or an object is selected, open the Create New Building Block dialog box. Alt+F3
When the building block — for example, a SmartArt graphic — is selected, display the shortcut menu that is associated with it. Shift+F10
Cut to the Spike. Ctrl+F3
Paste the Spike contents. Ctrl+Shift+F3
Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document. Alt+Shift+R
Edit and Navigate Tables
Select text and graphics in a table
Select the next cell's contents. Tab
Select the preceding cell's contents. Shift+Tab
Extend a selection to adjacent cells. Hold down Shift and press an arrow key repeatedly
Select a column. Use the arrow keys to move to the column's top or bottom cell, and then do one of the following:
• Press Shift+Alt+Page Down to select the column from top to bottom.
• Press Shift+Alt+Page Up to select the column from bottom to top.
Select an entire row Use arrow keys to move to end of the row, either the first cell (leftmost) in the row or to the last cell (rightmost) in the row.
• From the first cell in the row, press Shift+Alt+End to select the row from left to right.
• From the last cell in the row, press Shift+Alt+Home to select the row from right to left.
Extend a selection (or block). Ctrl+Shift+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode
Select an entire table. Alt+5 on the numeric keypad (with Num Lock off)
Move around in a table
To the next cell in a row. Tab
To the previous cell in a row. Shift+Tab
To the first cell in a row. Alt+Home
To the last cell in a row. Alt+End
To the first cell in a column. Alt+Page Up
To the last cell in a column. Alt+Page Down
To the previous row. Up Arrow
To the next row. Down Arrow
Row up. Alt+Shift+Up Arrow
Row down. Alt+Shift+Down Arrow
Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table
New paragraphs in a cell. Enter
Tab characters in a cel.l Ctrl+Tab
Format Characters and Paragraphs
Format characters
Open the Font dialog box to change the formatting of characters. Ctrl+D
Change the case of letters. Shift+F3
Format all letters as capitals. Ctrl+Shift+A
Apply bold formatting. Ctrl+B
Apply an underline. Ctrl+U
Underline words but not spaces. Ctrl+Shift+W
Double-underline text. Ctrl+Shift+D
Apply hidden text formatting. Ctrl+Shift+H
Apply italic formatting. Ctrl+I
Format letters as small capitals. Ctrl+Shift+K
Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing). Ctrl+Equal Sign
Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing). Ctrl+Shift+Plus Sign
Remove manual character formatting. Ctrl+Spacebar
Change the selection to the Symbol font. Ctrl+Shift+Q
Change or re-size the font
Open the Font dialog box to change the font. Ctrl+Shift+F
Increase the font size. Ctrl+Shift+>
Decrease the font size. Ctrl+Shift+<
Increase the font size by 1 point. Ctrl+]
Decrease the font size by 1 point. Ctrl+[
Copy formatting
Copy formatting from text. Ctrl+Shift+C
Apply copied formatting to text. Ctrl+Shift+V
Change paragraph alignment
Switch a paragraph between centered and left-aligned. Ctrl+E
Switch a paragraph between justified and left-aligned. Ctrl+J
Switch a paragraph between right-aligned and left-aligned. Ctrl+R
Left align a paragraph. Ctrl+L
Indent a paragraph from the left. Ctrl+M
Remove a paragraph indent from the left. Ctrl+Shift+M
Create a hanging indent. Ctrl+T
Reduce a hanging indent. Ctrl+Shift+T
Remove paragraph formatting. Ctrl+Q
Copy and review text formats
Display nonprinting characters. Ctrl+Shift+* (asterisk on numeric keypad does not work)
Review text formatting. Shift+F1 (then click the text with the formatting you want to review)
Copy formats. Ctrl+Shift+C
Paste formats. Ctrl+Shift+V
Set line spacing
Single-space lines. Ctrl+1
Double-space lines. Ctrl+2
Set 1.5-line spacing. Ctrl+5
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph. Ctrl+0 (zero)
Apply Styles to paragraphs
Open Apply Styles task pane. Ctrl+Shift+S
Open Styles task pane. Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S
Start AutoFormat. Alt+Ctrl+K
Apply the Normal style. Ctrl+Shift+N
Apply the Heading 1 style. Alt+Ctrl+1
Apply the Heading 2 style. Alt+Ctrl+2
Apply the Heading 3 style. Alt+Ctrl+3
To close the Styles task pane
If the Styles task pane is not selected, press F6 to select it.
Press Ctrl+Spacebar.
Use the arrow keys to select Close, and then press Enter.
Insert special characters
A field. Ctrl+F9
A line break. Shift+Enter
A page break. Ctrl+Enter
A column break. Ctrl+Shift+Enter
An em dash. Alt+Ctrl+Minus Sign (on the numeric keypad)
An en dash. Ctrl+Minus Sign (on the numeric keypad)
An optional hyphen. Ctrl+Hyphen
A nonbreaking hyphen. Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen
A nonbreaking space. Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar
The copyright symbol. Alt+Ctrl+C
The registered trademark symbol. Alt+Ctrl+R
The trademark symbol. Alt+Ctrl+T
An ellipsis. Alt+Ctrl+Period
A single opening quotation mark. Ctrl+`(single quotation mark), `(single quotation mark)
A single closing quotation mark. Ctrl+' (single quotation mark), ' (single quotation mark)
Double opening quotation marks. Ctrl+` (single quotation mark), Shift+' (single quotation mark)
Double closing quotation marks. Ctrl+' (single quotation mark), Shift+' (single quotation mark)
An AutoText entry: Enter (after you type the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)
Insert characters by using character codes
Insert the Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol (€ ), type 20AC, and then hold down Alt and press X. The character code, Alt+X
Find out the Unicode character code for the selected character Alt+X
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 and Edit Objects
Insert an object
1. Press Alt, N, J, and then J to open the Object dialog box.
2. Do one of the following.
Press Down Arrow to select an object type, and then press Enter to create an object.
Press Ctrl+Tab to switch to the Create from File tab, press Tab, and then type the file name of the object that you want to insert or browse to the file.
Edit an object
With the cursor positioned to the left of the object in your document, select the object by pressing Shift+Right Arrow.
Press Shift+F10.
Press the Tab key to get to Object name, press Enter, and then press Enter again.
Insert SmartArt graphics
Press and release Alt, N, and then M to select SmartArt.
Press the arrow keys to select the type of graphic that you want.
Press Tab, and then press the arrow keys to select the graphic that you want to insert.
Press Enter.
Insert WordArt
Press and release Alt, N, and then W to select WordArt.
Press the arrow keys to select the WordArt style that you want, and then press Enter.
Type the text that you want.
Press Esc to select the WordArt object, and then use the arrow keys to move the object.
Press Esc again to return to return to the document.
Mail Merge and Fields
Note: You must press Alt+M, or click Mailings, to use these keyboard shortcuts.
Perform a mail merge
Preview a 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
Work with fields
Insert a DATE field. Alt+Shift+D
Insert a LISTNUM field. Alt+Ctrl+L
Insert a Page field. Alt+Shift+P
Insert a TIME field. Alt+Shift+T
Insert an empty field. Ctrl+F9
Update linked information in a Microsoft Word source document. Ctrl+Shift+F7
Update 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 GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the 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
Language Bar
Set proofing language
Every document has a default language, typically the same default language as your computer's operating system. But If your document also contains words or phrases in a different language, it's a good idea to set the proofing language for those words. This not only makes it possible to check spelling and grammar for those phrases, it makes it possible for assistive technologies like screen readers to handle them.
Open the Set Proofing Language dialog box. Alt+R, U, L
Review list of proofing languages. Down Arrow
Set default languages. Alt+R, L
Turn on East Asian Input Method Editors
Turn Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) on 101 keyboard on or off. Alt+~
Turn Korean Input Method Editor (IME) on 101 keyboard on or off. Right Alt
Turn Chinese Input Method Editor (IME) on 101 keyboard on or off. Ctrl+Spacebar
Function Keys in Word
Function keys
Get Help or visit Office.com. F1
Move text or graphics. F2
Repeat the last action. F4
Choose the Go To command (Home tab). F5
Go to the next pane or frame. F6
Choose the Spelling command (Review tab). F7
Extend a selection. F8
Update the selected fields. F9
Show KeyTips. F10
Go to the next field. F11
Choose the Save As command. F12
Shift+Function keys
Start context-sensitive Help or reveal formatting. Shift+F1
Copy text. Shift+F2
Change the case of letters. Shift+F3
Repeat a Find or Go To action. Shift+F4
Move to the last change. Shift+F5
Go to the previous pane or frame (after pressing F6). Shift+F6
Choose the Thesaurus command (Review tab, Proofing group). Shift+F7
Reduce the size of a selection. Shift+F8
Switch between a field code and its result. Shift+F9
Display a shortcut menu. Shift+F10
Go to the previous field. Shift+F11
Choose the Save command. Shift+F12
Ctrl+Function keys
Expand or collapse the ribbon. Ctrl+F1
Choose the Print Preview command. Ctrl+F2
Cut to the Spike. Ctrl+F3
Close the window. Ctrl+F4
Go to the next window. Ctrl+F6
Insert an empty field. Ctrl+F9
Maximize the document window. Ctrl+F10
Lock a field. Ctrl+F11
Choose the Open command. Ctrl+F12
Ctrl+Shift+Function keys
Insert the contents of the Spike. Ctrl+Shift+F3
Edit a bookmark. Ctrl+Shift+F5
Go to the previous window. Ctrl+Shift+F6
Update linked information in a Word source document. Ctrl+Shift+F7
Extend a selection or block. Ctrl+Shift+F8, and then press an arrow key
Unlink a field. Ctrl+Shift+F9
Unlock a field. Ctrl+Shift+F11
Choose the Print command. Ctrl+Shift+F12
Alt+Function keys
Go to the next field. Alt+F1
Create a new Building Block. Alt+F3
Exit Word. Alt+F4
Restore the program window size. Alt+F5
Move from an open dialog box back to the document, for dialog boxes that support this behavior. Alt+F6
Find the next misspelling or grammatical error. Alt+F7
Run a macro. Alt+F8
Switch between all field codes and their results. Alt+F9
Display the Selection task pane. Alt+F10
Display Microsoft Visual Basic code. Alt+F11
Alt+Shift+Function keys
Go to the previous field. Alt+Shift+F1
Choose the Save command. Alt+Shift+F2
Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results. Alt+Shift+F9
Display a menu or message for an available action. Alt+Shift+F10
Choose Table of Contents button Alt+Shift+F12
Function keys Ctrl+Alt+
Display Microsoft System Information. Ctrl+Alt+F1
Choose the Open command. Ctrl+Alt+F2
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