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Microsoft Word Shortcuts

 Manage Word Documents  
Ctrl+n Create new document
Ctrl+o Open document
Ctrl+w Close document
Ctrl+s Save document
F12 Save document as
Ctrl+p Print document/ print preview
Ctrl+F6 Switch between multiple Word documents
Alt, then f, r Open Recent (file, recent)

 

 Navigate within Documents
Arrow Left/Arrow Right Jump one character to the left / to the right
Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctrl+Arrow Right Jump one word to the left / to the right
End/Home Jump to the end of a line / beginning of a line
Arrow Down/Arrow Up Jump one line down / one line down
Ctrl+Arrow Down/ Ctrl+Arrow Up Jump one paragraph down / one paragraph up
Page Down/Page Up Jump one screen down/ one screen up
Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/ Alt+Ctrl+Page Up Jump to top / to bottom of visible window
Ctrl+End/Ctrl+Home Jump to end / to beginning of document
F6 Cycle through Ribbon/open panes/Status Bar/document window
Ctrl+g or f5 Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location
Alt+Ctrl+z Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places)
Shift+F5 Go to a the last change or revision. Also works after opening document.
Ctrl+Shift+F5 Set, go to and edit bookmarks
Alt+Ctrl+Home Set Browse Options. Press the arrow keys to select an option, and then press enter to browse through a document by using the selected option
Ctrl+Page Down/Ctrl+Page Up Move to next / move to previous browser object as set in Browse Options

 

 Select Text
Shift+Arrow Right/ Shift+Arrow Left Extend selection one character to the right / to the left
Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right/ Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left Extend selection one word to the right / to the left
Shift+End/Shift+Home Extend selection to the end / to beginning of a line
Shift+Arrow Down/ Shift+Arrow Up Extend selection one line down / one line up
Shift+Page Down/ Shift+Page Up Extend selection one screen down / one screen up
Ctrl+Shift+End/ Ctrl+Shift+Home Extend selection to end / to beginning of document
Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Down/ Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Up Extend selection to end / to beginning of visible window
Ctrl+a Extend selection to entire document
Arrow Keys Cancel selection and return to beginning / to end of selection
F8 Turn Extend Mode on: Extend selection without pressing shift
Arrow keys , Page up/Page down Extend selection in Extended Mode:
F8 Extend selection further by word, paragraph, document in Extended Mode
Shift+F8 Reduce the size of a selection in Extended Mode
Ctrl+Shift+f8, and arrow keys Select a vertical block of text in Extended Mode
Esc Turn extend mode off
F8 Extend a selection to a specific location in a document

 

Switch Views  
Alt+Ctrl+p Switch to Print Layout view
Alt+Ctrl+o Switch to Outline view
Alt+Ctrl+n Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)
Ctrl+scroll mouse Zoom in and zoom out
alt then w, q Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)
Alt+Ctrl+s Split the document window

 

Undo, Copy and Paste
Ctrl+z Undo the last action
Ctrl+y Redo the last action
Ctrl+c Copy selected text or object
Ctrl+x Cut selected text or object
Ctrl+v Paste selected text or object
Ctrl+Shift+c Copy text format
Ctrl+Shift+v Paste text format
Ctrl+Alt+v Paste special
Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then k Paste and keep Source Formatting
Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then t Paste and keep Text only
Ctrl+F3 Cut to the Spike (separate clipboard)
Ctrl+Shift+F3 Paste from the Spike
F3 Paste AutoText ( after start typing)
Alt+Shift+r Copy the header or footer from previous section of the document