Shortcut Keys For MS Word

MS Word is the most widely accepted means to write down documents, view documents, make changes to them, and what not. But not all of us are aware of the shortcuts that can be used while using MS Word. These shortcuts not only save time but the trouble of visiting the destination to get your work done. Just hold two buttons and whoosh! You are good to go!

So, presenting the most famous shortcut keys that anyone of us can use while playing around with MS Word. Also, don’t forget to use them and test it out for yourself.

Shortcut	Description
Ctrl + 0	Puts space before any paragraph (6 pts)
Ctrl + A	Selects everything in the page
Ctrl + B	Bolds the selected text
Ctrl + C	Copies the selected text
Ctrl + D	Opens the preferences window for Fonts
Ctrl + E	Brings the selected text in the centre of the screen
Ctrl + F	Shows the find box
Ctrl + I	Italicises the selected text
Ctrl + J	Justifies the selected text
Ctrl + K	Used for inserting a hyperlink
Ctrl + L	Aligns the text that is selected to the left
Ctrl + M	Paragraph Indentation
Ctrl + N	Opens a totally new and blank document
Ctrl + O	Displays a dialog box to open files
Ctrl + P	Displays the print window
Ctrl + R	Aligns the text that is selected to the right
Ctrl + S	Does similar work like Shift + F12, and saves the document that is currently opened
Ctrl + T	Puts an indent hanging
Ctrl + U	Underlines the text that is selected
Ctrl + V	Paste
Ctrl + W	Shuts down the document that is currently open
Ctrl + X	Cut
Ctrl + Y	Redo
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Shift + L	Creates a bullet point
Ctrl + Shift + F	Change the font structure
Ctrl + Shift + >	Increases font from 1 Pts to 12 Pts
Ctrl + ]	Increases the font size by 1 Pts
Ctrl +/+c	Inserts the cent symbol
Ctrl + Shift + *	Hide or Unhide the non-printed characters
Ctrl +	Shifts one word left
Ctrl +	Shifts one word right
Ctrl +	Shifts the word to the end
Ctrl + Del	To the right of the cursor, deletes a word
Ctrl + Backspace	To the left of the cursor, deletes a word
Ctrl + End	Takes the cursor to the end of the document
Ctrl + Home	Takes the cursor to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + Spacebar	Brings to the default font
Ctrl + 1	Puts a single space in a line
Ctrl + 2	Puts a double space in a line
Ctrl + 5	Puts 1.5 Spacing between the lines
Ctrl + Alt + 1	Changes the heading of the text to heading 1
Ctrl + Alt + 2	Changes the heading of the text to heading 2
Ctrl + Alt + 3	Changes the heading of the text to heading 3
Ctrl + Alt + F2	Opens a blank and new doc file
Ctrl + F1	Displays the task pane
Ctrl + F2	Opens the print preview pane
Ctrl + Shift + >	Increases the font size by 1
Ctrl + Shift + <	Decreases the font size by 1
Ctrl + Shift + F6	Switches to another MS Word doc file
Ctrl + Shift + F12	Prints the present document
F1	Opens options for Help
F4	Repeats the last deed
F5	Displays the Find, Replace, and Go To
F7	Checks for spelling and grammar errors
F12	Save As
Shift + F3	Changes the text from lowercase to uppercase
Shift + F7	Thesaurus check the document
Shift + F12	Saves the document
Shift + Insert	Paste
Shift + Alt + D	Puts the insert date
Shift + Alt + T	Puts the current time
Shift + Insert	Puts a break in the paragraph