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| Keyboard Shortcuts Keys of Microsoft Word |
Though you’re familiar with MS-Word, you might be surprised by the number and variety of keyboard shortcuts you can use to speed up your work, and just generally make things more convenient.
Below is a listing of the more commonly used shortcut keys in Microsoft Word. See the computer shortcuts page if you are looking for a list of shortcut keys used in other programs. Please be aware that some of these shortcuts may not work in all versions of Microsoft Word. Also, even though our list of shortcuts here is pretty long, it’s by no means a complete list of every keyboard combo available in Word. We’ve tried to keep it to the more generally useful shortcuts. And, you’ll be happy to know that almost all of these shortcuts have been around for a long time, so they should be useful no matter what version of Word you’re using.
If the device you are using does not have function keys (F1-F12) on its keyboard, like a Chromebook, certain shortcuts are unavailable to you. Some of the Microsoft Word shortcut keys below may not work in Word 365, and most shortcut keys do not work in Word on a mobile device. (alert-warning)
| Shortcuts for MS Word Functions | Windows 10, Windows 11 | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Open New Word Doc | CTRL + N | ⌘ + N |
| Open Existing Word Doc | CTRL + O | ⌘ + O |
| Save a Word Doc | CTRL + S | ⌘ + S |
| Save As a Word Doc | F12 | ⌘ + Shift + S |
| Print a File | CTRL + P | ⌘ + P |
| Open Print Preview | CTRL + F12 | ⌘ + P |
| Close a Word Doc | CTRL + W | ⌘ + W |
| Close MS Word | ALT + F4 | ⌘ + Q |
| Close Specific Word file | CTRL + F4 | ⌘ + F4 |
| Undo | CRLT + Z | ⌘ + Z |
| Re-do | CRLT + Y | ⌘ + Y |
| Cancel | Esc | Esc |
| Move cursor one character to left | ← | ◄ |
| Move cursor one character to right | → | ► |
| Move cursor one character up | ↑ | ▲ |
| Move cursor one character down | ↓ | ▼ |
| Move cursor one word to left | Ctrll + ← | Option + ◄ |
| Move cursor one word to right | Ctrll + → | Option + ► |
| Move cursor one paragraph up | Ctrll + ↑ | ⌘ + ▲ |
| Move cursor one paragraph down | Ctrll + ↓ | ⌘ + ▼ |
| Move cursor to the end of a line | End | ⌘ + ► |
| Move cursor to the beginning of a line | Home | ⌘ + ◄ |
| Move cursor to the bottom of screen | Ctrll + End | ⌘ + Fn + ► |
| Move cursor to the top of screen | Ctrl + Home | ⌘ + Fn + ◄ |
| Scroll Up document by one screen | Page Up | Page Up |
| Scroll down document by one screen | Page Dn | Page Dn |
| Move cursor to previous insertion point | SHFT + F5 | SHFT + F5 |
| Cut select content to Clipboard | CTL + X | ⌘ + X |
| Copy select content to Clipboard | CTRL + C | ⌘ + C |
| Paste select content to Clipboard | CTRL + V | ⌘ + V |
| Paste Clipboard content with matching format | Ctrl + Shift + V | |
| ⌘ + Option + Shift + V | ||
| Display the Paste Special dialog | CTRL + Shift + V | ⌘ + CTRL + V |
| Cut selected content to Spike | CTRL + F3 | ⌘ + F3 |
| Paste select content of Spike | CTRL + Shift + F3 | ⌘ + Shift + F3 |
| Insert graphics | ALT + N,M | ⌘ + CTRL + M |
| Find | CTRL + F | ⌘ + F3 |
| Insert hyperlink | CTRL + K | ⌘ + K |
| Increase Font size by one unit | CTRL + ] | ⌘ + ] |
| Decrease Font size by one unit | CTRL + [ | ⌘ + [ |
| Increase Font size | CTRL + Shift + > | ⌘ + Shift + > |
| Decrease Font size by one unit | CTRL + Shift + < | ⌘ + Shift + < |
| Bold | CTRL + B | ⌘ + B |
| Italic | CTRL + I | ⌘ + I |
| Underscore | CTRL + U | ⌘ + U |
| Underline for words | CTRL + Shift + W | ⌘ + Shift + W |
| Strikethrough | CTRL + 5 | ⌘ + Shift + X |
| Change letter case | Shift + F3 | Fn + Shift + F3 |
| Center Align Text | CTRL + E | ⌘ + E |
| Left Align Text | CTRL + L | ⌘ + L |
| Right Align Text | CTRL + R | ⌘ + R |
| Justify Text | CTRL + J | ⌘ + J |
| Apple List Style | CTRL + Shift + L | ⌘ + Shift + L |
| Apply subscript format | CTRL + = | ⌘ + = |
| Apple super-sub-script | CTRL + Shift + ‘+’ | ⌘ + Shift + = |
| All Capital Letters | CTRL + Shift + A | ⌘ + Shift + A |
| Insert a comment | ALT + C | ⌘ + Option + A |
| Insert a footnote | ALT + CTRL + F | ⌘ + Option + F |
| Insert a endnote | ALT + CTRL + D | ⌘ + Option + E |
| Insert Date Field | ALT + Shift + D | CTRL + Shift + D |
| Insert Time field | ALT + Shift + T | CTRL + Shift + T |
| Insert list field | ALT + Shift + L | CTRL + Shift + L |
| Insert copyright symbol | ALT + CTRL + C | Option + G |
| Insert Trademark symbol | ALT + CTRL + T | Option + 2 |
| Insert Line break | Shift + Return | Shift + Enter |
| Set line space to single | CTRL + 1 | ⌘ + 1 |
| Set line spacing to 1.5 | CTRL + 5 | ⌘ + 5 |
| Set double spacing for line | CTRL + 2 | ⌘ + 2 |
| Open Spellcheck | F7 | ⌘ + Option + L |
| Open Thesaurus | Shift + F7 | Fn + Shift + F7 |
