Tuesday, 19 April 2022

MS Word Advance Shortcut List

Basic Text Formats

Alt+Shift+F or Ctrl+D      Open the Font dialog box (or Font Dialog box if you prefer to memorize D)

Ctrl+Space          Clear most formatting from selection (bold, underline, italic, color, etc)

Ctrl+Shift+N       Apply Normal style

Ctrl+Shift+8        Toggle display of hidden formatting symbols

3.2 Font Format Shortcuts

Ctrl+B    Apply/remove Bold

Ctrl+I     Apply/remove Italic

Ctrl+U   Apply/remove Underline

Ctrl+Shift+D       Apply/remove Double-underline

Ctrl+Shift+W      Apply/remove Words underline (only words, no spaces)

3.3 Letter Case and Sub/ Superscript

Shift+F3               Change text between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Ctrl+Shift+A       Apply/remove Capitalization format

Ctrl+Shift+K        Apply/remove Small Caps format

Ctrl+=    Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl+Shift+=        Apply/remove superscript

3.4 Font Size and Color Shortcuts

Ctrl+[/] Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl+Shift+</>   Decrease / Increase font size one value as defined in font style

Shift+F1               Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Ctrl+Alt+H           Apply/remove text Highlight to selection

3.5 Hide and Show Text

Ctrl+Shift+H       Hide selected text; e.g. for sharing and letting others focus on specific sections in a document only. Not a security feature.

Ctrl+A, then Ctrl+D, then 2x Alt+H            Show all hidden text via Select All, Font Dialog, remove Hidden text format

3.6 Font Format Shortcuts via Ribbon

H, FF      Change Font Face, then start typing for autocomplete, or Alt+Arrow Down to open drop down

H, FS      Change Font Size, type number and hit Enter

H, FC      Change Font Color. Press Escape, then Enter to apply current color

Alt+H+4                Apply strikethrough formatting

 

4. Word Shortcuts to Align Text, Headings, and Paragraph Spacing

 

4.1 Align and Indent Text Shortcuts

Ctrl+R    Right-align selected text

Ctrl+L    Left-align selected text

Ctrl+J     Justify-align selected text (straight edges on both sides)

Ctrl+E    Center-align selected text

Ctrl+M  Indent Text (Move text to the right)

Ctrl+Shift+M      Outdent Text

Ctrl+T    Create/ increase hanging indent

Ctrl+Shift+T        Remove/ decrease hanging indent

4.2 Line and Paragraph Spacing

Ctrl+0    Toggle spacing before paragraph

Ctrl+1    Single line spacing

Ctrl+2    Double line spacing

Ctrl+5    Apply line spacing of 1.5

4.3 Heading Shortcuts

Alt+Ctrl+1            Apply Heading 1 style

Alt+Ctrl+2            Apply Heading 2 style

Alt+Ctrl+3            Apply Heading 3 style

Alt+Shift+Arrow Right/Arrow Left            Promote / demote Headings

Ctrl+Shift+S        Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

 

5. Undo, Redo, Cut, Copy and Paste Word Shortcuts

 

5.1 Undo, Redo, and Repeat

Ctrl+Z    Undo previous action (up to 100 by default; limit can be changed)

Ctrl+Y    Redo undone action

F4           Repeat action

5.2 Standard Cut, Copy, and Paste

Ctrl+C    Copy selected content to clipboard

Ctrl+X    Cut selected content to clipboard

Ctrl+V   Paste clipboard content into document

Alt+H, VT             Paste text only via Home Ribbon, Paste (V), Text only

Ctrl+Shift+C        Copy format of selection into Format Clipboard

Ctrl+Shift+V       Paste format to selection from Format Clipboard

5.3 Extended Clipboard (Spike additive clipboard)

Ctrl+F3  Cut text into to Spike (additive clipboard). Add as many non-adjacent areas as desired

Ctrl+Shift+F3      Paste text from Spike and reset Spike

5.4 Move Selections

Shift+Alt+Arrow Up/Arrow Down            Move current paragraph or (if selected) multiple paragraphs in text. Cannot move part of paragraph with this

Ctrl+Drag             Move selected text

F2, move cursor to new location, then enter       Moves selected text to new location

Shift+F2, move cursor to new location, then enter           Copies selected text to new location

 

6. Word Shortcuts for Special Characters

 

Alt+Ctrl+C           Insert Copyright symbol

Alt+Ctrl+T            Insert Ttrademark symbol

Alt+Ctrl+R           Insert Registered Trademark symbol

Alt+Ctrl+E            Insert Euro Currency symbol

Alt+Ctrl+.             Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt, then n,u       Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Ctrl+Shift+Space              Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl+Shift+- (Hyphen)    Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl+-     Insert optional hyphen

Type character code and press Alt+X      Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Alt+character code on numeric keyboard             Insert ANSI character

Ctrl+K    Insert a hyperlink

 

7. Word Shortcuts for Find and Replace

 

Ctrl+H   Open classic find and replace window

Ctrl+H, then Alt+D           Open classic find window

Alt+F     Find next

Shift+F4               Repeat last find after closing find window

Ctrl+Tab               Jump between find menu and document

Alt+Space, Arrow keys and Enter              Move find menu window

Esc          Close traditional search window if active

Ctrl+F    Open (new) search menu in navigation task pane

Alt,W,K Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

 

8. Word Shortcuts to Open, Close, Manage, and Print Documents

 

8.1 Manage Documents

Ctrl+N   Create new document

Ctrl+O   Open document

Ctrl+W  Close document (Close Window)

Ctrl+S    Save document

F12         Save document as

Alt, then F, R      Open Recent (File, Recent)

8.2 Print Shortcuts

Ctrl+P    Go to Print document/ print preview

Ctrl+P, then Enter            Print document

Ctrl+mouse wheel           Zoom in/ zoom out in preview

Page Up/Page Down      Up a page/ down a page in preview

Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End       Jump to beginning/ end of document in preview

Esc          Exit print preview and return to document

 

9. Word Shortcuts to Manage Views, Split Screen and Multiple Documents

 

Alt+Ctrl+S            Toggle Split of document window

Ctrl+scroll mouse up/down         Zoom in/ out

Alt then w, q      Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

Alt+Ctrl+O           Switch to Outline view

Alt+Ctrl+P           Switch to Print Layout view

Alt+Ctrl+N           Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Ctrl+F6  Switch forward to next open Word documents (easier than Alt+Tab as only word documents are iterated)

Ctrl+Shift+F6      Switch backwards to previous open Word documents (easier than Alt+Tab as only word documents are iterated)

 

10. Word Shortcuts for Date, Time, and other Fields

 

10.1 Insert Common Fields

Alt+Shift+D         Insert current Date field

Alt+Shift+T         Insert current Tate field

Alt+Shift+P         Insert Page number field

Alt+Shift+O        Insert Table of Content field

Alt+Shift+X         Insert Index field

Alt+Shift+L          Insert LISTNUM field

10.2 Manage Fields

Alt+F9   Toggle show/ hide fields

F9           Update all fields

F11/Shift+F11    Go to next/ go to previous field

Ctrl+F11               Lock field

Ctrl+Shift+F11   Unlock field

 

11. Word Shortcuts for Outline View

 

Ctrl+Shift+O       Switch to Outline View

Tab/Shift+Tab   Promote / Demote a paragraph (or Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right)

Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Arrow Down            Move selected paragraphs up / down

Ctrl+Shift+N       Demote to body text (set style to normal)

Alt+Shift+plus /-               Expand / Collapse text under a heading

Alt+Shift+A         Expand or collapse all text or headings

/ key on the numeric keypad      Hide or display character formatting

Alt+Shift+L          Show the first line of body text or all body text

Alt+Shift+1         Show all headings with the Heading 1 style

Alt+Shift+N        Show all headings up to Heading n

Ctrl+Tab               Insert a tab character

 

12. Word Shortcuts for Tables

 

Arrow Down/Arrow Up Jump one row down / one row up

Tab/Shift+Tab   Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Alt+Home/Alt+End         Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt+Page Up/Alt+Page Down     Jump to first row / jump to last row

Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctrl+Arrow Right             One cell to the left / to the right

Shift+End            Select current table cell

end, then shift+Home   Select content of current table cell

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly     Extend selection to adjacent cells

Ctrl+Shift+f8, then press              Extend selection or block

Alt+5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)      Select an entire table

Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Alt+Shift+Arrow Down        Move current row up or down

In first column, press shift+End Select row*

In first row press Alt+Shift+Page Down  Select column

Shift+Delete      Delete columns with columns selected

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