Professional Documents
Culture Documents
This article
does not
cover
customizing
keyboard
shortcuts or
creating
keyboard
shortcuts for
macros or
AutoText. For
more
information,
click a link in
In this article
Press
ALT+TAB
ALT+SHIFT+TA
B
CTRL+W or
CTRL+F4
ALT+F5
SHIFT+F6
CTRL+F6
CTRL+SHIFT+
F6
To do this
Press
PRINT SCREEN
Press
TAB
SHIFT+TAB
CTRL+TAB
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
SPACEBAR
To do this
Press
a check box.
underlined in an
option
First letter of an
option in a drop-down
list
ENTER
Press
HOME
END
LEFT ARROW or
RIGHT ARROW
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
To do this
Press
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Press
CTRL+F12 or
CTRL+O
F12
ENTER
BACKSPACE
To do this
Press
selected folder.
Delete the selected folder or file.
DELETE
TAB
SHIFT+TAB
F4 or ALT+I
Press
Cancel an action.
ESC
Undo an action.
CTRL+Z
CTRL+Y
Press
F6
CTRL+TAB
To do this
Press
TAB or
SHIFT+TAB
SPACEBAR or
ENTER
SHIFT+F10
HOME or END
PAGE UP or PAGE
DOWN
Press
SHIFT+F10
ALT+SHIFT+
F10
To do this
Press
Arrow keys
ESC
Tips
Press
To do this
Press
keys.
CTRL+F1
SHIFT+F10
F6
TAB or SHIFT+TAB
To do this
Press
forward or backward,
respectively.
Move down, up, left, or right,
respectively, among the items
on the Ribbon.
DOWN ARROW, UP
ARROW, LEFT
ARROW, or RIGHT
ARROW
SPACEBAR or ENTER
Top of Page
Quick reference for Microsoft Word
Press
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACE
BAR
CTRL+SHIFT+HYPH
EN
CTRL+B
CTRL+I
CTRL+U
CTRL+SHIFT+<
CTRL+SHIFT+>
CTRL+[
CTRL+]
CTRL+SPACEBAR
CTRL+X
CTRL+V
To do this
Press
Paste special
CTRL+ALT+V
CTRL+SHIFT+V
CTRL+Z
CTRL+Y
CTRL+SHIFT+G
Press
CTRL+N
Open a document.
CTRL+O
Close a document.
CTRL+W
ALT+SHIFT+C or
ALT+CTRL+S
Save a document.
CTRL+S
To do this
Press
CTRL+F
ALT+CTRL+Y
CTRL+G
ALT+CTRL+Z
ALT+CTRL+HO
ME
CTRL+PAGE UP
To do this
Press
ALT+CTRL+P
ALT+CTRL+O
ALT+CTRL+N
Outline view
To do this
Press
Promote a paragraph.
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Demote a paragraph.
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT
ARROW
CTRL+SHIFT+N
ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN
ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN
To do this
Press
ALT+SHIFT+n
CTRL+TAB
Press
Print a document.
CTRL+P
ALT+CTRL+I
Arrow keys
PAGE UP or PAGE
DOWN
CTRL+HOME
CTRL+END
To do this
Press
Press
Insert a comment.
ALT+CTRL+M
CTRL+SHIFT+E
Press
Go to beginning of document.
HOME
Go to end of document.
END
Go to page n.
n, ENTER
ESC
Press
ALT+SHIFT+O
To do this
Press
ALT+SHIFT+I
ALT+SHIFT+X
Insert a footnote.
ALT+CTRL+F
Insert an endnote.
ALT+CTRL+D
Press
Insert a hyperlink.
CTRL+K
ALT+LEFT ARROW
ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Refresh.
F9
Press
BACKSPACE
CTRL+BACKSPAC
E
DELETE
To do this
Press
CTRL+DELETE
CTRL+X
CTRL+Z
CTRL+F3
Press
To do this
Press
ALT+F3
CTRL+F3
CTRL+SHIFT+F3
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
An en dash
CTRL+MINUS SIGN
An optional
hyphen
CTRL+HYPHEN
A nonbreaking
CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN
hyphen
A nonbreaking
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
space
The copyright
ALT+CTRL+C
symbol
The registered
trademark
ALT+CTRL+R
symbol
The trademark
ALT+CTRL+T
symbol
An ellipsis
ALT+CTRL+PERIOD
A single
A single
closing
quotation
mark
Double
opening
quotation
marks
Double closing
CTRL+' (single quotation mark),
quotation
SHIFT+' (single quotation mark)
marks
An AutoText
entry
Press
The character
code, ALT+X
To do this
Press
ALT+the
character
code (on the
numeric
keypad)
Press
F8
To do this
Press
on)
ESC
Extend a selection
one character to
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
the right.
Extend a selection
one character to
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
the left.
Extend a selection
to the end of a
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
word.
Extend a selection
to the beginning of CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
a word.
Extend a selection
SHIFT+END
to the end of a line.
Extend a selection SHIFT+HOME
to the beginning of
To do this
Press
a line.
Extend a selection
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
one line down.
Extend a selection
SHIFT+UP ARROW
one line up.
Extend a selection
to the end of a
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
paragraph.
Extend a selection
to the beginning of CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW
a paragraph.
Extend a selection
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
one screen down.
Extend a selection
SHIFT+PAGE UP
one screen up.
Extend a selection
to the beginning of CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
a document.
Extend a selection
to the end of a
CTRL+SHIFT+END
document.
Extend a selection ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
To do this
Press
to the end of a
window.
Extend a selection
to include the
CTRL+A
entire document.
Select a vertical
block of text.
Extend a selection
to a specific
F8+arrow keys; press ESC to
location in a
cancel selection mode
document.
Select text and graphics in a table
To do this
Press
To do this
Press
Extend a
Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow
selection to
key repeatedly
adjacent cells.
Use the arrow keys to move to the
column's top or bottom cell, and then
do one of the following:
Select a
column.
Extend a
selection (or
block).
Select an
entire table.
Press
LEFT ARROW
To move
Press
RIGHT ARROW
CTRL+LEFT
ARROW
CTRL+RIGHT
ARROW
One paragraph up
CTRL+UP
ARROW
CTRL+DOWN
ARROW
SHIFT+TAB
TAB
Up one line
UP ARROW
DOWN ARROW
END
HOME
ALT+CTRL+PAGE
UP
ALT+CTRL+PAGE
DOWN
To move
Press
PAGE UP
PAGE DOWN
CTRL+PAGE
DOWN
CTRL+PAGE UP
CTRL+END
CTRL+HOME
To a previous revision
SHIFT+F5
SHIFT+F5
Press
TAB
SHIFT+TAB
ALT+HOME
ALT+END
To move
Press
UP ARROW
DOWN ARROW
Row up
ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW
Row down
ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Press
ENTER
CTRL+TAB
Copy formatting
To do this
Press
CTRL+SHIFT+C
CTRL+SHIFT+V
Press
CTRL+SHIFT
+>
CTRL+SHIFT
+<
CTRL+]
CTRL+[
Press
CTRL+D
SHIFT+F3
CTRL+SHIFT+A
CTRL+B
Apply an underline.
CTRL+U
CTRL+SHIFT+W
Double-underline text.
CTRL+SHIFT+D
CTRL+SHIFT+H
CTRL+I
CTRL+SHIFT+K
CTRL+EQUAL
SIGN
CTRL+SHIFT+PLU
S SIGN
CTRL+SPACEBAR
To do this
Press
Press
Display
nonprinting
characters.
CTRL+SHIFT+* (asterisk on
numeric keypad does not work)
Review text
formatting.
Copy formats.
CTRL+SHIFT+C
Paste formats.
CTRL+SHIFT+V
Press
Single-space lines.
CTRL+1
Double-space lines.
CTRL+2
CTRL+5
To do this
Press
CTRL+E
CTRL+J
CTRL+R
CTRL+L
CTRL+M
CTRL+SHIFT
+M
CTRL+T
CTRL+SHIFT
+T
CTRL+Q
Press
ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+S
Start AutoFormat.
ALT+CTRL+K
To do this
Press
CTRL+SHIFT+N
ALT+CTRL+1
ALT+CTRL+2
ALT+CTRL+3
Insert an object
1. Press ALT, N, J, and then J to open the Object
dialog box.
2. Do one of the following.
o
Press
ALT+SHIFT+K
Merge a document.
ALT+SHIFT+N
ALT+SHIFT+M
ALT+SHIFT+E
ALT+SHIFT+F
Press
ALT+SHIFT+D
To do this
Press
ALT+CTRL+L
ALT+SHIFT+P
ALT+SHIFT+T
CTRL+F9
F9
Unlink a field.
CTRL+SHIFT
+F9
SHIFT+F9
ALT+SHIFT+F
9
F11
SHIFT+F11
To do this
Press
Lock a field.
CTRL+F11
Unlock a field.
CTRL+SHIFT
+F11
Language bar
Handwriting recognition
To do this
Press
+C
+H
ALT+~
CTRL+SPACEB
AR
Tips
Top of Page
Function key reference
Function keys
To do this
Pres
s
F1
F2
F4
F5
F6
F7
Extend a selection.
F8
F9
Show KeyTips.
F10
F11
To do this
Pres
s
F12
SHIFT+Function key
To do this
Press
SHIFT+F
1
Copy text.
SHIFT+F
2
SHIFT+F
3
SHIFT+F
4
SHIFT+F
5
SHIFT+F
6
SHIFT+F
7
SHIFT+F
To do this
Press
8
SHIFT+F
9
SHIFT+F
10
SHIFT+F
11
SHIFT+F
12
CTRL+Function key
To do this
Press
CTRL+F1
CTRL+F2
CTRL+F3
CTRL+F4
CTRL+F6
CTRL+F9
CTRL+F10
Lock a field.
CTRL+F11
To do this
Press
CTRL+F12
CTRL+SHIFT+Function key
To do this
Press
CTRL+SHIFT+F3
Edit a bookmark.
CTRL+SHIFT+F5
CTRL+SHIFT+F6
CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and
then press an arrow key
Unlink a field.
CTRL+SHIFT+F9
Unlock a field.
CTRL+SHIFT+F11
Press
ALT+F
To do this
Press
1
ALT+F
3
ALT+F
4
ALT+F
5
ALT+F
6
ALT+F
7
Run a macro.
ALT+F
8
ALT+F
9
ALT+F
10
ALT+F
11
ALT+SHIFT+Function key
To do this
Press
ALT+SHIFT+
F1
ALT+SHIFT+
F2
ALT+SHIFT+
F7
ALT+SHIFT+
F9
ALT+SHIFT+
F10
ALT+SHIFT+
F12
CTRL+ALT+Function key
To do this
Press
CTRL+ALT+F2
No
To protect your privacy, please do not include contact information in your feedback.
Review our privacy policy.
Send
Thank you for your feedback!
<img alt="" style="width:1px;height: 1px"
src="http://c.microsoft.com/trans_pixel.aspx" />