Microsoft Word for Windows Shortcut Keys

Special characters

• An ellipsis… "Ctrl+Alt+period"
  
• Non-breaking hyphen "Ctrl+Shift+hyphen"
  
• Option hyphen "Ctrl+hyphen"
  
• Non-breaking space "Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar"
  
• Copyright © "Ctrl+Alt+c"
  
• Registered ® "Ctrl+Alt+r"
  
• Trademark ™ "Ctrl+Alt+t"

Selecting text

• Paragraph "Triple click"
  
• Entire doc "Ctrl+a"
  
• Block of text "Ctrl+Shift+F8 (keyboard) or Alt+drag (mouse)"
  
• Column in table "Alt+click in column"
  
• Entire table "Alt+double-click any cell"

Paragraph formatting

• Increase indent "Ctrl+m"
  
• Decrease indent "Ctrl+Shift+m"
  
• Hanging indent "Ctrl+t"
  
• Remove hanging indent "Ctrl+Shift+t"
  
• Left para "Ctrl+l"
  
• Center Para "Ctrl+e"
  
• Right para "Ctrl+r"
  
• Justify para "Ctrl+j"
  
• Reset paragraph to style "Ctrl+q"
  
• Single line spacing "Ctrl+1"
  
• Double line spacing "Ctrl+2"
  
• 1.5 line spacing "Ctrl+5"
  
• Add/Remove 12 pt before "Ctrl+0 (zero)"

Styles

• Make Style Box Active "Ctrl+Shift+s"
  
• Apply normal style "Ctrl+Shift+n"
  
• Apply heading 1 "Ctrl+Alt+1"
  
• Apply heading 2 "Ctrl+Alt+2"
  
• Apply heading 3 "Ctrl+Alt+3"
  
• Apply list bullet "Ctrl+Shift+l"
  
• Start AutoFormat "Ctrl+Alt+k"

MS Word 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts

• CONTROL + A "SELECT ALL"
  
• CONTROL + B "BOLD"
  
• CONTROL + C "COPY"
  
• CONTROL + D "FONT"
  
• CONTROL + E "CENTER ALIGNMENT"
  
• CONTROL + F "FIND"
  
• CONTROL + G "GO TO"
  
• CONTROL + H "REPLACE"
  
• CONTROL + I "ITALICS"
  
• CONTROL + J "JUSTIFICATION ALIGNMENT"
  
• CONTROL + K "INSERT HYPERLINK"
  
• CONTROL + L "LEFT ALIGNMENT"
  
• CONTROL + M "INDENT LEFT MARGIN OF ALL LINES"
  
• CONTROL + N "NEW FILE"
  
• CONTROL + O "OPEN A FILE"
  
• CONTROL + P "PRINT"
  
• CONTROL + Q "REMOVE ALL FORMATTING FROM PAR"
  
• CONTROL + R "RIGHT ALIGNMENT"
  
• CONTROL + S "SAVE CHANGES TO FILE"
  
• CONTROL + T "HANGING PARAGRAPH"
  
• CONTROL + U "UNDERLINE"
  
• CONTROL + V "PASTE"
  
• CONTROL + W "CLOSE"
  
• CONTROL + X "CUT"
  
• CONTROL + Y "REDO"
  
• CONTROL + Z "UNDO"
  
• CONTROL + 1 "SINGLE SPACING"
  
• CONTROL + 2 "DOUBLE SPACING"
  
• CONTROL + 5 "1.5 SPACING"
  
• CONTROL + SHIFT + SPACEBAR "NONBREAKING SPACE"
  
• CONTROL + SHIFT + HYPHEN "NONBREAKING HYPHEN"
  
• CONTROL + SHIFT + ASTERISK "SHOW/HIDE"
  
• CONTROL + ] "INCREASE POINT SIZE"
  
• CONTROL + [ "DECREASE POINT SIZE"