All Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys Every User Should Memorize!

Microsoft word is used by almost everyone. It is most of the most widely used programs of the Microsoft office suit. It is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It is used to make professional-quality documents, letters, reports, certificates, time tables and other various school or office works.

The application is easily available, preinstalled at your PC and can be installed at your devices. There are various shortcuts like shortcut keys to check spelling and grammar, insert date, time, highlight, and more to speed up your work at MS Word. We have listed below a list of all Microsoft Word shortcut keys.

List of All Microsoft Word Shortcut:

All Microsoft Word Document Control Shortcuts:

Ctrl + N	Create New Document
Ctrl + O	Open New Document
Ctrl + W	Close Document
Ctrl + S	Save Document
F12	Save Document As
Ctrl + P	Print Document
Ctrl + F6	Switch Between Multiple Documents
Alt + Ctrl + P	Switch To Print Layout Review
Ctrl + Scroll Mouse	Zoom in And Zoom out
Alt + Ctrl + S	Split The Document Window

Navigation Shortcuts in Word Document:

Left Arrow / Right Arrow	Jump one character to the left / to the Right
Ctrl + Left Arrow / Ctrl + Right Arrow	Jump one word to the left / to the Right
End / Home	Jump to the end of the Line/ Beginning of the Line
Up Arrow / Down Arrow	Jump one Line Up / Jump one Line Down
Ctrl + Up Arrow / Ctrl + Down Arrow	Jump one Paragraph Up / One Paragraph Down
Page Up / Page Down	Jump one screen Up / One screen Down
Ctrl + Page Up / Ctrl + Page Down	Move to the beginning of the previous page / Beginning of the next page
Alt + Ctrl + Page Up / Alt + Ctrl + Page Down	Jump to the top of the visible window / Jump to the bottom of the visible window
Ctrl + End / Ctrl + Home	Jump to the End of the Document / Jump to the Beginning of the Document
Ctrl + G or F5	Go to a page, bookmark, foomote, table, comment, graphic, or other location.
Alt + Ctrl + Z	Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places)
Ctrl + Backspace	Deletes one word left
Ctrl + DEL	Deletes one word right

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All MS Word Editing Shortcuts:

Ctrl + A	Selects all the Text
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + Y	Re – Do
Ctrl + X	Cut the Selected Text
Ctrl + C	Copy the Selected Text
Ctrl + V	Paste the Selected Text
F4	Repeat the last Action
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy text format
Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste text format
Ctrl + V then Ctrl + K	Paste along with Source Formatting
Ctrl + V then Ctrl + T	Paste and keep Text only
Alt + Shift + R	Copy the header or footer from previous section of the document
Shift + Alt + D	Insert Date
Shift + Alt + T	Insert Time
ESC	Cancel Action
Enter	New Paragraph
Shift + Enter	New Line

Select Text, Move, and Delete Text Shortcuts:

Shift + Arrow Right	Extend selection one letter to the right
Shift + Arrow Left	Extend selection one letter to the left
Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow	Extend selection of one word to the right
Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow	Extend selection of one word to the left
Shift + End	Extend selection to the end
Shift + Home	Extend selection to the beginning
Shift + Arrow Up	Extend selection one line Up
Shift + Arrow Down	Extend selection one line down
Shift + Page Up	Extend selection one screen up
Shift + Page Down	Extend selection one screen down
Ctrl + Shift + home	Extend selection to beginning of Document
Ctrl + Shift + End	Extend selection to end of Document
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Page Up	Extend selection to Beginning
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Page Down	Extend selection to end
F8	Turn Extend Mode on: Extend selection without pressing Shift

Formatting and Styling Shortcut in MS Word:

Ctrl + B	Bold
Ctrl + U	Underline
Ctrl + I	Italics
Ctrl + D	Open Font Dialogue Box
Ctrl + Shift + D	Double-underline
Ctrl + Shift + W	Words underline (only words, no spaces)
Ctrl + Shift + H	Hidden formatting
Ctrl + Shift + A	All Capitals
Ctrl + Shift + k	Small capitals
Ctrl + Left Bracket [	Decrease font size
Ctrl + Right Bracket [	Increase font size
Ctrl + =	Subscript
Ctrl + Shift + =	Superscript
Ctrl + Shift + C	Copy formatting
Ctrl + Shift + V	Paste formatting
Ctrl + Alt + H	Highlight Text Feature
Shift + F	Reveal Formatting
Ctrl + Shift + Q	Change the selection to the Symbol font
Shift+F3	Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all Lower-case
Ctrl + R	Right-align paragraph
Ctrl + L	Left-align paragraph
Ctrl + E	Center-align paragraph
Ctrl + J	Justify-align paragraph
Ctrl + l	Set line-spacing to single-space
Ctrl + 2	Set line-spacing to double-space
Ctrl + S	Set line-spacing to 1.5
Ctrl + 0 (zero)	Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph
Alt + Ctrl + l	Apply Heading 1 style
Alt + Ctrl + 2	Apply Heading 2 style
Alt + Ctrl + 3	Apply Heading 3 style
Ctrl + Shift + N	Apply Normal style
Ctrl + Shift + S	Open Apply Styles task pane

Also: Download Windows 10 All Shortcuts Keys List (PDF)

Table Shortcuts in MS Office Word:

Up Arrow	Jump one row up
Down Arrow	Jump one row down
Alt + Home	Jump to first column
Alt + End	Jump to last column
Alt + Page Up	Jump to first row
Alt + Page Down	Jump to last row
Ctrl + Left Arrow	One cell to the left
Ctrl + Right Arrow	One cell to the right
Shift + End	Select current cell
End + Shift + Home	Select only content of current cell
Alt + 5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)	Select an entire table
Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly	Extend selection to adjacent cells
Alt + Shift + Arrow Up	Move current row up
Alt + Shift + Arrow Down	Move current row down
Shift + Del	Delete columns

Special Characters & Text Elements Shortcut Keys:

Alt + Ctrl + C	Copyright symbol (©)
Alt + Ctrl + T	Trademark symbol (™)
Alt + Ctrl + R	Registered Trademark symbol (®)
Alt + Ctrl + E	Euro Currency symbol (€)
Alt + Ctrl + .	Horizontal ellipsis (…)
Alt + Ctrl + – (Minus sign on the Numeric Pad)	Em dash
Ctrl + – (Minus sign on the Numeric Pad)	En dash
Alt + Ctrl + F	A Footnote
Alt + Ctrl + D	An Endnote
Ctrl + k	A Hyperlink
Alt + Shift + x	Index Mark
Alt + Shift + i	Citation Mark
Shift + Enter	Line break without breaking paragraph
Ctrl + Enter	Page break
Ctrl + Shift + Enter	Column break
Ctrl + Shift + Space	Nonbreaking space
Ctrl + Shift + – (Hyphen)	Nonbreaking hyphen

Function Keys Shortcut of MS Word:

F1	Opens help panel
Shift + F1	Opens reveal formatting panel
Alt + F1	Skips to the next field
Alt + Shift + F1	Skips to the previous field
F2	Move text or objects
Ctrl + F2	Opens the print window
Alt + Shift + F2	Saves the document
Alt + Ctrl + F2	Shows the open window
F3	Expand an AutoText entry
Alt + F3	Create an AutoText entry
Shift + F3	Change the case of selected text
Ctrl + F3	Cut the selected content to the Spike
Ctrl + Shift + F3	Insert the contents of the Spike
F4	Repeat your previous action
Shift + F4	repeat the previous “Find” action
Ctrl + F4	Close the current document
Alt + F4	Quit Microsoft Word
F5	Open “Go To” tab on the Find and Replace window
Shift + F5	Move the cursor to the location of the previous revision
Ctrl + Shift + F5	Opens Bookmark window
F6	Skips to the next frame in your Word window
Shift + F6	Go to the previous frame
Ctrl + F6	Open the next Document Window
Ctrl + Shift + F6	Open the previous Document Window
F7	Spell check and grammar check
Shift + F7	Open the thesaurus
Alt + F7	Find the next misspelling or grammatical error
Alt + Shift + F7	Opens the Translation pane
F8	Expand the selection
Shift + F8	Reduce the selection
Ctrl + Shift + F8	Selects a column
F9	Update a field
Shift + F9	Reveal a field’s code
Ctrl + F9	Insert new Empty Field {} braces
Ctrl + Shift + F9	Unlink a field
Alt + F9	Toggle the display of a field’s code
F10	Show key tips
Shift + F10	Display a context menu
Ctrl + F10	Maximize document window
Alt + Shift + F10	Displays a menu for an available selection
F11	Jump to the next field in your document
Shift + F11	Jump to the previous field in your document
Ctrl + F11	Lock a field to unable editing
Ctrl + Shift + F11	Unlock a field
Alt + Shift + F11	Start the Microsoft Script Editor
F12	Open the Save As window
Shift + F12	Save your document
Ctrl + F12	Open the Open window
Ctrl + Shift + F12	Open the Print window