Keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Office

 All Shortcuts at A Glance

Common Short Cut Keys

Press Ctrl + B to toggle the Bold attribute

Press Ctrl + I to toggle the Italic attribute

Press Ctrl + U to toggle the Underline attribute

Press Ctrl + Q to get rid of paragraph formatting

Press Ctrl + C to repeat selected text to the clipboard

Press Ctrl + X to chop selected text to the clipboard

Press Ctrl + V to stick text from clipboard

Press Ctrl + Z to undo the last action

Press Ctrl + Y to redo the last action

Press Ctrl + Shift + < to decrease font size one point

Press Ctrl + Shift + > to extend font size one point

Press Ctrl + Spacebar to get rid of character formatting

Press Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar to make a non-breaking space

Press Ctrl + Hyphen to make a non-breaking hyphen

Press Ctrl + Home to travel to the beginning of the document

Press Ctrl + End to travel to the top of the document

Function key Shortcuts

Press F1 to access online Help or the Office Assistant

Press F2 to maneuver text or graphics

Press F3 to insert an AutoText entry (after Word displays the entry)

Press F4 to repeat the last action

Press F5 to settle on the attend command (Edit menu)

Press F6 to travel to next pane or frame

Press F7 to launch the Spelling and Grammar check

Press F8 to increase a variety 

Press F9 to update selected fields

Press F10 to activate the Menu Bar

Press F11 to travel to subsequent field

Press F12 to settle on the Save As command (File menu)

Shift + Function key

Press Shift + F1 to start out context-sensitive Help or reveal formatting

Press Shift + F2 to repeat selected text

Press Shift + F3 to vary the case of letters

Press Shift + F4 to repeat a Find or attend action

Press Shift + F5 to maneuver to a previous revision

Press Shift + F6 to travel to the previous pane or frame

Press Shift + F7 to settle on the Thesaurus command (Tools menu, Language submenu)

Press Shift + F8 to shrink a variety 

Press Shift + F9 to modify between a field code and its result

Press Shift + F10 to display a shortcut menu

Press Shift + F11 to travel to the previous field

Press Shift + F12 to settle on the Save command (File menu)

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Ctrl + Function key

Press Ctrl + F2 to settle on the Print Preview command (File menu)

Press Ctrl + F4 to shut the window

Press Ctrl + F5 to revive the document window size

Press Ctrl + F6 to travel to subsequent window

Press Ctrl + F10 to maximise the document window

Press Ctrl + F12 to settle on the Open command (File menu)

Ctrl Key

Press Ctrl + C or Shift + F2 to repeat selected text to the clipboard

Press Ctrl + X to chop selected text to the clipboard

Press Ctrl + V to stick text from clipboard

Press Ctrl + Z to undo the last action

Press Ctrl + Y to redo the last action

Press Ctrl + N to new document

Press Ctrl + O to open a document

Press Ctrl + P to print a document

Press Ctrl + A to pick all

Press Ctrl + F to seek out 

Press Ctrl + H to exchange 

Press Ctrl + G to travel to

Press Ctrl + up arrow to paragraph up

Press Ctrl + down arrow to paragraph down

Press Ctrl + left arrow to travel to the word to the left

Press Ctrl + right arrow to travel to the word to the proper 

Press Ctrl + Shift + Function key

Press Ctrl + Shift + F5 to edit a bookmark

Press Ctrl + Shift + F6 to travel to the previous window

Press Ctrl + Shift + F7 to update linked information during a Word source document

Press Ctrl + Shift + F8 to increase a variety or block (then press an arrow key)

Press Ctrl + Shift + F10 to activate the ruler

Press Ctrl + Shift + F12 to settle on the Print command (File menu)

Alt + Function key

Press Alt + F1 to travel to subsequent field

Press Alt + F3 to make an AutoText entry

Press Alt + F4 to quit Word

Press Alt + F5 to revive the program window size

Press Alt + F8 to run a macro

Press Alt + F9 to modify between all field codes and their results

Press Alt + F10 to maximise the program window