Here you can learn Ms word keyboard shortcut keys list which is very useful for everyone who wants to increase his/her expertise in Microsoft word document.
| Shortcuts for Microsoft Word | |
| Ctrl + A | Select all contents of the page |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected text |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected text |
| Ctrl + V | Paste selected text. |
| Ctrl + F | Open find box |
| Ctrl + H | Open replace box |
| Ctrl + G or F5 | Go to |
| Ctrl + I | Italicize highlighted section |
| Ctrl + J | Justify paragraph |
| Ctrl + K | Insert hyperlink |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted section |
| Ctrl + Shift + D | Double underline highlighted selection |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | Underline word |
| Ctrl + P | Open the print window |
| Ctrl + Y | Repeat the last action performed |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action |
| Ctrl + L | Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen |
| Ctrl + E | Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen |
| Ctrl + R | Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen |
| Ctrl + M | Indent the paragraph |
| Ctrl + N | New document |
| Ctrl + O | Open document |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Change the font |
| Shift + F3 | Underline words but not spaces |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Format letters as all capitals |
| Ctrl + Shift + K | Format letters as small capitals |
| Ctrl + Shift + W | Underline words but not spaces |
| Ctrl + F3 | Cut to the Spike |
| Ctrl + Shift + F3 | Insert/Paste the contents of the Spike |
| Ctrl + Shift + F10 | Activate the ruler |
| Ctrl + Shift + F10 | Activate the ruler |
| Alt + Ctrl + S | Split the document window |
| Alt + Shift + C | Remove the document window split |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase selected font + 1 |
| Ctrl + ] | Increase selected font + 1 |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease selected font ‐1 |
| Ctrl + [ | Decrease selected font ‐1 |
| Ctrl + Shift + * | View or hide non printing characters (¶ button) |
| Ctrl + left arrow | Moves one word to the left |
| Ctrl + right arrow | Moves one word to the right |
| Ctrl + up arrow | Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph |
| Ctrl + down arrow | Moves to the end of the paragraph |
| Ctrl + Del | Deletes word to the right of cursor |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Deletes word to the left of cursor |
| Ctrl + End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document |
| Ctrl + Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Reset highlighted text to the default font |
| Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar | Space (non‐breaking) |
| Ctrl + Enter | Page break |
| Ctrl + 1 | Single‐space lines |
| Ctrl + 2 | Double‐space lines |
| Ctrl + 5 | 1.5‐line spacing |
| Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Changes text to heading 1 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 2 | Changes text to heading 2 |
| Ctrl + Alt + 3 | Changes text to heading 3 |
| F1 | Open Help |
| Shift + F3 | Change the case of the selected text |
| Shift + F1 | Reveal Formatting |
| Ctrl + F1 | Task Pane |
| Shift + Insert | Paste |
| Shift + Enter | Line Break |
| Shift + F5 | To the location of the insertion point when the document was last closed |
| Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Page Down | To the end of a window |
| Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow | To the end of a paragraph |
| Ctrl + Shift + End | To the end of a document |
| Ctrl + Shift + F8, and then use the arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode | To a vertical block to text |
| Ctrl + Shift + Home | To the beginning of a document |
| Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow | To the beginning of a paragraph |
| F2 | Move text or graphics |
| F4 | Repeat the last action performed (2000 +) |
| F6 | Go to next pane or frame |
| F7 | Spell check selected text and or document |
| F8 | Turn extend mode on |
| F10 | Activate the menu bar |
| Esc | Turn extend mode off |
| F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so forth) | Increase the size of a selection |
| F8, and then press Left Arrow or Right Arrow | Select the nearest character |
| Shift + F8 | Reduce the size of a selection |
| Shift + F7 | Activate the thesaurus |
| F12 | Save as |
| Shift + F12 | Save |
| Alt + F8 | Macros |
| Ctrl + Shift + F5 | Assign bookmark |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close window |
| Ctrl + F7 | Choose the Move command (Control menu) |
| Ctrl + F8 | Choose the Size command (document Control menu) |
| Ctrl + F2 or Ctrl + Alt + I | Print Preview |
| Ctrl + Shift + Enter | Column Break |
| Alt + Ctrl + P | Show columns (page layout) |
| Alt + Ctrl + E | Add Endnote |
| Alt + Ctrl + F | Add Footnote |
| Ctrl + Shift + H | Hide/View hidden text |
| Alt + F4 | Exit Word |
| Ctrl + Shift + hyphen | Non‐breaking hyphen |
| Ctrl + hyphen | Optional hyphen |
| Ctrl + T | Indent hanging 1/2 inch |
| Ctrl + M | Indent paragraph |
| Ctrl + Shift + T | Reset hanging indent |
| Ctrl + Shift + M | Reset paragraph indent |
| Ctrl + 5 | 1.5 line spacing |
| Ctrl + 2 | Double line spacing |
| Ctrl + 1 | Single line spacing |
| Ctrl + 0 (zero) | Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph |
| Alt + Shift + E | Mail merge ‐ edit data document |
| Alt + Shift + F | Mail merge ‐ insert merge field |
| Alt + Shift + N | Mail merge ‐ merge document |
| Alt + Shift + K | Mail merge ‐ preview mail merge |
| Alt + Shift + M | Mail merge ‐ print merged document |
| Ctrl + = | Subscript |
| Ctrl + Shift + = | Superscript |
| Ctrl + Shift + E | Track changes |
| Alt + Ctrl + N | Switch to normal view |
| Alt + Ctrl + O | Switch to outline view |
| Alt + Ctrl + P | Switch to print layout view |
| Click, hold, and drag | Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go |
| Double click | Double‐clicking a word selects the complete word |
| Double click | Double‐clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned |
| Double click | Double‐clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop. |
| Triple click | Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple‐clicked |
| Ctrl + Mouse wheel | Zooms in and out of document |
| Alt + Click, hold, drag | Selects a column of text (very useful!) |
| Tables Shortcuts for Microsoft Word | |
| Alt + 5 on the numeric keypad (with Num Lock off) | Select an entire table |
| Alt + End | Last cell in a row |
| Alt + Home | First cell in a row |
| Alt + Page Down | Last cell in a column |
| Alt + Page Down | Last cell in a column |
| Alt + Page Up | First cell in a column |
| Down Arrow | Next row |
| Shift + Tab | Previous cell in a row |
| Tab | Next cell in a row |
| Up Arrow | Previous row |
| Click in the column’s top or bottom cell. Hold down Shift and press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow key repeatedly | Select a column |
| Ctrl + Shift + F8, and then use the arrow keys; press Esc to cancel selection mode | Extend (or block) |
| Hold down Shift and press an arrow key repeatedly | Extend to adjacent cells |
| Shift + F8 | Reduce the selection size |
| Ctrl + Shift + F8 | Extend or block (then press an arrow key) |
| Fields Shortcuts for Microsoft Word | |
| Alt + Ctrl + L | A Listnum field |
| Alt + F1 | Go to the next field |
| Alt + F9 | Switch between all field codes and their results |
| Alt + Shift + D | A Date field |
| Alt + Shift + F1 | Go to the previous field |
| Alt + Shift + F9 | Run Gotobutton or Macrobutton from the field that displays the field results |
| Alt + Shift + P | A Page field |
| Alt + Shift + T | A Time field |
| Ctrl + F11 | Lock a field |
| Ctrl + F9 | Insert an empty field |
| Ctrl + Shift + F11 | Unlock a field |
| Ctrl + Shift + F7 | Update linked information in a Word source document |
| Ctrl + Shift + F9 | Unlink a field |
| F11 | Go to the next field |
| F9 | Update selected fields |
| Shift + F11 | Go to the previous field |
| Shift + F9 | Switch between a field code and its result |
| Shortcuts for Foreign Letters and Special Characters in Microsoft Word | |
| Ctrl + ` (accentgrave) letter | à, è, ì, ò, ù |
| Ctrl + ` (accentgrave) shift + letter | À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù |
| Ctrl + ‘ (apostrophe) letter | á, é, í, ó, ú |
| Ctrl + ‘ (apostrophe) shift + letter | Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú |
| Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret) letter | â, ê, î, ô, û |
| Ctrl + Shift + ^ (caret) letter | Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û |
| Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde) letter | ã, ñ, õ |
| Ctrl + Shift + ~ (tilde) Shift + letter | Ã, Ñ, Õ |
| Ctrl + Shift + : (colon) letter | ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ |
| Ctrl + Shift + : (colon) Shift + letter | Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ |
| Ctrl + Shift + @ a or A | å, Å |
| Ctrl + Shift + & a or A | æ, Æ |
| Ctrl + Shift + & o or O | ce, CE |
| Ctrl + , (comma) c or C | c, C |
| Ctrl + ‘ (apostrophe) d or D | ð, Ð |
| Ctrl + / o or O | ø, Ø |
| Alt + Ctl + Shift + ? | ¿ |
| Alt + Ctrl + Shift + ! | i |
| Ctrl + Shift + & S | ß |
| Alt + Ctrl + C | The copyright symbol |
| Alt + Ctrl + period | An ellipsis |
| Alt + Ctrl + R | The registered trademark symbol |
| Alt + Ctrl + T | The trademark symbol |
| Ctrl + Enter | A page break |
| Ctrl + F9 | A field |
| Ctrl + hyphen | An optional hyphen |
| Ctrl + Shift + Enter | A column break |
| Ctrl + Shift + hyphen | A nonbreaking hyphen |
| Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar | A nonbreaking space |
| Enter (after typing the first few characters of the Auto Text Entry name and when the ScreenTip appears) | An AutoText entry |