Create a nonbreaking space

Control + Shift + Spacebar

Create a nonbreaking hyphen

Control + Hyphen

Toggle the Bold Attribute

Control + B

Toggle the Italic Attribute

Control + I

Toggle the Underline Attribute

Control + U

Decrease font size one point.

Control + Shift + < (Less Than Sign) (shift + comma)

Increase font size one point.

Control + Shift + > (greater than sign) (shift + period)

Remove paragraph formatting

Control + Q

Remove Character Formatting

Control + Spacebar

Copy selected text to the  clipboard.

Control + C or Shift + F2

Cut selected text to the clipboard.

Control + X

Paste Text from clipboard.

Control + V

Undo the last action

Control + Z

Redo the last action

Control + Y

Get online Help or the Office Assistant

F1

Move text or graphics

F2

Insert an AutoText entry (after Word displays the entry)

F3

Repeat the last action

F4

Choose the Go To command (Edit menu)

F5

Go to next pane or frame

F6

Launch the Spelling and Grammar check.

F7

Extend a selection

F8

Update selected fields

F9

Activate the menu bar

F10

Go to the next field

F11

Choose the Save As command (File menu)

F12

Start context-sensitive Help or reveal formatting

Shift + F1

Copy selected text

Shift + F2

Change the case of letters

Shift + F3

Repeat a Find or Go To action

Shift + F4

Move to a previous revision

Shift + F5

Go to the previous pane or frame

Shift + F6

Choose the Thesaurus command (Tools menu, Language submenu)

Shift + F7

Shrink a selection

Shift + F8

Switch between a field code and its result

Shift + F9

Display a shortcut menu

Shift + F10

Go to the previous field

Shift + F11

Choose the Save command (File menu)

Shift + F12

Choose the Print Preview command (File menu)

Control + F2

Cut to the Spike

Control + F3

Close the window

Control + F4

Restore the document window size

Control + F5

Go to the next window

Control + F6

Choose the Move command (Control menu)

Control + F7

Choose the Size command (document Control menu)

Control + F8

Insert an empty field

Control + F9

Maximize the document window

Control + F10

Lock a field

Control + F11

Choose the Open command (File menu)

Control + F12

Insert the contents of the Spike

Control + Shift + F3

Edit a bookmark

Control + Shift + F5

Go to the previous window

Control + Shift + F6

Update linked information in a Word source document

Control + Shift + F7

Extend a selection or block (then press an arrow key)

Control + Shift + F8

Unlink a field

Control + Shift + F9

Activate the ruler

Control + Shift + F10

Unlock a field

Control + Shift + F11

Choose the Print command (File menu)

Control + Shift + F12

Go to the next field

Alt + F1

Create an AutoText entry

Alt + F3

Quit Word

Alt + F4

Restore the program window size

Alt + F5

Find the next misspelling or grammatical error. The Check spelling as you type check box must be selected (Tools menu, Options dialog box, Spelling & Grammar tab).

Alt + F7

Run a macro

Alt + F8

Switch between all field codes and their results

Alt + F9

Maximize the program window

Alt + F10

Display Microsoft Visual Basic code

Alt + F11

Go to the previous field

Alt + Shift + F1

Choose the Save command
(File menu)

Alt + Shift + F2

Run GoToButton or MacroButton from the field that displays the field results

Alt + Shift + F9

Display Microsoft Visual Studio code

Alt + Shift + F11

Display Microsoft System Information

Control + Alt + F1

Open command
(File menu)

Control + Alt + F2

Change the font

Control + Shift + F

Change the font size

Control + Shift + P

Increase the font size by two points

Control + Shift + > (less than) (shift + comma)

Decrease the font size by two points

Control + Shift + < (less than) (shift + period)

Increase the font size by 1 point

Control + ] (right bracket)

Decrease the font size by 1 point

Control + [

Change the formatting of characters (Font command, Format menu)

Control + D

Change the case of letters

Shift + F3

Format letters as all capitals

Control + Shift + A

Toggle Bold Attribute

Control + B

Toggle Underline Attribute

Control + U

Underline words but not spaces

Control + Shift + W

Double-underline text

Control + Shift + D

Apply hidden text formatting

Control + Shift + H

Toggle the bold Attribute

Control + I

Format letters as small capitals

Control + Shift + K

Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing)

Control + Equal Sign

Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing)

Control + Shift + Plus Sign

Remove manual character formatting

Control + Spacebar

Change the selection to the Symbol font

Control + Shift + Q

Toggle the display nonprinting characters

Control + Shift + * (star) (shift + 8)

Review text formatting

Shift + F1 (then click the text whose formatting you want to review)

Copy formats

Control + Shift + C

Paste formats

Control + Shift + V

Single-space lines

Control + 1

Double-space lines

Control + 2

Set 1.5-line spacing

Control + 5

Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

Control + 0

Center Text

Control + E

Full Justification

Control J

Left Align

Control + L

Right Align

Control + R

Indent a paragraph from the left

Control + M

Remove a paragraph indent from the left

Control + Shift + M

Create a hanging indent

Control + T

Reduce a hanging indent

Control + Shift + T

Remove paragraph formatting

Control + Q

Apply a style

Control + Shift + S

Start AutoFormat

Alt + Control + K

Apply the Normal style

Control + Shift + N

Apply the Heading 1 style

Alt + Control + 1

Apply the Heading 2 style

Alt + Control + 2

Apply the Heading 3 style

Alt + Control + 3

Apply the List style

Control + Shift + L

Select one character to the right

Shift + Right Arrow

Select one character to the left

Shift + Left Arrow

Select to the end of a word

Control + Shift + Right Arrow

Select to the beginning of a word

Control + Shift + Left Arrow

Select to the end of a line

Shift + End

Select to the beginning of a line

Shift + Home

Select one line down

Shift + Down Arrow

Select one line up

Shift + Up Arrow

Select from the cursor location to the end of a paragraph

Control + Shift + Down Arrow

Select from the cursor location to the beginning of a paragraph

Control + Shift + Up Arrow

Select from the cursor location to one screen down

Shift + Page Down

Select from the cursor location to one screen up

Shift + Page Up

Select from the cursor location to the beginning of a document

Control + Shift + Home

Select from the cursor location to the end of a document

Control + Shift + End

Select from the cursor location to the end of a window

Alt + Control + Shift + Page Down

Select the Entire Document

Control + A

Select a vertical block of text

CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

To a specific location in a document.

F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode

Turn extend mode on

F8

Select the nearest character

F8, and then press Left Arrow or Right Arrow

Increase the size of the selection

F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so forth)

Reduce the size of a selection

Shift + F8

Turn extend mode off

Escape

Copy selected text or graphics

Control + C

Display the Clipboard

Control + C, Control + C

Move text or graphics

F2 (then move the insertion point and press Enter)

Create AutoText

Alt + F3

Paste the Clipboard contents

Control + Y

Paste the Spike contents

Control + Shift + F3

Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document

Alt + Shift + R

Delete one character to the left

Backspace

Delete one word to the left

Control + Backspace

Delete one character to the right

Delete

Delete one word to the right

Control + Delete

Cut selected text to the Clipboard

Control + X

Undo the last action

Control + Z

Cut to the Spike

Control + F3

A field

Control + F9

An Autotext Entry

ENTER (after typing the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)

A line break

Shift + Enter

A page break

Control + Enter

A column break

Control + Shift + Enter

An optional hyphen

Control + Hyphen

A nonbreaking hyphen

Control + Shift + Hyphen

A nonbreaking space

Control + Shift + Spacebar

The copyright symbol

Alt + Control + C

The registered trademark symbol

Alt + Control + R

The trademark symbol

Alt + Control + T

An ellipsis

Alt + Control + Period

One character to the left

Left Arrow

One character to the right

Right Arrow

One word to the left

Control + Left Arrow

One word to the right

Control + Right Arrow

One paragraph up

Control + Up Arrow

One paragraph down

Control + Down Arrow

One cell to the left (in a table)

Shift + Tab

One cell to the right (in a table)

Tab

Up one line

Up Arrow

Down one line

Down Arrow

To the end of a line

End

To the beginning of a line

Home

To the top of the window

Alt + Control + Page Up

To the end of the window

Alt + Control + Page Down

Up one screen (scrolling)

Page Up

Down one screen (scrolling)

Page Down

To the top of the next page

Control + Page DownQ

To the top of the previous page

Control + Page Up

To the end of a document

Control + End 

To the beginning of a document

Control + Home

To a previous revision

Shift + F5

To the location of the insertion point when the document was last closed

Shift + F5

Next cell in a row

Tab

Previous cell in a row

Shift + Tab

First cell in a row

Alt + Home

Last cell in a row

Alt + End

First cell in a column

Alt + Page Up

Last cell in a column

Alt + Page Down

Previous row

Up Arrow

Next row

Down Arrow

Select the next cell's contents

Tab

Select the preceding cell's contents

Shift + Tab

Extend a selection to adjacent cells

Hold down Shift and press an arrow key repeated;u

Select a column

Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down shift and press the up arrow or down arrow key repeatedly

Extend a selection or block

Control + Shift + F8, and then use the arrow keys; press Escape to cancel selection mode

Reduce the selection size

Shift + F8

Select an entire table

ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with NUM LOCK off)

New paragraphs in a cell

Enter

Tab characters in a cell

Control + Tab

Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document

Control + N

Open a document

Control + O

Close a document

Control + W

Split the document window

Alt + Control + S

Remove the document window split

Alt + Shift + C

Save a document

Control + S

Find text, formatting, and special items

Control + F

Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window)

Alt + Control + Y

Replace text, specific formatting, and special items

Control + H

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

Control + G

Go back to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

Alt + Control + Z

Browse through a document

Alt + Control + Home

Cancel an action

Escape

Undo an action

Control + Z

Redo or repeat an action

Control + Y

Switch to print layout view

Alt + Control + P

Switch to outline view

Alt + Control + O

Switch to normal view

Alt + Control + N

Move between a master document and its subdocuments

Control + \ (backslash)

Promote a paragraph

Alt + Shift + Left Arrow

Demote a paragraph

Alt + Shift + Right Arrow

Demote to body text

Control + Shift + N

Move selected paragraphs up

Alt + Shift + Up Arrow

Move selected paragraphs down

Alt + Shift + Down Arrow

Expand text under a heading

Alt + Shift + Plus Sign

Collapse text under a heading

Alt + Shift + Minus Sign

Expand or collapse all text or headings

Alt + Shift + A or the * (star) key on the numeric keyboard

Hide or display character formatting

The / (slash) key on the numeric keypad.

Show the first line of body text or all body text

Alt + Shift + L

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style

Alt + Shift + 1

Show all headings up to Heading n

Alt + Shift + n

Insert a comment

Alt + Control + M

Turn track changes on or off

Control + Shift + E

Go to the beginning of a comment

Home

Go to the end of a comment

End

Go to the beginning of the list of comments

Control + Home

Go to the end of the list of comments

Control + End

Mark a table of contents entry

Alt + Shift + O

Mark a table of authorities entry

Alt + Shift + I

Mark an index entry

Alt + Shift + X

Insert a footnote

Alt + Control + F

Insert an endnote

Alt + Control + D

A DATE Field

Alt + Shift + D

A LISTNUM field

Alt + Control + L

A PAGE field

Alt + Shift + P

A TIME field

Alt + Shift + D

An empty field

Control + F9

Update linked information in a Word source document

Control + Shift + F7

Update selected fields

F9

Unlink a field

Control + Shift + F9

Switch between a field code and its result

Shift + F9

Switch between all field codes and their results

Alt + F9

Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results

Alt + Shift + F9

Go to the next field

F11

Go to the previous field

Shift + F11

Lock a field

Control + F11

Unlock a field

Control + Shift + F11

Preview a mail merge

Alt + Shift + K

Merge a document

Alt + Shift + N

Print the merged document

Alt + Shift + M

Edit a mail-merge data document

Alt + Shift + E

Insert a merge field

Alt + Shift + F

Insert a hyperlink

Control + K

Go back one page

Alt + Left Arrow

Go forward one page

Alt + Right Arrow

Refresh

F9

Print a document

Control + P

Switch in or out of Print Preview

Alt + Control + I

Move around the preview page when zoomed in

Arrow Keys

Move by one preview page when zoomed out

Page up or Page Down

Move to the first preview page when zoomed out

Control + Home

Move to the last preview page

when zoomed out

Control + End

Display the Assistant balloon.

F1, If the Assistant is showing.

Select a Help topic from the list the Assistant displays.

Alt + number (Alt +1 is the first topic, Alt + 2 is the second, and so on)

See more help topics

Alt + Down Arrow

See previous Help topics.

Alt + Up Arrow

Close an Assistant message or a tip.

Escape

Show the Assistant in a wizard, or turn off Help with the wizard.

Note   Not all wizards have Help provided by the Assistant.

Tab (If the wizard is showing) to select Microsoft Word Help, then the Spacebar to show the assistant or turn off the help with the Wizard.

Move between the navigation pane and topic pane

F6

Display the Options menu to access any Help toolbar command

Alt + O

Display the program Control menu

Alt + Spacebar

Close the active Help window

Alt + F4

Switch to the next tab

Control + Tab

Switch to the previous tab

Control + Shift + Tab

Switch to the Contents tab

Alt + C

Switch to the Answer Wizard tab

Alt + A

Switch to the Index tab

Alt + I

Open or close a selected book, or open a selected Help topic

Enter

Select the next book or Help topic

Down Arrow

Select the previous book or Help topic

Up Arrow

Go back to a Help topic you viewed previously

Alt + Left Arrow

Go back to a Help topic you viewed previously

Alt + Right Arrow

Go to the first or next hyperlink

Tab

Go to the first or next hyperlink

Shift + Tab

Activate a selected hyperlink

Enter

Close a pop-up window

Escape

Close a pop-up window

Up Arrow

Scroll toward the end of a Help topic

Down Arrow

Scroll toward the beginning of a Help topic in larger increments

Page Up

Scroll toward the end of a Help topic in larger increments

Page Down

Move to the beginning of a Help topic

Home

Move to the end of a Help topic

Escape

Print the active Help topic

Control + P

Select the entire Help topic

Control + A

Copy the selected items to the Clipboard

Control + C

Show the shortcut menu

Shift + F10

Make the menu bar active

F10

Show the program icon menu

(on the program title bar)

Alt + Spacebar

Select the next or previous command

on the menu or submenu

Down Arrow or Up Arrow (With the menu or submenu displayed)

Select the menu to the left or right; or,

with a submenu visible, switch between

the main menu and the submenu

Left or Right Arrow

Select the first or last command on the

menu or submenu

Home or End

Close the visible menu and submenu at

the same time

Alt

Close the visible menu; or, with a submenu

visible, close the submenu only

Escape

Add a toolbar button to a menu. When you

type this shortcut key and then click a toolbar

button, Microsoft Word adds the button to the

appropriate menu. For example, click Bullets 

on the Formatting toolbar to add the Bullets

command to the Format menu.

Alt + Control + = (Equal Sign)

Remove a command from a menu. When

you type this shortcut key and then select a

menu command, the command is removed.

You can add the menu command back to

the menu if you change your mind.

Alt + Control + - (dash)

Customize the shortcut key for a menu

command. When you type this shortcut

key and then select a menu command, the

Customize Keyboard dialog box opens so

you can add, change, or remove the shortcut key.

Alt + Control + + Plus key on the numeric keypad)

Switch to the next program or Microsoft Word document window

Alt + Tab

Switch to the previous program or Word document window

Alt + Shift + Tab

Show the Microsoft Windows Start menu

Control + Escape or the Windows Key on your keyboard.

Close the active document window

Control + W

Restore the size of the active document window after you've maximized the window

Control + F5

Switch to the next Word document window

Control + F6

Switch to the previous Word document window

Control + Shift + F6

Carry out the Move command when the document window isn't maximized (document icon menu, menu bar)

Control + F7, press arrow keys, and then press Enter.

Carry out the Size command when the document window isn't maximized (document icon menu, menu bar)

Control + F8, press arrow keys, and then press Enter.

Maximize the document window or restore the window to its previous size and location

Control + F10

Switch to the next tab in a dialog box

Control + Tab or Control + Page Down

Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box

Control + Shift + Tab or Control + Page Up

Move to the next option or option group

Tab

Move to the previous option or option group

Shift + Tab

Move between options in the selected list or between some options in a group of options

Arrow Keys

Perform the action assigned to the selected button; select or clear the check box

Spacebar

In the selected list, move to the next option that starts with the letter you type

Letter Key

Select the option or select or clear the check box next to the letter underlined in the option name

Alt + letter key

Open the selected list

Alt + Down Arrow (When the list is selected.)

Close the selected list

Escape (When the list is selected)

Perform the action assigned to the default button in the dialog box

Enter

Cancel the command and close the dialog box

Escape

Move to the beginning of the line

Home

Move to the end of the line

End

Move one character to the left or right

Left or Right Arrow

Move one word to the left or right

Control + Left Arrow or Control + Right Arrow.

Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the line

Shift + Home

Select from the insertion point to the end of the line

Shift + End

Select or cancel the selection of one character to the left

Shift + Left Arrow

Select or cancel the selection of one character to the right

Shift + Right Arrow

Select or cancel the selection of one word to the left

Control + Shift + Left Arrow

Select or cancel the selection of one word to the right

Control + Shift + Right Arrow

Display the Open dialog box

Control + F12 or Control + O

Display the Save As dialog box

F12

Go to the previous folder

Alt + 1

Open the folder up one level from the open folder (Up One Level button)

Alt + 2

Closes the dialog box and opens your World Wide Web search page (Search the web button)

Alt + 3

Delete the selected folder or file (Delete button)

Alt + 4

Create a new subfolder in the open folder (Create New Folder button)

Alt + 5

Switch between List, Details, Properties, and Preview views (click the arrow next to Views)

Alt + 5

Show the Tools menu (Tools button)

Alt + 7

Update the files visible in the Open or Save As dialog box (File menu)

F5

Make the menu bar active

F10

Select the next or previous toolbar

Control + Tab or Control + Shift + Tab

Select the next or previous button or menu on the toolbar

Tab or Shift + Tab (When the toolbar is Active)

Open the menu

Enter (When a menu on a toolbar is selected)

Perform the action assigned to a button

Enter (When a button is selected)

Enter text in a text box

Enter (When the text box is selected)

Select the option you want

Enter (When a drop-down list box is selected)

Move through options in a menu or drop-down list

Arrow Keys

Send the active document or message

Alt + S

Open the Address Book

Control + Shift + B

Check the names on the To, Cc and Bcc lines against the Address Book

Alt + K

Open the Address Book in the To field

Alt + . (period)

Opens the Address Book in the Cc field

Alt + C

Open the Address Book in the Bcc field

Alt + B

Go to the Subject field

Alt + J

Open the Microsoft Outlook Message Options dialog box (in a message, View menu, Options command)

Alt + P

Create a message flag

Control + Shift + G

Select the next box in the e-mail header or the body of the document or message when the last box in the e-mail header is active

Tab

Select the previous field or button in the e-mail header

Shift + Tab