These Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts can help increase productivity when working with documents. By using these shortcuts, you can quickly access different features and tools in Word, without having to navigate through the menus. It’s worth taking the time to learn and memorize these shortcuts to help you work more efficiently and effectively with Word.
Here are some Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts that can help improve productivity:
- Ctrl + N: Creates a new document.
- Ctrl + O: Opens an existing document.
- Ctrl + S: Saves the active document.
- Ctrl + P: Prints the active document.
- Ctrl + F: Opens the Find dialog box to search for text.
- Ctrl + H: Opens the Replace dialog box to find and replace text.
- Ctrl + Z: Undoes the last action.
- Ctrl + Y: Redoes the last action.
- Ctrl + X: Cuts the selected text or object.
- Ctrl + C: Copies the selected text or object.
- Ctrl + V: Pastes the cut or copied text or object.
- Ctrl + A: Selects all text and objects in the document.
- Ctrl + B: Applies or removes bold formatting to the selected text.
- Ctrl + I: Applies or removes italic formatting to the selected text.
- Ctrl + U: Applies or removes underline formatting to the selected text.
- Ctrl + L: Aligns the selected text or paragraph to the left.
- Ctrl + R: Aligns the selected text or paragraph to the right.
- Ctrl + E: Centers the selected text or paragraph.
- Ctrl + J: Justifies the selected text or paragraph.
- Ctrl + K: Inserts a hyperlink.
- Ctrl + Shift + N: Applies the normal style to the selected text or paragraph.
- Ctrl + Shift + F: Displays the font dialog box.
- Ctrl + Shift + P: Displays the font size dialog box.
- Ctrl + Shift + >: Increases the font size of the selected text.
- Ctrl + Shift + <: Decreases the font size of the selected text.
- Ctrl + Shift + A: Applies or removes all caps formatting to the selected text.
- Ctrl + Shift + L: Applies or removes bullet points to the selected text or paragraph.
- Ctrl + Shift + C: Copies the formatting of the selected text or object.
- Ctrl + Shift + V: Pastes the copied formatting to the selected text or object.
- Ctrl + Shift + D: Inserts the current date.
- Ctrl + Shift + T: Reduces the indent level of the selected text or paragraph.
- Ctrl + Shift + S: Opens the Apply Styles dialog box.
- Ctrl + Alt + 1: Applies Heading 1 style to the selected text.
- Ctrl + Alt + 2: Applies Heading 2 style to the selected text.
- Ctrl + Alt + 3: Applies Heading 3 style to the selected text.
- Ctrl + Alt + N: Inserts a footnote.
- Ctrl + Alt + M: Inserts an endnote.
- Alt + Ctrl + K: Inserts a hyperlink.
- F7: Opens the Spelling and Grammar dialog box.
- Shift + F3: Toggles the selected text between lowercase, uppercase, and sentence case.
- Shift + F7: Opens the Thesaurus pane.
- Ctrl + Shift + E: Applies track changes to the document.
- Alt + Ctrl + M: Inserts a comment.
- Ctrl + Shift + H: Applies hidden text formatting to the selected text.
- Ctrl + Shift + G: Opens the Word Count dialog box.
- Ctrl + Shift + F12: Saves the document as a new file.
- Ctrl + F2: Displays the print preview of the document.
- Ctrl + Shift + X: Converts the selected text to a table.
- Ctrl + Shift + W: Underlines the selected words but not the spaces between them.
- Ctrl + Shift + Z: Switches between a selection and a non-selection in the document.

