Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

Front 1

Ctrl + Enter

Back 1

Create a new paragraph

Front 2

Ctrl + A

Back 2

Select all contents of the page

Front 3

Ctrl + B

Back 3

Makes selected text bold

Front 4

Ctrl + C

Back 4

Copies selected text

Front 5

Ctrl + D

Back 5

Opens the font preferences window

Front 6

Ctrl + E

Back 6

Aligns the line or selected text to the centre of the screen

Front 7

Ctrl + F

Back 7

Open Find Box

Front 8

Ctrl + I

Back 8

Makes the selected text Italic

Front 9

Ctrl + J

Back 9

Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen

Front 10

Ctrl + K

Back 10

Inserts a link

Front 11

Ctrl + L

Back 11

Aligns the line or select text to the left of the screen.

Front 12

Ctrl + M

Back 12

Indents the selected paragraph

Front 13

Ctrl + P

Back 13

Opens the print window

Front 14

Ctrl + R

Back 14

Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.

Front 15

Ctrl + S

Back 15

Save the open document. Just like Shift + F12

Front 16

Ctrl + U

Back 16

Underlines the selected text.

Front 17

Ctrl + V

Back 17

Paste the selected text

Front 18

Ctrl + X

Back 18

Cut selected text

Front 19

Ctrl + Y

Back 19

Redo the last action performed

Front 20

Ctrl + Z

Back 20

Undo last action

Front 21

Ctrl + Shift + L

Back 21

Quickly create a bullet point

Front 22

Ctrl + Shift + F

Back 22

Change the font.

Front 23

Ctrl + Del

Back 23

Deletes word to right of cursor

Front 24

Ctrl + <left arrow>

Back 24

Moves one word to the left

Front 25

Ctrl + <right arrow>

Back 25

Moves one word to the right

Front 26

Ctrl + <up arrow>

Back 26

Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph

Front 27

Ctrl + Backspace

Back 27

Deletes word to right of cursor

Front 28

Ctrl + End

Back 28

Moves the cursor to the end of the document

Front 29

Ctrl + Home

Back 29

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document

Front 30

Ctrl + Spacebar

Back 30

Reset highlighted text to the default font

Front 31

Ctrl + 1

Back 31

Single space lines for the selected paragraph text

Front 32

Ctrl + 2

Back 32

Double space lines for the selected paragraph text

Front 33

Ctrl + 5

Back 33

1.5 line spacing for the selected paragraph text

Front 34

Ctrl + Alt + 1

Back 34

Changes selected text to heading 1

Front 35

Ctrl + Alt + 2

Back 35

Changes selected text to heading 2

Front 36

Ctrl + Alt + 3

Back 36

Changes selected text to heading 3

Front 37

Alt + Ctrl + F2

Back 37

Opens a new document

Front 38

Shift + Enter

Back 38

Creates a new paragraph

Front 39

Shift + Alt + D

Back 39

Insert the current date

Front 40

Shift + Alt + T

Back 40

Insert the current time