Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys
This post will help you to know all major Microsoft word shortcut keys for Windows PC. You can use them while working with MS word and see how those shortcut keys will help you to work faster.
Keyboard shortcuts are very important for a user while working in any Windows program, application or a software. Shortcuts makes our task easier and increase the productivity. Same shortcut commands can do different task on different programs or application.
[Read: Important Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 10]
About Microsoft Word
Before we tell you the shortcut keys that you can use in Microsoft word, we would like to tell you a bit about Microsoft Word.
Microsoft Word, also known as with its popular name “MS Word”, is a word processor and an application of office suite family designed and developed by Microsoft Corporation.
Microsoft Word helps you to create or edit professional documents, letters, reports and many other tasks that are important for your business.
MS Word comes with a package of MS office, whenever you install Microsoft Office on your machine that means you are installing a complete package of office, which includes word, excel, PowerPoint, outlook, access, OneNote and many others.
All given MS Word shortcuts will work with all version of Microsoft Word (Office 2007, Office 2010, Office 2013, Office 2016 and later)
Useful MS Word Keyboard Shortcuts
Here is the list of useful word shortcuts that you use while working on a word document to make your task easy:
| Keyboard Shortcut Key |
Command Function |
|
Ctrl + A |
Select all content |
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Ctrl + B |
Make your selection Bold |
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Ctrl + C |
Copy selected content |
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Ctrl + D |
Font management window |
|
Ctrl + E |
Align selected text to the Center |
|
Ctrl + F |
Open find or search box |
|
Ctrl + G |
Jumps to “Go To” option |
|
Ctrl + H |
Brings up “Find and Replace” option for you |
|
Ctrl + I |
Make selected text Italic |
|
Ctrl + J |
Justify the selected text |
|
Ctrl + K |
Insert Hyperlink on selected text |
|
Ctrl + L |
Align selected text to the left |
|
Ctrl + M |
Indent the whole paragraph |
|
Ctrl + N |
Open a New document |
|
Ctrl + O |
Open old saved document |
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Ctrl + P |
Open windows to Print |
|
Ctrl + R |
Align selected text to Right |
|
Ctrl + S |
Save the current document |
|
Ctrl + U |
The selected text will be Underlined |
|
Ctrl + V |
Paste the copied text |
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Ctrl + W |
Close the current document |
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Ctrl + X |
Cut the selected text |
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Ctrl + Y |
Redo the last action |
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Ctrl + Z |
Undo last on current document |
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Ctrl + F2 |
Document Print Preview |
|
F12 |
Save as current document. (Use Fn + F12, if using laptop) |
|
Shift + Enter |
Insert a line break |
|
Ctrl + Enter |
Insert a page break |
|
F7 |
Spelling and grammar check |
