WORD SHORTCUT KEYS

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Ctrl + A : Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + B : Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + C : Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X : Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P : Open the print window.
Ctrl + F : Open find box.
Ctrl + I : Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K : Insert link.
Ctrl + U : Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V : Paste.
Ctrl + Y : Redo 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 + Shift + F : Change the font.
Ctrl + Shift + > : Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts.
Ctrl + ] : Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl + Shift + < : Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt.
Ctrl + [ : Decrease selected font -1pts. Ctrl + Shift + * : View or hide non printing characters. Ctrl + : Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl + : Moves one word to the right.
Ctrl + : Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl + : Moves to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl + Del : Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace :Deletes word to 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 + 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.
Ctrl + F1 : Open the Task Pane.
F1 : Open Help.
Shift + F3 : Change the case of the selected text.
Shift + Insert : Paste.
F4 : Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5 : Open goto window.
F7 : Spell check selected text and/or document.
Shift + F7 : Activate the thesaurus.
F12 : Save as.
Shift + F12 : Save.
Alt + Shift + D : Insert the current date.
Alt + Shift + T : Insert the current time.