This document lists keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word and Excel. In Word, common shortcuts allow for formatting text like bold, italics, underline as well as cutting, copying and pasting. Navigation shortcuts move the cursor around documents. In Excel, shortcuts allow selecting cells and ranges, formatting numbers and inserting functions. Formatting shortcuts apply number formats like comma, currency and date.
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This document lists keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word and Excel. In Word, common shortcuts allow for formatting text like bold, italics, underline as well as cutting, copying and pasting. Navigation shortcuts move the cursor around documents. In Excel, shortcuts allow selecting cells and ranges, formatting numbers and inserting functions. Formatting shortcuts apply number formats like comma, currency and date.
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Name of the Key Description
Ctrl + 0 Adds or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page. Ctrl + B Bolds the highlighted selection. Ctrl + C Copy the selected text. Ctrl + E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. Ctrl + F Open find box. Ctrl + I Makes the font in Italic Ctrl + J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen. Ctrl + K Insert link. Ctrl + L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph. Ctrl + P Open the print window. Ctrl + R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. Ctrl + T Create a hanging indent. Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection. Ctrl + V for Pasting the selected text Ctrl + X Cuts the elected text. Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed. Ctrl + Z Undo last action. Ctrl + Shift + L Quickly creates a Bullet Point. 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 + / + c Insert a cent sign (). Ctrl + ' + Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented you would use Ctrl + ' + e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the Tilde Key. 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. Alt + Ctrl + F2 Open new document. Ctrl + F1 Opens the Task Pane. Ctrl + F2 Displays the Print preview. Ctrl + Shift + > Increases the highlighted text size by one. Ctrl + Shift + < Decreases the highlighted text size by one. Ctrl + Shift + F6 Opens to another open Microsoft Word document. Ctrl + Shift + F12 Prints the document. F1 Open Help. F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) F5 Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word. F7 Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document. F12 Save as. Shift + F3 Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word. Shift + F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted. Shift + F12 Save. Shift + Enter Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph. Shift + Insert Paste. Shift + Alt + D Insert the current date. Shift + Alt + T Insert the current time.
Shortcut Keys Description F2 To Edit the selected cell. F5 Go to a specific cell. For example, C6. F7 Spell check selected text or document. F11 Create chart. Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the current time. Ctrl + ; Enter the current date. Alt + Shift + F1 Insert New Worksheet. Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window. Shift + F5 Bring up search box. Ctrl + A Select all contents of the worksheet. Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection. Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection. Ctrl + K Insert link. Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection. Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough highlighted selection. Ctrl + P Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing. Ctrl + Z Undo last action. Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window. Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window. Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks or windows. Ctrl + Page up Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document. Ctrl + Page down Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document. Ctrl + Tab Move between Two or more open Excel files. Alt + = Create a formula to sum all of the above cells Ctrl + ' Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected. Ctrl + Shift + ! Format number in comma format. Ctrl + Shift + $ Format number in currency format. Ctrl + Shift + # Format number in date format. Ctrl + Shift + % Format number in percentage format. Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format number in scientific format. Ctrl + Shift + @ Format number in time format. Ctrl + Arrow key Move to next section of text. Ctrl + Space Selects entire Column. Shift + Space Selects the entire Row.