A Definitive List of What Those F1 - F12 Keys Do

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F1

 Opens help menu when pressed with Windows button

 Hides/displays ribbon menu in Excel and Word when hit with


Control button
F2

 Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens Document Library in Microsoft Office

 Allows you to edit the selected folder or file name in


Windows Explorer

 Edits the active cell in Microsoft Excel

 Ctrl + F2 displays a print preview in Microsoft Word


F3

 Opens search feature in Windows Explorer

 Shift + F3 lets you change from lowercase to uppercase to


all caps in Word

 Opens find feature in Firefox and Chrome

 Opens Mission Control on an Apple computer running macOS


X
F4

 Alt + F4 closes window

 Places the cursor in the address bar in Explorer


F5

 Starts slideshow in PowerPoint

 Refreshes Internet browser pages

 Ctrl + F5 will completely refresh a web page, clearing the


cache and downloads all content again

 Opens Find and Replace in Microsoft Office


F6

 Goes to the next page in a split screen in Microsoft Word

 Ctrl + Shift + F6 lets you easily switch between Word


documents
F7

 Alt + F7 does a spelling and grammar check in Microsoft


Word

 Shift + F7 open Thesaurus in Microsoft Word


F8

 In Excel, enables extend mode for arrow keys

 Enables safe mode in Windows

 Displays a thumbnail image for all workspaces in macOS


F9

 Refreshes document in Microsoft Word

 Sends and receives emails in Outlook

 Ctrl + F9 inserts empty fields into Word

 Displays a thumbnail for each window in a single workspace


in macOS 10.3 or later
F10

 Opens menu bar

 Ctrl + F10 maximizes window in Word

 Shift + F10 does the same thing as a right-click


F11

 Exits and enter full-screen mode in browsers

 Shift + F11 adds a new spreadsheet in Excel


 Hides all open windows and shows the desktop in macOS
10.4 or later
F12

 Opens Save As in Word

 Shift + F12 saves Word document

 Ctrl + F12 opens Word document

 Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints Word document

 In macOS 10.4 or later, F12 shows and hides the dashboard

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