Microsoft Word 2010 (Windows)

Manage Word Documents

Open Recent (file, recent)

Alt , then f , r

All hotkeys for Microsoft Word 2010 (Windows)

Navigate within Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through all options and elements

Tab

Navigate within Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through all options and elements

Shift + Tab

Navigate within Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through available pages

Ctrl + Tab

Navigate within Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through available pages

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Navigate within Documents - Dialog boxes
Selects the option indicated by the letter

Alt +underlined letter

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert copyright symbol

Alt + Ctrl + C

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert registered trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + R

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + T

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt + Ctrl + . (Period)

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert em dash

Alt + Ctrl + -

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert en dash

Alt + Ctrl + [ + ]

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Alt , then n , u

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert single opening quotation mark

' / Ctrl +2x `

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert single closing quotation mark

Ctrl +2x '

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Type character code and press Alt + X

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Transform character to Unicode

Select character and press alt + X

Navigate within Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert ANSI character

Alt +character code on numeric keyboard

Navigate within Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert paragraph break

Enter

Navigate within Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert line break without breaking paragraph

Shift + Enter

Navigate within Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert page break

Ctrl + Enter

Navigate within Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert column break (break table)

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Navigate within Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl + Shift + Space

Navigate within Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl + Shift + - (Hyphen)

Navigate within Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert optional hyphen

Ctrl + -

Navigate within Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert a footnote

Alt + Ctrl + F

Navigate within Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert an endnote

Alt + Ctrl + D

Navigate within Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl + K

Navigate within Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert Citation Mark

Alt + Shift + I

Navigate within Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert Index Mark

Alt + Shift + X

Navigate within Documents - Move and Delete Text
Move selected text to different position

F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Navigate within Documents - Move and Delete Text
Copy selected text to different position

Shift + F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Navigate within Documents - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right / to the left (or delete selection)

Delete / Backspace

Navigate within Documents - Move and Delete Text
Delete one word to the right / to the left

Ctrl + Delete / Ctrl + Backspace

Navigate within Documents - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right or delete selection

Delete

Navigate within Documents - Move and Delete Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Open the Font dialog box

Ctrl + D / Ctrl + Shift + K

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl + [ / Ctrl + ]

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove bold

Ctrl + B

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove italic

Ctrl + I

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove underline

Ctrl + U

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl + =

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove superscript

Ctrl + Shift + =

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Copy formatting

Ctrl + Shift + C

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Paste formatting

Ctrl + Shift + V

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove double-underline

Ctrl + Shift + D

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove words underline (only words, no spaces)

Ctrl + Shift + W

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove hidden formatting

Ctrl + Shift + H

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove all capitals

Ctrl + Shift + A

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove small capitals

Ctrl + Shift + K

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Shift + F3

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply strike-through formatting (font dialog)

Ctrl + d , then Alt +k and enter

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Change the selection to the Symbol font

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Shift + F1

Navigate within Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove Highlight Text Feature

Ctrl + Alt + H

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Right-align paragraph

Ctrl + R

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Left-align paragraph

Ctrl + L

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Center-align paragraph

Ctrl + E

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Justify-align paragraph

Ctrl + J

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Indent paragraph from the left and increase / decrease indent

Ctrl + M / Ctrl + Shift + M

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Increase hanging indent

Ctrl + T

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Decrease hanging indent

Ctrl + Shift + T

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to single-space

Ctrl + 1

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to double-space

Ctrl + 2

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to 1.5

Ctrl + 5

Navigate within Documents - Format Paragraphs
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Open or close Styles task pane

Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Apply Heading 1 style

Alt + Ctrl + 1

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Apply Heading 2 style

Alt + Ctrl + 2

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Apply Heading 3 style

Alt + Ctrl + 3

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Promote / demote Headings

Alt + Shift + Arrow Right / Alt + Shift + Arrow Left

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Remove all manual styles

Ctrl + Space

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Apply Normal style

Ctrl + Shift + N

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

Ctrl + Shift + S

Navigate within Documents - Styles
Start Auto Format

Alt + Ctrl + K

Navigate within Documents - Switch Views
Switch to Print Layout view

Alt + Ctrl + P

Navigate within Documents - Switch Views
Switch to Outline view

Alt + Ctrl + O

Navigate within Documents - Switch Views
Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Alt + Ctrl + N

Navigate within Documents - Switch Views
Zoom in and zoom out

Ctrl +scroll mouse

Navigate within Documents - Switch Views
Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

alt then w , q

Navigate within Documents - Switch Views
Split the document window

Alt + Ctrl + S

Navigate within Documents - Ribbons
Show or hide the ribbon

Ctrl + F1

Navigate within Documents - Ribbons
Select item in Ribbon

F10 / Alt

Navigate within Documents - Ribbons
Leave Ribbon or Submenu

Esc

Navigate within Documents - Ribbons
Move left or right between main Ribbon Menus if active

Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Navigate within Documents - Ribbons
Move left/right/up/down between Ribbon Menus and Sub-Menus

Arrow Keys

Navigate within Documents - Ribbons
When in ribbon Open or activate selected item

Space / Enter

Navigate within Documents - Navigation Pane
Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

Alt , then w , k

Navigate within Documents - Navigation Pane
With Navigation Pane open: Switch forward / backwards between (1) Navigation Pane, (2) Bottom Taskbar, (3) Ribbon, and (4) Document

F6 / Shift + F6

Navigate within Documents - Navigation Pane
In Navigation Pane: Move through Navigation Pane options

Tab / Shift + Tab

Navigate within Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump one row down / one row up

Arrow Down / Arrow Up

Navigate within Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Tab / Shift + Tab

Navigate within Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt + Home / Alt + End

Navigate within Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first row / jump to last row

Alt + Page Up / Alt + Page Down

Navigate within Documents - Navigate in Tables
One cell to the left / to the right

Ctrl + Arrow Left / Ctrl + Arrow Right

Navigate within Documents - Select Table Contents
Select current table cell

Shift + End

Navigate within Documents - Select Table Contents
Select content of current table cell

end , then shift + Home

Navigate within Documents - Select Table Contents
Extend selection to adjacent cells

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly

Navigate within Documents - Select Table Contents
Extend selection or block

Ctrl + Shift + f8 , then press

Navigate within Documents - Select Table Contents
Select an entire table

Alt + 5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Move current row up or down

Alt + Shift + Arrow Up / Alt + Shift + Arrow Down

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Select row*

In first column, press shift + End

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Select column

In first row press alt + Shift + Page Down

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Delete rows* with rows selected

Shift + Delete

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Delete columns with columns selected

Shift + Delete

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Delete row at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , r

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Delete column at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , c

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Insert row above cursor

Alt , j , l , a

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Insert row below cursor

Alt , j , l , e

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Insert column to the left of cursor

Alt , j , l , l

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Insert column to the right of cursor

Alt , j , l , r

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Insert tab character

Ctrl + Tab

Navigate within Documents - Edit Tables
Add row at the end

tab in last table cell

Edit Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through all options and elements

Tab

Edit Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through all options and elements

Shift + Tab

Edit Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through available pages

Ctrl + Tab

Edit Documents - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through available pages

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Edit Documents - Dialog boxes
Selects the option indicated by the letter

Alt +underlined letter

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert copyright symbol

Alt + Ctrl + C

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert registered trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + R

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + T

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt + Ctrl + . (Period)

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert em dash

Alt + Ctrl + -

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert en dash

Alt + Ctrl + [ + ]

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Alt , then n , u

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert single opening quotation mark

' / Ctrl +2x `

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert single closing quotation mark

Ctrl +2x '

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Type character code and press Alt + X

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Transform character to Unicode

Select character and press alt + X

Edit Documents - Insert Special Characters
Insert ANSI character

Alt +character code on numeric keyboard

Edit Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert paragraph break

Enter

Edit Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert line break without breaking paragraph

Shift + Enter

Edit Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert page break

Ctrl + Enter

Edit Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert column break (break table)

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Edit Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl + Shift + Space

Edit Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl + Shift + - (Hyphen)

Edit Documents - Insert Breaks
Insert optional hyphen

Ctrl + -

Edit Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert a footnote

Alt + Ctrl + F

Edit Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert an endnote

Alt + Ctrl + D

Edit Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl + K

Edit Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert Citation Mark

Alt + Shift + I

Edit Documents - Insert Text Elements
Insert Index Mark

Alt + Shift + X

Edit Documents - Move and Delete Text
Move selected text to different position

F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Edit Documents - Move and Delete Text
Copy selected text to different position

Shift + F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Edit Documents - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right / to the left (or delete selection)

Delete / Backspace

Edit Documents - Move and Delete Text
Delete one word to the right / to the left

Ctrl + Delete / Ctrl + Backspace

Edit Documents - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right or delete selection

Delete

Edit Documents - Move and Delete Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Edit Documents - Format Text
Open the Font dialog box

Ctrl + D / Ctrl + Shift + K

Edit Documents - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Edit Documents - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl + [ / Ctrl + ]

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove bold

Ctrl + B

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove italic

Ctrl + I

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove underline

Ctrl + U

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl + =

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove superscript

Ctrl + Shift + =

Edit Documents - Format Text
Copy formatting

Ctrl + Shift + C

Edit Documents - Format Text
Paste formatting

Ctrl + Shift + V

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove double-underline

Ctrl + Shift + D

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove words underline (only words, no spaces)

Ctrl + Shift + W

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove hidden formatting

Ctrl + Shift + H

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove all capitals

Ctrl + Shift + A

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove small capitals

Ctrl + Shift + K

Edit Documents - Format Text
Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Shift + F3

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply strike-through formatting (font dialog)

Ctrl + d , then Alt +k and enter

Edit Documents - Format Text
Change the selection to the Symbol font

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Edit Documents - Format Text
Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Shift + F1

Edit Documents - Format Text
Apply/remove Highlight Text Feature

Ctrl + Alt + H

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Right-align paragraph

Ctrl + R

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Left-align paragraph

Ctrl + L

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Center-align paragraph

Ctrl + E

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Justify-align paragraph

Ctrl + J

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Indent paragraph from the left and increase / decrease indent

Ctrl + M / Ctrl + Shift + M

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Increase hanging indent

Ctrl + T

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Decrease hanging indent

Ctrl + Shift + T

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to single-space

Ctrl + 1

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to double-space

Ctrl + 2

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to 1.5

Ctrl + 5

Edit Documents - Format Paragraphs
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Edit Documents - Styles
Open or close Styles task pane

Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S

Edit Documents - Styles
Apply Heading 1 style

Alt + Ctrl + 1

Edit Documents - Styles
Apply Heading 2 style

Alt + Ctrl + 2

Edit Documents - Styles
Apply Heading 3 style

Alt + Ctrl + 3

Edit Documents - Styles
Promote / demote Headings

Alt + Shift + Arrow Right / Alt + Shift + Arrow Left

Edit Documents - Styles
Remove all manual styles

Ctrl + Space

Edit Documents - Styles
Apply Normal style

Ctrl + Shift + N

Edit Documents - Styles
Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

Ctrl + Shift + S

Edit Documents - Styles
Start Auto Format

Alt + Ctrl + K

Edit Documents - Switch Views
Switch to Print Layout view

Alt + Ctrl + P

Edit Documents - Switch Views
Switch to Outline view

Alt + Ctrl + O

Edit Documents - Switch Views
Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Alt + Ctrl + N

Edit Documents - Switch Views
Zoom in and zoom out

Ctrl +scroll mouse

Edit Documents - Switch Views
Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

alt then w , q

Edit Documents - Switch Views
Split the document window

Alt + Ctrl + S

Edit Documents - Ribbons
Show or hide the ribbon

Ctrl + F1

Edit Documents - Ribbons
Select item in Ribbon

F10 / Alt

Edit Documents - Ribbons
Leave Ribbon or Submenu

Esc

Edit Documents - Ribbons
Move left or right between main Ribbon Menus if active

Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Edit Documents - Ribbons
Move left/right/up/down between Ribbon Menus and Sub-Menus

Arrow Keys

Edit Documents - Ribbons
When in ribbon Open or activate selected item

Space / Enter

Edit Documents - Navigation Pane
Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

Alt , then w , k

Edit Documents - Navigation Pane
With Navigation Pane open: Switch forward / backwards between (1) Navigation Pane, (2) Bottom Taskbar, (3) Ribbon, and (4) Document

F6 / Shift + F6

Edit Documents - Navigation Pane
In Navigation Pane: Move through Navigation Pane options

Tab / Shift + Tab

Edit Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump one row down / one row up

Arrow Down / Arrow Up

Edit Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Tab / Shift + Tab

Edit Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt + Home / Alt + End

Edit Documents - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first row / jump to last row

Alt + Page Up / Alt + Page Down

Edit Documents - Navigate in Tables
One cell to the left / to the right

Ctrl + Arrow Left / Ctrl + Arrow Right

Edit Documents - Select Table Contents
Select current table cell

Shift + End

Edit Documents - Select Table Contents
Select content of current table cell

end , then shift + Home

Edit Documents - Select Table Contents
Extend selection to adjacent cells

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly

Edit Documents - Select Table Contents
Extend selection or block

Ctrl + Shift + f8 , then press

Edit Documents - Select Table Contents
Select an entire table

Alt + 5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Move current row up or down

Alt + Shift + Arrow Up / Alt + Shift + Arrow Down

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Select row*

In first column, press shift + End

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Select column

In first row press alt + Shift + Page Down

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Delete rows* with rows selected

Shift + Delete

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Delete columns with columns selected

Shift + Delete

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Delete row at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , r

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Delete column at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , c

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Insert row above cursor

Alt , j , l , a

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Insert row below cursor

Alt , j , l , e

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Insert column to the left of cursor

Alt , j , l , l

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Insert column to the right of cursor

Alt , j , l , r

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Insert tab character

Ctrl + Tab

Edit Documents - Edit Tables
Add row at the end

tab in last table cell

Formats - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through all options and elements

Tab

Formats - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through all options and elements

Shift + Tab

Formats - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through available pages

Ctrl + Tab

Formats - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through available pages

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Formats - Dialog boxes
Selects the option indicated by the letter

Alt +underlined letter

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert copyright symbol

Alt + Ctrl + C

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert registered trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + R

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + T

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt + Ctrl + . (Period)

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert em dash

Alt + Ctrl + -

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert en dash

Alt + Ctrl + [ + ]

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Alt , then n , u

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert single opening quotation mark

' / Ctrl +2x `

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert single closing quotation mark

Ctrl +2x '

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Type character code and press Alt + X

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Transform character to Unicode

Select character and press alt + X

Formats - Insert Special Characters
Insert ANSI character

Alt +character code on numeric keyboard

Formats - Insert Breaks
Insert paragraph break

Enter

Formats - Insert Breaks
Insert line break without breaking paragraph

Shift + Enter

Formats - Insert Breaks
Insert page break

Ctrl + Enter

Formats - Insert Breaks
Insert column break (break table)

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Formats - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl + Shift + Space

Formats - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl + Shift + - (Hyphen)

Formats - Insert Breaks
Insert optional hyphen

Ctrl + -

Formats - Insert Text Elements
Insert a footnote

Alt + Ctrl + F

Formats - Insert Text Elements
Insert an endnote

Alt + Ctrl + D

Formats - Insert Text Elements
Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl + K

Formats - Insert Text Elements
Insert Citation Mark

Alt + Shift + I

Formats - Insert Text Elements
Insert Index Mark

Alt + Shift + X

Formats - Move and Delete Text
Move selected text to different position

F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Formats - Move and Delete Text
Copy selected text to different position

Shift + F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Formats - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right / to the left (or delete selection)

Delete / Backspace

Formats - Move and Delete Text
Delete one word to the right / to the left

Ctrl + Delete / Ctrl + Backspace

Formats - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right or delete selection

Delete

Formats - Move and Delete Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Formats - Format Text
Open the Font dialog box

Ctrl + D / Ctrl + Shift + K

Formats - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Formats - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl + [ / Ctrl + ]

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove bold

Ctrl + B

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove italic

Ctrl + I

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove underline

Ctrl + U

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl + =

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove superscript

Ctrl + Shift + =

Formats - Format Text
Copy formatting

Ctrl + Shift + C

Formats - Format Text
Paste formatting

Ctrl + Shift + V

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove double-underline

Ctrl + Shift + D

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove words underline (only words, no spaces)

Ctrl + Shift + W

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove hidden formatting

Ctrl + Shift + H

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove all capitals

Ctrl + Shift + A

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove small capitals

Ctrl + Shift + K

Formats - Format Text
Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Shift + F3

Formats - Format Text
Apply strike-through formatting (font dialog)

Ctrl + d , then Alt +k and enter

Formats - Format Text
Change the selection to the Symbol font

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Formats - Format Text
Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Shift + F1

Formats - Format Text
Apply/remove Highlight Text Feature

Ctrl + Alt + H

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Right-align paragraph

Ctrl + R

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Left-align paragraph

Ctrl + L

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Center-align paragraph

Ctrl + E

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Justify-align paragraph

Ctrl + J

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Indent paragraph from the left and increase / decrease indent

Ctrl + M / Ctrl + Shift + M

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Increase hanging indent

Ctrl + T

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Decrease hanging indent

Ctrl + Shift + T

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to single-space

Ctrl + 1

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to double-space

Ctrl + 2

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to 1.5

Ctrl + 5

Formats - Format Paragraphs
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Formats - Styles
Open or close Styles task pane

Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S

Formats - Styles
Apply Heading 1 style

Alt + Ctrl + 1

Formats - Styles
Apply Heading 2 style

Alt + Ctrl + 2

Formats - Styles
Apply Heading 3 style

Alt + Ctrl + 3

Formats - Styles
Promote / demote Headings

Alt + Shift + Arrow Right / Alt + Shift + Arrow Left

Formats - Styles
Remove all manual styles

Ctrl + Space

Formats - Styles
Apply Normal style

Ctrl + Shift + N

Formats - Styles
Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

Ctrl + Shift + S

Formats - Styles
Start Auto Format

Alt + Ctrl + K

Formats - Switch Views
Switch to Print Layout view

Alt + Ctrl + P

Formats - Switch Views
Switch to Outline view

Alt + Ctrl + O

Formats - Switch Views
Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Alt + Ctrl + N

Formats - Switch Views
Zoom in and zoom out

Ctrl +scroll mouse

Formats - Switch Views
Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

alt then w , q

Formats - Switch Views
Split the document window

Alt + Ctrl + S

Formats - Ribbons
Show or hide the ribbon

Ctrl + F1

Formats - Ribbons
Select item in Ribbon

F10 / Alt

Formats - Ribbons
Leave Ribbon or Submenu

Esc

Formats - Ribbons
Move left or right between main Ribbon Menus if active

Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Formats - Ribbons
Move left/right/up/down between Ribbon Menus and Sub-Menus

Arrow Keys

Formats - Ribbons
When in ribbon Open or activate selected item

Space / Enter

Formats - Navigation Pane
Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

Alt , then w , k

Formats - Navigation Pane
With Navigation Pane open: Switch forward / backwards between (1) Navigation Pane, (2) Bottom Taskbar, (3) Ribbon, and (4) Document

F6 / Shift + F6

Formats - Navigation Pane
In Navigation Pane: Move through Navigation Pane options

Tab / Shift + Tab

Formats - Navigate in Tables
Jump one row down / one row up

Arrow Down / Arrow Up

Formats - Navigate in Tables
Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Tab / Shift + Tab

Formats - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt + Home / Alt + End

Formats - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first row / jump to last row

Alt + Page Up / Alt + Page Down

Formats - Navigate in Tables
One cell to the left / to the right

Ctrl + Arrow Left / Ctrl + Arrow Right

Formats - Select Table Contents
Select current table cell

Shift + End

Formats - Select Table Contents
Select content of current table cell

end , then shift + Home

Formats - Select Table Contents
Extend selection to adjacent cells

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly

Formats - Select Table Contents
Extend selection or block

Ctrl + Shift + f8 , then press

Formats - Select Table Contents
Select an entire table

Alt + 5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)

Formats - Edit Tables
Move current row up or down

Alt + Shift + Arrow Up / Alt + Shift + Arrow Down

Formats - Edit Tables
Select row*

In first column, press shift + End

Formats - Edit Tables
Select column

In first row press alt + Shift + Page Down

Formats - Edit Tables
Delete rows* with rows selected

Shift + Delete

Formats - Edit Tables
Delete columns with columns selected

Shift + Delete

Formats - Edit Tables
Delete row at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , r

Formats - Edit Tables
Delete column at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , c

Formats - Edit Tables
Insert row above cursor

Alt , j , l , a

Formats - Edit Tables
Insert row below cursor

Alt , j , l , e

Formats - Edit Tables
Insert column to the left of cursor

Alt , j , l , l

Formats - Edit Tables
Insert column to the right of cursor

Alt , j , l , r

Formats - Edit Tables
Insert tab character

Ctrl + Tab

Formats - Edit Tables
Add row at the end

tab in last table cell

Manage Word View - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through all options and elements

Tab

Manage Word View - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through all options and elements

Shift + Tab

Manage Word View - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through available pages

Ctrl + Tab

Manage Word View - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through available pages

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Manage Word View - Dialog boxes
Selects the option indicated by the letter

Alt +underlined letter

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert copyright symbol

Alt + Ctrl + C

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert registered trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + R

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + T

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt + Ctrl + . (Period)

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert em dash

Alt + Ctrl + -

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert en dash

Alt + Ctrl + [ + ]

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Alt , then n , u

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert single opening quotation mark

' / Ctrl +2x `

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert single closing quotation mark

Ctrl +2x '

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Type character code and press Alt + X

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Transform character to Unicode

Select character and press alt + X

Manage Word View - Insert Special Characters
Insert ANSI character

Alt +character code on numeric keyboard

Manage Word View - Insert Breaks
Insert paragraph break

Enter

Manage Word View - Insert Breaks
Insert line break without breaking paragraph

Shift + Enter

Manage Word View - Insert Breaks
Insert page break

Ctrl + Enter

Manage Word View - Insert Breaks
Insert column break (break table)

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Manage Word View - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl + Shift + Space

Manage Word View - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl + Shift + - (Hyphen)

Manage Word View - Insert Breaks
Insert optional hyphen

Ctrl + -

Manage Word View - Insert Text Elements
Insert a footnote

Alt + Ctrl + F

Manage Word View - Insert Text Elements
Insert an endnote

Alt + Ctrl + D

Manage Word View - Insert Text Elements
Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl + K

Manage Word View - Insert Text Elements
Insert Citation Mark

Alt + Shift + I

Manage Word View - Insert Text Elements
Insert Index Mark

Alt + Shift + X

Manage Word View - Move and Delete Text
Move selected text to different position

F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Manage Word View - Move and Delete Text
Copy selected text to different position

Shift + F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Manage Word View - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right / to the left (or delete selection)

Delete / Backspace

Manage Word View - Move and Delete Text
Delete one word to the right / to the left

Ctrl + Delete / Ctrl + Backspace

Manage Word View - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right or delete selection

Delete

Manage Word View - Move and Delete Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Manage Word View - Format Text
Open the Font dialog box

Ctrl + D / Ctrl + Shift + K

Manage Word View - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Manage Word View - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl + [ / Ctrl + ]

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove bold

Ctrl + B

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove italic

Ctrl + I

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove underline

Ctrl + U

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl + =

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove superscript

Ctrl + Shift + =

Manage Word View - Format Text
Copy formatting

Ctrl + Shift + C

Manage Word View - Format Text
Paste formatting

Ctrl + Shift + V

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove double-underline

Ctrl + Shift + D

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove words underline (only words, no spaces)

Ctrl + Shift + W

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove hidden formatting

Ctrl + Shift + H

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove all capitals

Ctrl + Shift + A

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove small capitals

Ctrl + Shift + K

Manage Word View - Format Text
Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Shift + F3

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply strike-through formatting (font dialog)

Ctrl + d , then Alt +k and enter

Manage Word View - Format Text
Change the selection to the Symbol font

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Manage Word View - Format Text
Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Shift + F1

Manage Word View - Format Text
Apply/remove Highlight Text Feature

Ctrl + Alt + H

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Right-align paragraph

Ctrl + R

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Left-align paragraph

Ctrl + L

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Center-align paragraph

Ctrl + E

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Justify-align paragraph

Ctrl + J

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Indent paragraph from the left and increase / decrease indent

Ctrl + M / Ctrl + Shift + M

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Increase hanging indent

Ctrl + T

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Decrease hanging indent

Ctrl + Shift + T

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to single-space

Ctrl + 1

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to double-space

Ctrl + 2

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to 1.5

Ctrl + 5

Manage Word View - Format Paragraphs
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Manage Word View - Styles
Open or close Styles task pane

Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S

Manage Word View - Styles
Apply Heading 1 style

Alt + Ctrl + 1

Manage Word View - Styles
Apply Heading 2 style

Alt + Ctrl + 2

Manage Word View - Styles
Apply Heading 3 style

Alt + Ctrl + 3

Manage Word View - Styles
Promote / demote Headings

Alt + Shift + Arrow Right / Alt + Shift + Arrow Left

Manage Word View - Styles
Remove all manual styles

Ctrl + Space

Manage Word View - Styles
Apply Normal style

Ctrl + Shift + N

Manage Word View - Styles
Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

Ctrl + Shift + S

Manage Word View - Styles
Start Auto Format

Alt + Ctrl + K

Manage Word View - Switch Views
Switch to Print Layout view

Alt + Ctrl + P

Manage Word View - Switch Views
Switch to Outline view

Alt + Ctrl + O

Manage Word View - Switch Views
Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Alt + Ctrl + N

Manage Word View - Switch Views
Zoom in and zoom out

Ctrl +scroll mouse

Manage Word View - Switch Views
Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

alt then w , q

Manage Word View - Switch Views
Split the document window

Alt + Ctrl + S

Manage Word View - Ribbons
Show or hide the ribbon

Ctrl + F1

Manage Word View - Ribbons
Select item in Ribbon

F10 / Alt

Manage Word View - Ribbons
Leave Ribbon or Submenu

Esc

Manage Word View - Ribbons
Move left or right between main Ribbon Menus if active

Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Manage Word View - Ribbons
Move left/right/up/down between Ribbon Menus and Sub-Menus

Arrow Keys

Manage Word View - Ribbons
When in ribbon Open or activate selected item

Space / Enter

Manage Word View - Navigation Pane
Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

Alt , then w , k

Manage Word View - Navigation Pane
With Navigation Pane open: Switch forward / backwards between (1) Navigation Pane, (2) Bottom Taskbar, (3) Ribbon, and (4) Document

F6 / Shift + F6

Manage Word View - Navigation Pane
In Navigation Pane: Move through Navigation Pane options

Tab / Shift + Tab

Manage Word View - Navigate in Tables
Jump one row down / one row up

Arrow Down / Arrow Up

Manage Word View - Navigate in Tables
Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Tab / Shift + Tab

Manage Word View - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt + Home / Alt + End

Manage Word View - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first row / jump to last row

Alt + Page Up / Alt + Page Down

Manage Word View - Navigate in Tables
One cell to the left / to the right

Ctrl + Arrow Left / Ctrl + Arrow Right

Manage Word View - Select Table Contents
Select current table cell

Shift + End

Manage Word View - Select Table Contents
Select content of current table cell

end , then shift + Home

Manage Word View - Select Table Contents
Extend selection to adjacent cells

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly

Manage Word View - Select Table Contents
Extend selection or block

Ctrl + Shift + f8 , then press

Manage Word View - Select Table Contents
Select an entire table

Alt + 5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Move current row up or down

Alt + Shift + Arrow Up / Alt + Shift + Arrow Down

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Select row*

In first column, press shift + End

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Select column

In first row press alt + Shift + Page Down

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Delete rows* with rows selected

Shift + Delete

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Delete columns with columns selected

Shift + Delete

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Delete row at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , r

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Delete column at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , c

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Insert row above cursor

Alt , j , l , a

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Insert row below cursor

Alt , j , l , e

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Insert column to the left of cursor

Alt , j , l , l

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Insert column to the right of cursor

Alt , j , l , r

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Insert tab character

Ctrl + Tab

Manage Word View - Edit Tables
Add row at the end

tab in last table cell

Tables - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through all options and elements

Tab

Tables - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through all options and elements

Shift + Tab

Tables - Dialog boxes
Cycle forward through available pages

Ctrl + Tab

Tables - Dialog boxes
Cycle backwards through available pages

Ctrl + Shift + Tab

Tables - Dialog boxes
Selects the option indicated by the letter

Alt +underlined letter

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert copyright symbol

Alt + Ctrl + C

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert registered trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + R

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert trademark symbol

Alt + Ctrl + T

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert horizontal ellipsis (…)

Alt + Ctrl + . (Period)

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert em dash

Alt + Ctrl + -

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert en dash

Alt + Ctrl + [ + ]

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert Symbol (insert menu)

Alt , then n , u

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert single opening quotation mark

' / Ctrl +2x `

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert single closing quotation mark

Ctrl +2x '

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac

Type character code and press Alt + X

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Transform character to Unicode

Select character and press alt + X

Tables - Insert Special Characters
Insert ANSI character

Alt +character code on numeric keyboard

Tables - Insert Breaks
Insert paragraph break

Enter

Tables - Insert Breaks
Insert line break without breaking paragraph

Shift + Enter

Tables - Insert Breaks
Insert page break

Ctrl + Enter

Tables - Insert Breaks
Insert column break (break table)

Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Tables - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking space

Ctrl + Shift + Space

Tables - Insert Breaks
Insert nonbreaking hyphen

Ctrl + Shift + - (Hyphen)

Tables - Insert Breaks
Insert optional hyphen

Ctrl + -

Tables - Insert Text Elements
Insert a footnote

Alt + Ctrl + F

Tables - Insert Text Elements
Insert an endnote

Alt + Ctrl + D

Tables - Insert Text Elements
Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl + K

Tables - Insert Text Elements
Insert Citation Mark

Alt + Shift + I

Tables - Insert Text Elements
Insert Index Mark

Alt + Shift + X

Tables - Move and Delete Text
Move selected text to different position

F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Tables - Move and Delete Text
Copy selected text to different position

Shift + F2 , then move to position and press Enter

Tables - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right / to the left (or delete selection)

Delete / Backspace

Tables - Move and Delete Text
Delete one word to the right / to the left

Ctrl + Delete / Ctrl + Backspace

Tables - Move and Delete Text
Delete one character to the right or delete selection

Delete

Tables - Move and Delete Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Tables - Format Text
Open the Font dialog box

Ctrl + D / Ctrl + Shift + K

Tables - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one value

Ctrl + Shift + < / Ctrl + Shift + >

Tables - Format Text
Decrease / Increase font size one point

Ctrl + [ / Ctrl + ]

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove bold

Ctrl + B

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove italic

Ctrl + I

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove underline

Ctrl + U

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove subscript

Ctrl + =

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove superscript

Ctrl + Shift + =

Tables - Format Text
Copy formatting

Ctrl + Shift + C

Tables - Format Text
Paste formatting

Ctrl + Shift + V

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove double-underline

Ctrl + Shift + D

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove words underline (only words, no spaces)

Ctrl + Shift + W

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove hidden formatting

Ctrl + Shift + H

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove all capitals

Ctrl + Shift + A

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove small capitals

Ctrl + Shift + K

Tables - Format Text
Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case

Shift + F3

Tables - Format Text
Apply strike-through formatting (font dialog)

Ctrl + d , then Alt +k and enter

Tables - Format Text
Change the selection to the Symbol font

Ctrl + Shift + Q

Tables - Format Text
Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection)

Shift + F1

Tables - Format Text
Apply/remove Highlight Text Feature

Ctrl + Alt + H

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Right-align paragraph

Ctrl + R

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Left-align paragraph

Ctrl + L

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Center-align paragraph

Ctrl + E

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Justify-align paragraph

Ctrl + J

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Indent paragraph from the left and increase / decrease indent

Ctrl + M / Ctrl + Shift + M

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Increase hanging indent

Ctrl + T

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Decrease hanging indent

Ctrl + Shift + T

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to single-space

Ctrl + 1

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to double-space

Ctrl + 2

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Set line-spacing to 1.5

Ctrl + 5

Tables - Format Paragraphs
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

Ctrl + 0 (zero)

Tables - Styles
Open or close Styles task pane

Alt + Ctrl + Shift + S

Tables - Styles
Apply Heading 1 style

Alt + Ctrl + 1

Tables - Styles
Apply Heading 2 style

Alt + Ctrl + 2

Tables - Styles
Apply Heading 3 style

Alt + Ctrl + 3

Tables - Styles
Promote / demote Headings

Alt + Shift + Arrow Right / Alt + Shift + Arrow Left

Tables - Styles
Remove all manual styles

Ctrl + Space

Tables - Styles
Apply Normal style

Ctrl + Shift + N

Tables - Styles
Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time)

Ctrl + Shift + S

Tables - Styles
Start Auto Format

Alt + Ctrl + K

Tables - Switch Views
Switch to Print Layout view

Alt + Ctrl + P

Tables - Switch Views
Switch to Outline view

Alt + Ctrl + O

Tables - Switch Views
Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view)

Alt + Ctrl + N

Tables - Switch Views
Zoom in and zoom out

Ctrl +scroll mouse

Tables - Switch Views
Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out)

alt then w , q

Tables - Switch Views
Split the document window

Alt + Ctrl + S

Tables - Ribbons
Show or hide the ribbon

Ctrl + F1

Tables - Ribbons
Select item in Ribbon

F10 / Alt

Tables - Ribbons
Leave Ribbon or Submenu

Esc

Tables - Ribbons
Move left or right between main Ribbon Menus if active

Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Tables - Ribbons
Move left/right/up/down between Ribbon Menus and Sub-Menus

Arrow Keys

Tables - Ribbons
When in ribbon Open or activate selected item

Space / Enter

Tables - Navigation Pane
Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

Alt , then w , k

Tables - Navigation Pane
With Navigation Pane open: Switch forward / backwards between (1) Navigation Pane, (2) Bottom Taskbar, (3) Ribbon, and (4) Document

F6 / Shift + F6

Tables - Navigation Pane
In Navigation Pane: Move through Navigation Pane options

Tab / Shift + Tab

Tables - Navigate in Tables
Jump one row down / one row up

Arrow Down / Arrow Up

Tables - Navigate in Tables
Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell

Tab / Shift + Tab

Tables - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first column/ jump to last column

Alt + Home / Alt + End

Tables - Navigate in Tables
Jump to first row / jump to last row

Alt + Page Up / Alt + Page Down

Tables - Navigate in Tables
One cell to the left / to the right

Ctrl + Arrow Left / Ctrl + Arrow Right

Tables - Select Table Contents
Select current table cell

Shift + End

Tables - Select Table Contents
Select content of current table cell

end , then shift + Home

Tables - Select Table Contents
Extend selection to adjacent cells

Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly

Tables - Select Table Contents
Extend selection or block

Ctrl + Shift + f8 , then press

Tables - Select Table Contents
Select an entire table

Alt + 5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off)

Tables - Edit Tables
Move current row up or down

Alt + Shift + Arrow Up / Alt + Shift + Arrow Down

Tables - Edit Tables
Select row*

In first column, press shift + End

Tables - Edit Tables
Select column

In first row press alt + Shift + Page Down

Tables - Edit Tables
Delete rows* with rows selected

Shift + Delete

Tables - Edit Tables
Delete columns with columns selected

Shift + Delete

Tables - Edit Tables
Delete row at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , r

Tables - Edit Tables
Delete column at cursor

Alt , j , l , d , c

Tables - Edit Tables
Insert row above cursor

Alt , j , l , a

Tables - Edit Tables
Insert row below cursor

Alt , j , l , e

Tables - Edit Tables
Insert column to the left of cursor

Alt , j , l , l

Tables - Edit Tables
Insert column to the right of cursor

Alt , j , l , r

Tables - Edit Tables
Insert tab character

Ctrl + Tab

Tables - Edit Tables
Add row at the end

tab in last table cell

Manage Word Documents
Create new document

Ctrl + N

Manage Word Documents
Open document

Ctrl + O

Manage Word Documents
Close document

Ctrl + W

Manage Word Documents
Save document

Ctrl + S

Manage Word Documents
Save document as

F12

Manage Word Documents
Print document/ print preview

Ctrl + P

Manage Word Documents
Switch between multiple Word documents

Ctrl + F6

Manage Word Documents
Open Recent (file, recent)

Alt , then f , r

Navigate within Documents
Jump one character to the left / to the right

Arrow Left / Arrow Right

Navigate within Documents
Jump one word to the left / to the right

Ctrl + Arrow Left / Ctrl + Arrow Right

Navigate within Documents
Jump to the end of a line / beginning of a line

End / Home

Navigate within Documents
Jump one line down / one line down

Arrow Down / Arrow Up

Navigate within Documents
Jump one paragraph down / one paragraph up

Ctrl + Arrow Down / Ctrl + Arrow Up

Navigate within Documents
Jump one screen down/ one screen up

Page Down / Page Up

Navigate within Documents
Jump to top / to bottom of visible window

Alt + Ctrl + Page Down / Alt + Ctrl + Page Up

Navigate within Documents
Jump to end / to beginning of document

Ctrl + End / Ctrl + Home

Navigate within Documents
Cycle through Ribbon/open panes/Status Bar/document window

F6

Navigate within Documents
Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

Ctrl + G / F5

Navigate within Documents
Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places)

Alt + Ctrl + Z

Navigate within Documents
Go to a the last change or revision. Also works after opening document.

Shift + F5

Navigate within Documents
Set, go to and edit bookmarks

Ctrl + Shift + F5

Navigate within Documents
Set Browse Options. Press the arrow keys to select an option, and then press enter to browse through a document by using the selected option

Alt + Ctrl + Home

Navigate within Documents
Move to next / move to previous browser object as set in Browse Options

Ctrl + Page Down / Ctrl + Page Up

Select Text
Extend selection one character to the right / to the left

Shift + Arrow Right / Shift + Arrow Left

Select Text
Extend selection one word to the right / to the left

Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Right / Ctrl + Shift + Arrow Left

Select Text
Extend selection to the end / to beginning of a line

Shift + End / Shift + Home

Select Text
Extend selection one line down / one line up

Shift + Arrow Down / Shift + Arrow Up

Select Text
Extend selection one screen down / one screen up

Shift + Page Down / Shift + Page Up

Select Text
Extend selection to end / to beginning of document

Ctrl + Shift + End / Ctrl + Shift + Home

Select Text
Extend selection to end / to beginning of visible window

Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Page Down / Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Page Up

Select Text
Extend selection to entire document

Ctrl + A

Select Text
Cancel selection and return to beginning / to end of selection

Arrow Keys

Select Text
Turn Extend Mode on: Extend selection without pressing shift

F8

Select Text
Extend selection in Extended Mode:

Arrow keys , Page up / Page Down

Select Text
Extend selection further by word, paragraph, document in Extended Mode

F8

Select Text
Reduce the size of a selection in Extended Mode

Shift + F8

Select Text
Select a vertical block of text in Extended Mode

Ctrl + Shift + f8 , and arrow keys

Select Text
Turn extend mode off

Esc

Select Text
Extend a selection to a specific location in a document

F8

Undo, Copy and Paste
Undo the last action

Ctrl + Z

Undo, Copy and Paste
Redo the last action

Ctrl + Y

Undo, Copy and Paste
Copy selected text or object

Ctrl + C

Undo, Copy and Paste
Cut selected text or object

Ctrl + X

Undo, Copy and Paste
Paste selected text or object

Ctrl + V

Undo, Copy and Paste
Copy text format

Ctrl + Shift + C

Undo, Copy and Paste
Paste text format

Ctrl + Shift + V

Undo, Copy and Paste
Paste special

Ctrl + Alt + V

Undo, Copy and Paste
Paste and keep Source Formatting

Ctrl + v , then Ctrl , then k

Undo, Copy and Paste
Paste and keep Text only

Ctrl + v , then Ctrl , then t

Undo, Copy and Paste
Cut to the Spike (separate clipboard)

Ctrl + F3

Undo, Copy and Paste
Paste from the Spike

Ctrl + Shift + F3

Undo, Copy and Paste
Paste AutoText ( after start typing)

F3

Undo, Copy and Paste
Copy the header or footer from previous section of the document

Alt + Shift + R

Search and Replace
Open traditional find and replace window

Ctrl + H

Search and Replace
Open traditional find window

Ctrl + h , then Alt + D

Search and Replace
Repeat last find after closing find window

Alt + Ctrl + y , / Shift + F4

Search and Replace
Jump between find menu and document

Ctrl + Tab

Search and Replace
Move find menu window

Alt + Space , Arrow keys and Enter

Search and Replace
Close traditional search window if active

Esc

Search and Replace
Open (new) search menu in navigation task pane

Ctrl + F

Search and Replace
Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation)

alt , then w , k

Outline View
Switch to Outline View

Ctrl + Shift + O

Outline View
Promote / Demote a paragraph (or Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right)

Tab / Shift + Tab

Outline View
Move selected paragraphs up / down

Alt + Shift + Arrow Up / Alt + Shift + Arrow Down

Outline View
Demote to body text (set style to normal)

Ctrl + Shift + N

Outline View
Expand / Collapse text under a heading

Alt + Shift + [ + ] / Alt + Shift + -

Outline View
Expand or collapse all text or headings

Alt + Shift + A

Outline View
Hide or display character formatting

[ / key on the numeric keypad

Outline View
Show the first line of body text or all body text

Alt + Shift + L

Outline View
Show all headings with the Heading 1 style

Alt + Shift + 1

Outline View
Show all headings up to Heading n

Alt + Shift + N

Outline View
Insert a tab character

Ctrl + Tab

Review Documents
Choose the Spelling command (Review tab).

F7

Review Documents
Insert a comment

Alt + Ctrl + M

Review Documents
Turn change tracking on or off

Ctrl + Shift + E

Review Documents
Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open.

Alt + Shift + C

Review Documents
Display nonprinting characters.

Ctrl + Shift + *

Review Documents
Display the Selection and Visibility task pane.

Alt + F10

Review Documents
Open the Word Count dialog box.

Ctrl + Shift + G

Print Documents
Print a document (print preview)

Ctrl + P

Print Documents
Close print preview

Esc

Print Documents
Move around the preview pages (with focus on preview page*)

Arrow keys , Page up / Page Down

Print Documents
Move to first page / last page (with focus on preview page)

Ctrl + Home / Ctrl + End

Fields
Insert current date (insert DATE field)

Alt + Shift + D

Fields
Insert page number (insert PAGE field)

Alt + Shift + P

Fields
Insert time (insert TIME field)

Alt + Shift + T

Fields
Insert LISTNUM field

Alt + Ctrl + L

Fields
Insert an empty field

Ctrl + F9

Fields
Insert a LISTNUM field

Ctrl + Shift + L

Fields
Show or hide field code/result of selected field

Shift + F9

Fields
Show or hide field codes/results of all fields in document

Alt + F9

Fields
Update selected fields*

F9

Fields
Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results

Alt + Shift + F9

Fields
Go to the next field/ previous field

F11 / Shift + F11

Fields
Update linked information in a Microsoft Word source document

Ctrl + Shift + F7

Fields
Unlink a field

Ctrl + Shift + F9

Fields
Lock a field / Unlock a field

Ctrl + F11 / Ctrl + Shift + F11

Mail Merge
Preview a mail merge

Alt + Shift + K

Mail Merge
Merge a document

Alt + Shift + N

Mail Merge
Print the merged document

Alt + Shift + M

Mail Merge
Edit a mail-merge data document

Alt + Shift + E

Mail Merge
Insert a merge field

Alt + Shift + F

Mail Merge
Preview a mail merge

Alt + Shift + K

Mail Merge
Merge a document

Alt + Shift + N

Mail Merge
Print the merged document

Alt + Shift + M

Mail Merge
Edit a mail-merge data document

Alt + Shift + E

Mail Merge
Insert a merge field

Alt + Shift + F

The Rest
Get Help or visit Microsoft Office.com

F1

The Rest
Open the window menu

Alt + Space

The Rest
Exit Word

Alt + F4

The Rest
Display a shortcut menu (Simulate right mouse button)

Shift + F10

The Rest
Create new Building block with selected texts

Alt + F3

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Microsoft Word 2013 (Windows)
Open Recent (file, recent)
Manage Word Documents and View

Alt , then F , R