Did you know: Microsoft Word has a lot of Shortcut keys!
Written Jul 23, 2009 by Mike Shinn
These are just a few:
Ctrl + A = Select All
Ctrl + B = Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C = Copy selection
Ctrl + V = Paste the copied items
Ctrl + P = Print
Ctrl + I = Italics
Ctrl + U = Underline
Ctrl + Z = Undo
Ctrl + Y = Redo
Ctrl + L = Aligns to the left
Ctrl + E = Aligns to the center
Ctrl + R = Aligns to the right
Ctrl + Shift + > = Increase font by 2pts
Ctrl + Shift + < = decreases font by 2pt
Ctrl + <left arrow> = Moves one word to the left
Ctrl + <right arrow> = Moves one word to the right
Ctrl + <up arrow> = Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph
Ctrl + <down arrow> = Moves to the end of the paragraph
Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the document
Ctrl + Home = Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + 1 = Single-space lines
Ctrl + 2 = Double-space lines
Alt + Ctrl + F2 = Open new document
Ctrl + F2 = Print preview
Shift + F3 = Change the text from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
F7 = Spell and grammar check
Shift + F7 = Thesaurus
F12 = Save as
Ctrl + S = Save
Alt + Shift + D = Insert the current date
Alt + Shift + T = Insert the current time
Double-click a word = selects the complete word
Triple-click a word = Selects the entire line or paragraph of the text
Ctrl + Mouse scroll = Zooms in and out of document
by Mike Shinn
Remote Engineer
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Written
Thu Jul 23 20:46:45 UTC 2009 by Mike Shinn
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