Microsoft Word shortcut keys

Shortcut Description
Ctrl+0 Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
Ctrl+A Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl+B Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl+C Copy selected text.
Ctrl+D Open the font preferences window.
Ctrl+E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl+F Open find box.
Ctrl+I Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl+J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
Ctrl+K Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl+L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl+M Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl+N Opens new, blank document window.
Ctrl+O Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
Ctrl+P Open the print window.
Ctrl+R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl+S Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12.
Alt, F, A Save the document under a different file name.
Ctrl+T Create a hanging indent.
Ctrl+U Underline the selected text.
Ctrl+V Paste.
Ctrl+W Close the currently open document.
Ctrl+X Cut selected text.
Ctrl+Y Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl+Z Undo last action.
Ctrl+Shift+L Quickly create a bullet point.
Ctrl+Shift+F Change the font.
Ctrl+Shift+> Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase 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+'+<char> Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you
wanted an accented è 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+<left Moves one word to the left.
arrow>
Ctrl+<right Moves one word to the right.
arrow>
Ctrl+<up arrow> Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl+<down Moves to the end of the paragraph.
arrow>
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 Open the Task Pane.
 Ctrl+F2 Display the print preview.
Ctrl+Shift+> Increases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+< Decreases the selected text size by one font size.
Ctrl+Shift+F6 Switches 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 selected word.
Shift+F12 Save the open document. Just like Ctrl+S.
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.

You can also utilize the mouse to perform some common actions. The following section contains examples of mouse shortcuts.

Mouse shortcuts Description

Click, hold, and Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
drag
Double-click If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word.
Double-click Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line makes the alignment of the text left, center, or
right aligned.
Double-click Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
Triple-click Selects the line or paragraph of the text where the mouse is triple-clicked.
Ctrl+Mouse wheel Zooms in and out of document.
 Microsoft Paint Keyboard Shortcuts
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ALT

Alt-C Opens the drop-down menu for Colors.

Alt-E Opens the drop-down menu for Edit.

Alt-F Opens the drop-down menu for File.

Alt-H Opens the drop-down menu for Help.

Alt-I Opens the drop-down menu for Image.

Alt-V Opens the drop-down menu for View.

Alt-F4 Closes the drawing.

Alt-Esc Windows command to switch between windows/opened programs.

Alt-Spacebar Windows command equivalent to right-clicking on the blue bar at the top of the window.

CTRL

Ctrl-A Selects the entire canvas, useful before flipping, rotating, stretching, or skewing the entire canvas.

Ctrl-C Copies the selected area.

Ctrl-E Brings up the image attributes.

Ctrl-F Shows a full-screen view of the image.

Ctrl-G (Only at 6x,8x, or 10x zoom) Shows a grid under the drawing; it is sized by pixels.

Ctrl-I The fun one, inverts the colors.

Ctrl-L Removes/Adds the "Color Box"(Color Pallette) at the bottom of the screen.

Opens up a new canvas within the same screen.

Ctrl-N
*Will delete current drawing unless you save it.

Ctrl-O Opens up the "Open file..." screen.

Ctrl-P Prints the image.

Ctrl-R Brings up the "Flip/Rotate" tool.

Ctrl-S Automatically saves your drawing under the name you have it saved as, if not, it will bring up the "Save file as..."

Ctrl-T Removes/Adds the Main "Tool Box" on the left side.

 Pastes whatever you have copied or pasted into the top left corner of the screen; if you are zoomed in it will be in
the left corner of where you are zoomed in to.
Ctrl-V
*If the selected image being pasted is bigger than the canvas you have, it will automatically be re-sized to fit the
image being pasted.

Ctrl-W Brings up the "Stretch/Skew" Tool.

Ctrl-X Cuts the selected area, in other words copies the selected area, but takes it off the screen.

Ctrl-Y Re-does whatever you undid or deleted. In case you feel it looks better that way or are trying to figure out things.

Undoes whatever you just drew with the last click and hold of your mouse. Undoes only up to 3 previous clicks in
Ctrl-Z
XP, slightly more in Vista.

Ctrl-PageDown Zooms out to 1x from zoom.

Ctrl-PageUp Zooms in to preset zoom.

Ctrl-Shift-N Clears the entire canvas.

Ctrl-
Makes any of the drawing tools(Including spraypaint) you are drawing with increasingly smaller, smaller than you
(Minus on num
can select normally.
pad)

Makes any of the drawing tools increasingly larger, infintely large.

Ctrl+
When using "Color Select" tool -Selects that color as an auxillary color for use, not a primary or
(Plus on num
pad)
secondary

When using any of the drawing tools -Draws in the auxillary color

Holding Shift:

When using the "Line Tool" -Makes a straight line at 90 or 45 degree angles.

When using the "Ellipse Tool" -Makes a perfect circle.

When using the "Rectangle" -Makes a perfect square.

When using the "Rounded Rectangle" -Makes a perfect square with rounded edges.

Other

Changes the cursor of Spraycan, Pencil, Crosshairs, etc.. to a normal pointer cursor until you click the mouse or
F10
push a key.

Takes a screenshot and is automatically copied. So after you take a screenshot, it is best to paste it somewhere,
Print Screen
usually on a new canvas, before you copy anything else.

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