Word Common Shortcuts

Document Management

Ctrl+n    Create new document

Ctrl+o    Open document

Ctrl+w   Close document

Ctrl+s    Save document

F12         Save document as

Ctrl+p    Print document/ print preview

Ctrl+F6 Switch between multiple Word documents

Alt, then f, r        Open Recent (file, recent)

Navigate Around the Document

Arrow Left/Arrow Right Jump one character to the left / to the right

 Ctrl+Arrow Left/ Ctrl+Arrow Right Jump one word to the left / to the right End/Home Jump to the end of a line / beginning of a line Arrow Down/Arrow Up Jump one line down / one line down

 Ctrl+Arrow Down/

Ctrl+Arrow Up Jump one paragraph down / one paragraph up Page Down/Page Up Jump one screen down/ one screen up

Alt+Ctrl+Page Down/

 Alt+Ctrl+Page Up Jump to top / to bottom of visible window

Ctrl+End/Ctrl+Home Jump to end / to beginning of document

 Ctrl+g or f5 Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

 Alt+Ctrl+z Go back to previously edited location in document (up to 4 places) Shift+F5 Go to a the last change or revision. Also works after opening document. Ctrl+Shift+F5 Set, go to and edit bookmarks Alt+Ctrl+Home 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

 Ctrl+Page Down/Ctrl+Page Up Move to next / move to previous browser object as set in Browse Options

Undo copy and Paste

Ctrl+z Undo the last action

 Ctrl+y Redo the last action

 Ctrl+c Copy selected text or object

 Ctrl+x Cut selected text or object

 Ctrl+v Paste selected text or object

 Ctrl+Shift+c Copy text format

 Ctrl+Shift+v Paste text format

 Ctrl+Alt+v Paste special

 Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then k Paste and keep Source Formatting

 Ctrl+v, then Ctrl, then t Paste and keep Text only Ctrl+F3 Cut to the Spike (separate clipboard) Ctrl+Shift+F3 Paste from the Spike

 Alt+Shift+r Copy the header or footer from previous section of the document