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Word shortcut keys
- Ctrl + A – Select all contents of the page
- Ctrl + B – Bold the highlighted selection
- Ctrl + C – Copy selected text
- Ctrl + X – Cut selected text
- Ctrl + N – Open a new or blank document
- Ctrl + O – Open options
- Ctrl + P – Open the print window
- Ctrl + F – Open find box to search text within the document
- Ctrl + I – Italicise the highlighted selection
- Ctrl + K – Insert a link
- Ctrl + U – Underline the highlighted selection
- Ctrl + V – Paste the copied data
- Ctrl + Y – Redo the last action performed
- Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
- Ctrl + G – Find and replace options
- Ctrl + H – Find and replace options
- Ctrl + J – Justify paragraph alignment
- Ctrl + L – Align selected text or line to the left
- Ctrl + Q – Align selected paragraph to the left
- Ctrl + E – Align selected text or line to the centre
- Ctrl + R – Align selected text or line to the right
- Ctrl + M – Indent the paragraph
- Ctrl + T – Hanging indent
- Ctrl + D – Font options
- Ctrl + Shift + F – Change the font
- Ctrl + Shift + > – Increase selected font +1
- Ctrl + ] – Increase selected font +1
- Ctrl + [ – Decrease selected font -1
- Ctrl + Shift + * – View or hide non printing characters.
- Ctrl + (Left arrow) – Move one word to the left
- Ctrl + (Right arrow) – Move one word to the right
- Ctrl + (Up arrow) – Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
- Ctrl + (Down arrow) – Move to the end of the paragraph
- Ctrl + Del – Delete the word to the right of the cursor
- Ctrl + Backspace – Delete the word to the left of the cursor
- Ctrl + End – Move cursor to end of the document
- Ctrl + Home – Move the cursor to the beginning of the document
- Ctrl + Space – Reset highlighted text to the default font
- Ctrl + 1 – Add single-space lines
- Ctrl + 2 – Add double-space lines
- Ctrl + 5 – Add a 1.5-line spacing
- Ctrl + Alt + 1 – Change text to heading 1
- Ctrl + Alt + 2 – Change text to heading 2
- Ctrl + Alt + 3 – Change text to heading 3
- F1 – Open the help function
- Shift + F3 – Change case of selected text
- Shift + Insert – Paste
- F4 – Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
- F7 – Spell check selected text and/or document
- Shift + F7 – Activate the thesaurus
- F12 – Save as
- Ctrl + S – Save
- Shift + F12 – Save
- Alt + Shift + D – Insert the current date
- Alt + Shift + T – Insert the current time
- Ctrl + W – Close document
