(Click here to go back to Microsoft Word Shortcuts on shortcutworld.com) Word 2010 Shortcuts 1. Manage Word Documents 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) 2. Navigate within Documents 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 3. Select Text Shift+Arrow Right/Shift+Arrow Left Extend selection one character to the right / to the left Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Right/Ctrl+Shift+Arrow Left Extend selection one word to the right / to the left Shift+End/Shift+Home Extend selection to the end / to beginning of a line Shift+Arrow Down/Shift+Arrow Up Extend selection one line down / one line up Shift+Page Down/Shift+Page Up Extend selection one screen down / one screen up Ctrl+Shift+End/Ctrl+Shift+Home Extend selection to end / to beginning of document Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Down/Alt+Ctrl+Shift+Page Up Extend selection to end / to beginning of visible window Ctrl+a Extend selection to entire document Arrow Keys Cancel selection and return to beginning / to end of selection F8 Turn Extend Mode on: Extend selection without pressing shift Arrow keys , Page up/Page down Extend selection in Extended Mode: F8 Extend selection further by word, paragraph, document in Extended Mode Shift+F8 Reduce the size of a selection in Extended Mode Ctrl+Shift+f8, and arrow keys Select a vertical block of text in Extended Mode Esc Turn extend mode off F8 Extend a selection to a specific location in a document 4. 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 5. Edit Documents Insert Special Characters Alt+Ctrl+c Insert copyright symbol Alt+Ctrl+r Insert registered trademark symbol Alt+Ctrl+t Insert trademark symbol Alt+Ctrl+. (Period) Insert horizontal ellipsis (.) Alt+Ctrl+- Insert em dash Alt+Ctrl+[+] Insert en dash Alt, then n,u Insert Symbol (insert menu) ' or Ctrl+2x` Insert single opening quotation mark Ctrl+2x ' Insert single closing quotation mark Type character code and press Alt+x Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac Select character and press alt+x Transform character to Unicode Alt+character code on numeric keyboard Insert ANSI character Insert Breaks Enter Insert paragraph break Shift+Enter Insert line break without breaking paragraph Ctrl+Enter Insert page break Ctrl+Shift+Enter Insert column break (break table) Ctrl+Shift+Space Insert nonbreaking space Ctrl+Shift+- (Hyphen) Insert nonbreaking hyphen Ctrl+- Insert optional hyphen Insert Text Elements Alt+Ctrl+f Insert a footnote Alt+Ctrl+d Insert an endnote Ctrl+k Insert a hyperlink Alt+Shift+i Insert Citation Mark Alt+Shift+x Insert Index Mark Move and Delete Text F2, then move to position and press Enter Move selected text to different position Shift+F2, then move to position and press Enter Copy selected text to different position Delete/Backspace Delete one character to the right / to the left (or delete selection) Ctrl+Delete/Ctrl+Backspace Delete one word to the right / to the left Delete Delete one character to the right or delete selection Ctrl+Shift+</Ctrl+Shift+> Decrease / Increase font size one value 6. Formats Format Text Ctrl+d or Ctrl+Shift+k Open the Font dialog box Ctrl+Shift+</Ctrl+Shift+> Decrease / Increase font size one value Ctrl+[/Ctrl+] Decrease / Increase font size one point Ctrl+b Apply/remove bold Ctrl+i Apply/remove italic Ctrl+u Apply/remove underline Ctrl+= Apply/remove subscript Ctrl+Shift+[+] Apply/remove superscript Ctrl+Shift+d Apply/remove double-underline Ctrl+Shift+w Apply/remove words underline (only words, no spaces) Ctrl+Shift+h Apply/remove hidden formatting Ctrl+Shift+a Apply/remove all capitals Ctrl+Shift+k Apply/remove small capitals Shift+F3 Change between all upper-, first letter upper- and all lower-case Ctrl+d, then Alt+k and enter Apply strike-through formatting (font dialog) Ctrl+Shift+q Change the selection to the Symbol font Shift+F1 Reveal Formatting (show all formats of selection) Format Paragraphs Ctrl+r Right-align paragraph Ctrl+l Left-align paragraph Ctrl+e Center-align paragraph Ctrl+j Justify-align paragraph Ctrl+m/Ctrl+Shift+m Indent paragraph from the left and increase / decrease indent Ctrl+1 Set line-spacing to single-space Ctrl+2 Set line-spacing to double-space Ctrl+5 Set line-spacing to 1.5 Ctrl+0 (zero) Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph Styles Alt+Ctrl+Shift+s Open or close Styles task pane Alt+Ctrl+1 Apply Heading 1 style Alt+Ctrl+2 Apply Heading 2 style Alt+Ctrl+3 Apply Heading 3 style Alt+Shift+Arrow Right/Alt+Shift+Arrow Left Promote / demote Headings Ctrl+Space Remove all manual styles Ctrl+Shift+n Apply Normal style Ctrl+Shift+s Open Apply Styles task pane (will not close with pressing it a second time) Alt+Ctrl+k Start Auto Format 7. Search and Replace Ctrl+h Open traditional find and replace window Ctrl+h, then Alt+d Open traditional find window Alt+Ctrl+y, or Shift+F4 Repeat last find after closing find window Ctrl+Tab Jump between find menu and document Alt+Space, Arrow keys and Enter Move find menu window Esc Close traditional search window if active Ctrl+f Open (new) search menu in navigation task pane alt, then w,k Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation) 8. Manage Word View Switch Views Alt+Ctrl+p Switch to Print Layout view Alt+Ctrl+o Switch to Outline view Alt+Ctrl+n Switch to Draft view (used to be normal view) Ctrl+scroll mouse Zoom in and zoom out alt then w, q Open Zoom Menu (no native shortcut exists for zoom in/ zoom out) Alt+Ctrl+s Split the document window Ribbons Ctrl+F1 Show or hide the ribbon f10 or alt Select item in Ribbon Esc Leave Ribbon or Submenu Arrow Left/Arrow Right Move left or right between main Ribbon Menus if active Arrow Keys Move left/right/up/down between Ribbon Menus and Sub-Menus space or enter When in ribbon Open or activate selected item Navigation Pane Alt, then w,k Open and close Navigation pane (View, Navigation) F6/Shift+F6 With Navigation Pane open: Switch forward / backwards between (1) Navigation Pane, (2) Bottom Taskbar, (3) Ribbon, and (4) Document Tab/Shift+Tab In Navigation Pane: Move through Navigation Pane options 9. Tables Navigate in Tables Arrow Down/Arrow Up Jump one row down / one row up Tab/Shift+Tab Jump to (and select) next / previous table cell Alt+Home/Alt+End Jump to first column/ jump to last column Alt+Page Up/Alt+Page Down Jump to first row / jump to last row Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctrl+Arrow Right One cell to the left / to the right Select Table Contents Shift+End Select current table cell end, then shift+Home Select content of current table cell Press and hold shift and press arrow keys repeatedly Extend selection to adjacent cells Ctrl+Shift+f8, then press Extend selection or block Alt+5 on numeric keypad (with numLock off) Select an entire table Edit Tables Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Alt+Shift+Arrow Down Move current row up or down In first column, press shift+end repeatedly Select row* In first row press alt+Shift+Page Down Select column Shift+F10, then d Delete rows* with rows selected Shift+F10, then d, then r and enter Delete row Shift+F10, then d, then c and enter Delete column Shift+F10, then i, then a Insert row above Shift+F10, then i, then b Insert row below Ctrl+Tab Insert tab character tab in last table cell Add row at the end *Make sure selection extends past the last column which is number of columns +1. Word shows the selection extended next to the last column. 10. Outline View Ctrl+Shift+o Switch to Outline View Tab/Shift+Tab Promote / Demote a paragraph (or Alt+Shift+Arrow Left/Arrow Right) Alt+Shift+Arrow Up/Alt+Shift+Arrow Down Move selected paragraphs up / down Ctrl+Shift+n Demote to body text (set style to normal) Alt+Shift++ / Alt+Shift+- Expand / Collapse text under a heading Alt+Shift+a Expand or collapse all text or headings / key on the numeric keypad Hide or display character formatting Alt+Shift+l Show the first line of body text or all body text Alt+Shift+1 Show all headings with the Heading 1 style Alt+Shift+n Show all headings up to Heading n Ctrl+Tab Insert a tab character 11. Review Documents F7 Choose the Spelling command (Review tab). Alt+Ctrl+m Insert a comment Ctrl+Shift+e Turn change tracking on or off Alt+Shift+c Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open. Ctrl+Shift+* Display nonprinting characters. Alt+F10 Display the Selection and Visibility task pane. Ctrl+Shift+g Open the Word Count dialog box. 12. Print Documents Ctrl+p Print a document (print preview) Esc Close print preview Arrow keys, Page up /Page Down Move around the preview pages (with focus on preview page*) Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End Move to first page / last page (with focus on preview page) *Except tabbing, there seems to be no shortcut to jump to preview page. Clicking on it with the mouse is an option 13. Fields Alt+Shift+d Insert current date (insert DATE field) Alt+Shift+p Insert page number (insert PAGE field) Alt+Shift+t Insert time (insert TIME field) Alt+Ctrl+l Insert LISTNUM field Ctrl+F9 Insert an empty field Ctrl+Shift+l Insert a LISTNUM field Shift+F9 Show or hide field code/result of selected field Alt+F9 Show or hide field codes/results of all fields in document F9 Update selected fields* Alt+Shift+F9 Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results F11/Shift+F11 Go to the next field/ previous field Ctrl+Shift+F7 Update linked information in a Microsoft Word source document Ctrl+Shift+F9 Unlink a field Ctrl+F11/Ctrl+Shift+F11 Lock a field / Unlock a field *to update all fields, select the complete document with ctrl+a, then update fields by pressing f9) 14. 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