Word 2010 Shortcuts

Platform: Windows/English
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)
Navigate within Documents
Arrow Left/Arrow
Right
Jump one character to the left / to the right
Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctr
l+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/Arro
w 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+Hom
e
Jump to end / to beginning of document
F6 Cycle through Ribbon/open panes/Status
Bar/document window
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/Ct
rl+Page Up
Move to next / move to previous browser object as set
in Browse Options
Dialog boxes
Tab Cycle forward through all options and elements
Shift+Tab Cycle backwards through all options and elements
Ctrl+Tab Cycle forward through available pages
Ctrl+Shift+Tab Cycle backwards through available pages
Alt+underlined
letter
Selects the option indicated by the letter
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+Ho
me
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
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
F3 Paste AutoText ( after start typing)
Alt+Shift+r Copy the header or footer from previous section of
the document
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
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Word 2010 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
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+Ba
ckspace
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
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+C Copy formatting
Ctrl+Shift+V Paste formatting
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)
Ctrl+Alt+H Apply/remove Highlight Text Feature
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+T Increase hanging indent
Ctrl+Shift+T Decrease hanging 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
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)
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
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Word 2010 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
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
Tables
Navigate in Tables
Arrow Down/Arro
w 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+Pa
ge Down
Jump to first row / jump to last row
Ctrl+Arrow Left/Ctr
l+Arrow Right
One cell to the left / to the right
Select Table Contents
Shift+End Select current table cell
end, then shift+Ho
me
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+Arro
w Down
Move current row up or down
In first column,
press shift+end
Select row*
In first row press
alt+Shift+Page
Down
Select column
Shift+Del Delete rows* with rows selected
Shift+Del Delete columns with columns selected
Alt, j, l, d, r Delete row at cursor
Alt, j, l, d, c Delete column at cursor
Alt, j, l, a Insert row above cursor
Alt, j, l, e Insert row below cursor
Alt, j, l, l Insert column to the left of cursor
Alt, j, l, r Insert column to the right of cursor
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.
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+Sh
ift+-
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
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.
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+En
d
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
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)
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Word 2010 Shortcuts
Platform: Windows/English
Mail Merge
Alt+Shift+k Preview a mail merge
Alt+Shift+n Merge a document
Alt+Shift+m Print the merged document
Alt+Shift+e Edit a mail-merge data document
Alt+Shift+f Insert a merge field
Alt+Shift+k Preview a mail merge
Alt+Shift+n Merge a document
Alt+Shift+m Print the merged document
Alt+Shift+e Edit a mail-merge data document
Alt+Shift+f Insert a merge field
The Rest
F1 Get Help or visit Microsoft Office.com
Alt+Space Open the window menu
Alt+F4 Exit Word
Shift+F10 Display a shortcut menu (Simulate right mouse
button)
Alt+F3 Create new Building block with selected texts
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