Microsoft Office's Examples

Save the document

Ctrl+S

Select all contents of page

ctrl+A

Save the document

Ctrl+S

Open the dialog box to open an existing document

Ctrl+O

Open a new document

Ctrl+N

Close the document you have open

Ctrl+W

Open the window to print the document

Ctrl+P

Open the “find” box, which lets you search within your document

Ctrl+F

Undo the most recent action

Ctrl+Z

Redo the most recent action

Ctrl+Y

Move the cursor one word to the left

Ctrl+Left arrow

Move the cursor word to the right

Ctrl+Right arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the paragraph

Ctrl+Up arrow

Move the cursor to the end of the paragraph

Ctrl+Down arrow

Move the cursor to the end of the document

Ctrl+End (PC)

Move the cursor to the end of the document

Fn + Right Arrow (Mac)

Move the cursor to the beginning of the document

Ctrl+Home (PC)

Move the cursor to the beginning of the document

Fn + Left Arrow (Mac)

Select all contents of the document

Ctrl+A

Select and delete the word directly to the right of the cursor

Ctrl+Del (PC)

Select and delete the word directly to the right of the cursor

Delete+Fn (Mac)

Select and delete the word directly to the left of the cursor

Ctrl+Backspace (PC)

Select and delete the word directly to the left of the cursor

Ctrl+Delete (Mac)

Make selected text bold

Ctrl+B

Put selected text in italics

Ctrl+I

Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl+K

Underline selected text

Ctrl+U

Increase the font one size up to size 12 and then two sizes size 12 and above

Ctrl+Shift+>

Decrease the font two sizes down to size 12 and then one size size 12 and below

Ctrl+Shift+<

Subscript shortcut

Ctrl+Equal sign (=)

Superscript shortcut

Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (+)

Word strikethrough shortcut

Command+Shift+X (Mac only)

Turn Track Changes on or off

Ctrl+Shift+E

Make the document single-spaced

Ctrl+1

Make the document double-spaced

Ctrl+2

Make the document 1.5-spaced

Ctrl+5

Aligns the selected text to justify the screen (distribute the text evenly)

Ctrl+J

Aligns the selected text to the left of the screen

Ctrl+L

Aligns the selected text to the right of the screen

Ctrl+R

Aligns the selected text to the center of the screen

Ctrl+E

Promote paragraph

Alt+Shift+Left arrow key (PC)

Promote paragraph

Control+Shift+Left arrow key (Mac)

Demote paragraph

Alt+Shift+Right arrow key (PC)

Demote paragraph

Control+Shift+Right arrow key (Mac)

Demote paragraph to body text

Ctrl+Shift+N (PC)

Demote paragraph to body text

Command +Shift+N (Mac)

Move selected paragraphs up

Alt+Shift+Up arrow key (PC)

Move selected paragraphs up

Control+Shift+Up arrow key (Mac)

Move selected paragraphs down

Alt+Shift+Down arrow key (PC)

Move selected paragraphs down

Control+Shift+Down arrow key (Mac)

Move to next cell in row and select its content

Tab key

Move to previous cell in row and select its content

Shift+Tab

Extend selection to adjacent cells (keep pressing arrow to include as many as you want)

Shift+Arrow keys

Move to first cell in row

Alt+Home (PC)

Move to first cell in row

Control+Home (Mac)

Move to first cell in row

Control+Home (Mac)