Random-Tech: Microsoft Word Cheat Sheet

Document Functions
New Document Ctrl + N
Open Ctrl + O
Save Ctrl + S
Save As F12
Print Ctrl + P
Spelling Check F7
Thesaurus Shift + F7
Quit Alt + F4

Text Functions
Copy Ctrl + C
Cut Ctrl + X
Paste Ctrl + V
Undo Ctrl + Z
Redo Ctrl + Y
Find Ctrl + F
Replace Ctrl + H
Paragraph Enter
Manual Line Break Shift + Enter
Page Break Ctrl + Enter
Zoom Ctrl + Scroll Wheel

Movement
Start of Line Home
End of Line End
Back One Page Alt + Left
Forward One Page Alt + Right
First Page Ctrl + Home
Last Page Ctrl + End
Cursor Movement Arrows
Cursor Word Movement Ctrl + Arrows

Selection
One Character in Left/Right Shift + Left/Right
One Screen Shift + PageUp/PageDown
Entire Document Ctrl + A
To the Beginning of a Document Ctrl + Shift + Home
To the Beginning of a Paragraph Ctrl + Shift + Up
To the Beginning of a Line Shift + Home
To the Beginning of a Word Ctrl + Shift + Left
To the End of a Word Ctrl + Shift + Right
To the End of a Line Shift + End
To the End of a Paragraph Ctrl + Shift + Down
To the End of a Document Ctrl + Shift + End

Font
Format Menu Ctrl + D
Change Font Ctrl + Shift + F
Change Font Size Ctrl + Shift + P
Increase Font Size Ctrl + Shift + >  or  Ctrl + ]
Decrease Font Size Ctrl + Shift + <   or  Ctrl + [

Text Formatting
Bold Ctrl + B
Italic Ctrl + I
Underline Ctrl + U
Double Underline Ctrl + Shift + D
Underline Words Ctrl + Shift + W
Subscript Ctrl + Equal
Superscript Ctrl + Shift + Plus
All Capitals Ctrl + Shift + A
Small Capitals Ctrl + Shift + K
Change Case Shift + F3
Copy Formatting Ctrl + Shift + C
Paste Formatting Ctrl + Shift + V

Line Spacing
Single Space Ctrl + 1
Double Space Ctrl + 2
1.5 Space Ctrl + 5
Double Space Before Paragraph Ctrl + 0

Align Paragraph
Left Align Ctrl + L
Center Align Ctrl + E
Right Align Ctrl + R
Justify Ctrl + J
Indent Paragraph Ctrl + M
Remove Indent Left Ctrl + Shift + M
Indent First Line Tab
Remove Indent First Line Shift + Tab
Hanging Indent Ctrl + T
Remove Hanging Indent Ctrl + Shift + T
Remove Paragraph Formatting Shift + F3

Styles
Heading Style 1 Ctrl + Alt + 1
Heading Style 2 Ctrl + Alt + 2
Heading Style 3 Ctrl + Alt + 3
Normal Style Ctrl + Shift + N
List Style Ctrl + Shift + L
Remove Indent Left Ctrl + Shift + M

For use with Microsoft Word for Windows.
This document was created by Chad Severtson.
Based on the work of David Tenser and Leslie Franke.
Last Updated: 7-25-06.