Exercise 1:

Open Microsoft Word by following Sequence

StartAll ProgramsMicrosoft Word
Practice following keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the
mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Word keyboard shortcuts and keep
it by your computer for a quick reference.
Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time.
Action

Keystroke

Action

Document actions

Keystroke
Text Style

Open a file

CTRL+O

Font face

CTRL+SHIFT+F

New file

CTRL+N

Font size

CTRL+SHIFT+P

Close a file

CTRL+W

Bold

CTRL+B

Save As

F12

Italics

CTRL+I

Save

CTRL+S or
SHIFT+F12

Underline

CTRL+U

Print Preview

CTRL+F2

Print

CTRL+P

Word underline

CTRL+SHIFT+W

Show/Hide paragraph
symbols

All caps

CTRL+SHIFT+A

CTRL+*

Change case

SHIFT+F3

Spelling and grammar

F7

Subscript

CTRL+=

Help

F1

Superscript

CTRL+SHIFT+=

Find

CTRL+F

Make web
hyperlink

CTRL+K

Replace

CTRL+H

Go To

CTRL+G
Cursor movement

Select all - entire

document

CTRL+A

Select from cursor to

beginning of line

SHIFT+Home

Select from cursor to end

SHIFT+END
of line

Double underline CTRL+SHIFT+D

Tables
Go to next cell

Tab

Go to previous
cell

SHIFT+Tab

Go to beginning
ALT+PageUp
of column
Highlight to
beginning of
column

ALT+SHIFT+PageUp
ALT+PageDown

Go to beginning of line

HOME

Go to end of line

END

Go to end of
column

Go to beginning of

CTRL+Home

Highlight to end ALT+SHIFT+PageDown

document

of column

Go to end of document

CTRL+End

Formatting

Go to beginning
ALT+Home
of row
Highlight to
ALT+SHIFT+Home
beginning of row

Cut

CTRL+X

Copy

CTRL+C

Paste

CTRL+V

Undo

CTRL+Z

Highlight to end
ALT+SHIFT+End
of row

Redo

CTRL+Y

Column break

Format painter

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Left alignment

CTRL+L

Copyright symbol -

ALT+CTRL+C

Center alignment

CTRL+E

Date field

ALT+SHIFT+D

Right alignment

CTRL+R

Go to footnotes

ALT+CTRL+F

Justified

CTRL+J

Show/Hide

CTRL+SHIFT+8

Delete previous word

CTRL+Backspace

Thesaurus

SHIFT+F7

Apply bulleted list

CTRL+SHIFT+L

Indent

CTRL+M

Page break

CTRL+Enter

Go to end of row ALT+End

CTRL+SHIFT+Enter

Miscellaneous

All Shortcuts
This list shows only the most common keyboard shortcuts. To print a list of all the
shortcuts in Word, follow these steps:

Select Tools|Macro|Macros from the menu bar.

From the Macros In drop-down menu, select Word Commands.
Select ListCommands from the macro listing.
Click the Run button.
Choose Current Menu and Keyboard Settings from the popup window and
click OK.
Word will automatically open a new document containing a table of
keystrokes. Print the document.