Keyboard Shortcuts For Word

Word 2003 Shortcut Keys

[Keys for General Use] [Keys for Working with Views] [Keys for Navigating Documents] [Keys for Selecting Text and Graphics] [Keys for Editing Text and Graphics] [Keys for Formatting Text] [Keys for Printing and Previewing Documents] [Keys for Working with Tables] [Keys for working with Objects] [Keys for Reviewing Documents] [Keys for Working with References, Footnotes, and Endnotes] [Keys for Performing a Mail Merge] [Keys for Working with Fields]

Microsoft Word is a word processor software developed by Microsoft. Word is licensed as a standalone product or as a part of Microsoft Office. Microsoft Word 2019 keyboard shortcuts ‒ defkey. Word 2016 Word 2013 Word 2010 Word 2007 Word 2003 Action Shortcut Key Go to “Tell me what you want to do” Alt + Q Zoom Alt + W, Q, Tab to value you want Select an entire word Double-click anywhere in the word Select an entire sentence Press Ctrl while clicking anywhere in the sentence Select an entire paragraph Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph Move to the beginning of the current.

Ctrl + C

Keys for Formatting Text

All shortcut keys are based on the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.

For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys together, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign, like this: SHIFT+F10.
For shortcuts in which you press keys one after the other, the keys to press are separated by a comma, like this: ALT, F, X.

Changing or Resizing Fonts

To perform this action...

Press...

To change the font

CTRL+SHIFT+F

To change the font size

CTRL+SHIFT+P

To increase the font size

CTRL+SHIFT+>

To decrease the font size

CTRL+SHIFT+<

To increase the font size by 1 point

CTRL+]

To decrease the font size by 1 point

CTRL+[

Applying Character Formats

To perform this action...

Press...

To change the formatting of characters (Font command, Format menu)

CTRL+D

To change the case of letters

SHIFT+F3

To format letters as all capitals

CTRL+SHIFT+A

To apply bold formatting

CTRL+B

To apply an underline

CTRL+U

To underline words but not spaces

CTRL+SHIFT+W

To double-underline text

CTRL+SHIFT+D

To apply hidden text formatting

CTRL+SHIFT+H

To apply italic formatting

CTRL+I

To format letters as small capitals

CTRL+SHIFT+K

To apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing)

CTRL+EQUAL SIGN

To apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing)

CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

To remove manual character formatting

CTRL+SPACEBAR

To change the selection to the Symbol font

CTRL+SHIFT+Q

Viewing Text Formats

To perform this action...

Press...

To display nonprinting characters

CTRL+SHIFT+* (asterisk)

To review text formatting

SHIFT+F1,then click the text whose formatting you want to review

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Copying Formatting

To perform this action...

Press...

To copy formatting from text

CTRL+SHIFT+C

To apply copied formatting to text

CTRL+SHIFT+V

Setting Line Spacing

Keyboard Shortcuts For Word

To perform this action...

Press...

To single-space lines

CTRL+1

To double-space lines

CTRL+2

To set 1.5-line spacing

CTRL+5

To add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph

CTRL+0 (zero)

Aligning Paragraphs

To perform this action...

Press...

To center a paragraph

CTRL+E

To justify a paragraph

CTRL+J

To left align a paragraph

CTRL+L

To right align a paragraph

CTRL+R

To indent a paragraph from the left

CTRL+M

To remove a paragraph indent from the left

CTRL+SHIFT+M

To create a hanging indent

CTRL+T

To reduce a hanging indent

CTRL+SHIFT+T

To remove paragraph formatting

CTRL+Q

Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows

Applying Paragraph Styles

To perform this action...

Press...

To apply a style

CTRL+SHIFT+S

To start AutoFormat

ALT+CTRL+K

To apply the Normal style

CTRL+SHIFT+N

To apply the Heading 1 style

ALT+CTRL+1

To apply the Heading 2 style

ALT+CTRL+2

To apply the Heading 3 style

ALT+CTRL+3

To apply the List style

CTRL+SHIFT+L

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