Important MS Word Skills
Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows
Moving the CursorCtrl+R/L Arrow: Beginning of current/start of next word Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow: Beginning of current/start of next paragraph Ctrl+Home: Top of entire document Ctrl+End: End of entire document |
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Selecting TextShift+R/L Arrow: Select single letter Ctrl+Shift+R/L Arrow: Select to beginning/end of word Shift+Up/Down Arrow: Select all to new location of cursor Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down Arrow: Select rest of paragraph to beginning/end Ctrl+A: Select all |
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Correcting ErrorsCtrl+F: Find Ctrl+H: Replace Ctrl+Z: Undo Ctrl+Y: Redo |
Formatting DashesKeyboard or Keypad (-):Hyphen Ctrl+Keypad(-): En dash Ctrl+Alt+Keypad(-): Em dash |
Formatting TextCtrl+I: Italicize Ctrl+B: Bold Ctrl+U: Underline Ctrl+D: Open font menu |
Moving TextCtrl+C: Copy Ctrl+X: Cut Ctrl+V: Paste |
Managing DocumentsCtrl+S: Save Alt+F, A: Save As Ctrl+O: Open Ctrl+N: New document Ctrl+P: Print |
Selecting Open DocumentsAlt+Tab: Switch between windows Ctrl+Tab: Switch between tabs |
Using Styles
Changing fonts and font sizes
Changing spacing inside paragraphs
Changing spacing between paragraphs
Creating new styles
Changing indentations
Using Headers and Footers
Inserting header and footer text
Inserting page numbers
Suppressing first page headers and footers
Starting numbering on different pages
Various Useful Tips
Setting tabs
Inserting page and section breaks
Switching upper/lower case
TCOM 2010 – Technical Writing