File Operations
- Ctrl + N: Create a new document
- Ctrl + O: Open an existing document
- Ctrl + S: Save the current document
- Ctrl + W: Close the current document
- Ctrl + P: Print the current document
- Ctrl + F2: Open the Print Preview window
- Alt + F4: Close the program
Editing Text
- Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action
- Ctrl + Y: Redo the last undone action
- Ctrl + A: Select all text in the document
- Ctrl + X: Cut the selected text
- Ctrl + C: Copy the selected text
- Ctrl + V: Paste the copied or cut text
- Ctrl + F: Find text in the document
- Ctrl + H: Replace text in the document
- Ctrl + Shift + F: Change the font of the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase the font size of the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease the font size of the selected text
Formatting Text
- Ctrl + B: Bold the selected text
- Ctrl + I: Italicize the selected text
- Ctrl + U: Underline the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + A: Change the selected text to all capital letters
- Ctrl + Shift + K: Format the selected text as small caps
- Ctrl + Shift + L: Apply bullets or numbering to the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + N: Apply the normal style to the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + S: Apply a style to the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + W: Underline the selected words, but not the spaces between them
- Ctrl + ]: Increase the font size of the selected text by one point
- Ctrl + [: Decrease the font size of the selected text by one point
- Ctrl + D: Open the Font dialog box
Alignment and Spacing
- Ctrl + E: Center-align the selected text
- Ctrl + J: Justify-align the selected text
- Ctrl + L: Left-align the selected text
- Ctrl + R: Right-align the selected text
- Ctrl + 1: Single-space the selected text
- Ctrl + 2: Double-space the selected text
- Ctrl + 5: Set the selected text to 1.5 line spacing
- Ctrl + 0: Add or remove 12 points of space before the selected paragraph
- Ctrl + M: Indent the selected text from the left margin
- Ctrl + Shift + M: Remove the indent from the selected text
- Ctrl + T: Create a hanging indent for the selected paragraph
- Ctrl + Shift + T: Remove the hanging indent from the selected paragraph
Navigation
- Ctrl + Home: Move the cursor to the beginning of the document
- Ctrl + End: Move the cursor to the end of the document
- Ctrl + Left arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
- Ctrl + Right arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
- Ctrl + Up arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
- Ctrl + Down arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
- Ctrl + Page up: Move to the previous page in the document
- Ctrl + Page down: Move to the next page in the document
- F5: Open the Find and Replace dialog box
Miscellaneous
- F1: Open the Help window
- Ctrl + F1: Show or hide the ribbon
- Alt: Show or hide the KeyTips on the ribbon
- F10: Activate the menu bar