List of Microsoft Word Shortcuts

Shortcut keys refer to the combination of keys that you press to perform a Microsoft word task. These shortcut keys help you do your task in much less time. Remembering the various MS Word 2010 shortcut keys is little difficult. Hence to ease out this difficulty, I have prepared a list of top used list of Microsoft word shortcut keys.

Learn these MS word key combination and save big time.

Command Name	Modifiers	Key	Menu
All Caps	Ctrl+Shift+	A
Annotation	Alt+Ctrl+	M
App Maximize	Alt+	F10
App Restore	Alt+	F5
Apply Heading1	Alt+Ctrl+	1
Apply Heading2	Alt+Ctrl+	2
Apply Heading3	Alt+Ctrl+	3
Apply List Bullet	Ctrl+Shift+	L
Auto Format	Alt+Ctrl+	K
Auto Text		F3
Auto Text	Alt+Ctrl+	V
Bold	Ctrl+	B
Bold	Ctrl+Shift+	B
Bookmark	Ctrl+Shift+	F5	Insert
Browse Next	Ctrl+	Page Down
Browse Prev	Ctrl+	Page Up
Browse Sel	Alt+Ctrl+	Home
Cancel		Esc
Center Para	Ctrl+	E
Change Case	Shift+	F3
Char Left		Left
Char Left Extend	Shift+	Left
Char Right		Right
Char Right Extend	Shift+	Right
Clear		Del	Clear
Close or Exit	Alt+	F4
Close Pane	Alt+Shift+	C
Column Break	Ctrl+Shift+	Return
Column Select	Ctrl+Shift+	F8
Copy	Ctrl+	C
Copy	Ctrl+	Insert
Copy Format	Ctrl+Shift+	C
Copy Text	Shift+	F2
Create Auto Text	Alt+	F3
Customize Add Menu Shortcut	Alt+Ctrl+	=
Customize Keyboard Shortcut	Alt+Ctrl+	Num +
Cut	Ctrl+	X
Cut	Shift+	Del
Date Field	Alt+Shift+	D
Delete Back Word	Ctrl+	Backspace
Delete Word	Ctrl+	Del
Distribute Para	Ctrl+Shift+	J
Do Field Click	Alt+Shift+	F9
Doc Close	Ctrl+	W
Doc Close	Ctrl+	F4
Doc Maximize	Ctrl+	F10
Doc Move	Ctrl+	F7
Doc Restore	Ctrl+	F5
Doc Size	Ctrl+	F8
Doc Split	Alt+Ctrl+	S	Window
Double Underline	Ctrl+Shift+	D
End of Column	Alt+	Page Down
End of Column	Alt+Shift+	Page Down
End of Doc Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	End
End of Document	Ctrl+	End
End of Line		End
End of Line Extend	Shift+	End
End of Row	Alt+	End
End of Row	Alt+Shift+	End
End of Window	Alt+Ctrl+	Page Down
End of Window Extend	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+	Page Down
Endnote Now	Alt+Ctrl+	D
Extend Selection		F8
Field Chars	Ctrl+	F9
Field Codes	Alt+	F9
Find	Ctrl+	F
Font	Ctrl+	D
Font	Ctrl+Shift+	F
Font Size Select	Ctrl+Shift+	P
Footnote Now	Alt+Ctrl+	F
Formatting Properties	Shift+	F1	Format
Go Back	Shift+	F5
Go Back	Alt+Ctrl+	Z
Go To	Ctrl+	G	Edit
Grow Font	Ctrl+Shift+	.
Grow Font One Point	Ctrl+	]
Hanging Indent	Ctrl+	T
Header Footer Link	Alt+Shift+	R
Help		F1
HHC	Alt+Ctrl+	F7	Language
Hidden	Ctrl+Shift+	H
Hyperlink	Ctrl+	K
Indent	Ctrl+	M
Italic	Ctrl+	I
Italic	Ctrl+Shift+	I
Justify Para	Ctrl+	J
Left Para	Ctrl+	L
Line Down		Down
Line Down Extend	Shift+	Down
Line Up		Up
Line Up Extend	Shift+	Up
List Num Field	Alt+Ctrl+	L
Lock Fields	Ctrl+	3
Lock Fields	Ctrl+	F11
Macro	Alt+	F8
Mail Merge Check	Alt+Shift+	K
Mail Merge Edit Data Source	Alt+Shift+	E
Mail Merge to Doc	Alt+Shift+	N
Mail Merge to Printer	Alt+Shift+	M
Mark Citation	Alt+Shift+	I
Mark Index Entry	Alt+Shift+	X
Mark Table of Contents Entry	Alt+Shift+	O
Menu Mode		F10
Merge Field	Alt+Shift+	F
Microsoft Script Editor	Alt+Shift+	F11
Microsoft System Info	Alt+Ctrl+	F1
Move Text		F2
New Default	Ctrl+	N
Next Cell		Tab
Next Field		F11
Next Field	Alt+	F1
Next Misspelling	Alt+	F7
Next Object	Alt+	Down
Next Window	Ctrl+	F6
Next Window	Alt+	F6
Normal	Alt+Ctrl+	N	View
Normal Style	Ctrl+Shift+	N
Normal Style	Alt+Shift+	Clear (Num 5)
Open	Ctrl+	O
Open	Ctrl+	F12
Open	Alt+Ctrl+	F2
Open or Close Up Para	Ctrl+	0
Other Pane		F6
Other Pane	Shift+	F6
Outline	Alt+Ctrl+	O
Outline Collapse	Alt+Shift+	-
Outline Collapse	Alt+Shift+	Num -
Outline Demote	Alt+Shift+	Right
Outline Expand	Alt+Shift+	=
Outline Expand	Alt+Shift+	Num +
Outline Move Down	Alt+Shift+	Down
Outline Move Up	Alt+Shift+	Up
Outline Promote	Alt+Shift+	Left
Outline Show First Line	Alt+Shift+	L
Overtype		Insert
Page	Alt+Ctrl+	P	View
Page Break	Ctrl+	Return
Page Down		Page Down
Page Down Extend	Shift+	Page Down
Page Field	Alt+Shift+	P
Page Up		Page Up
Page Up Extend	Shift+	Page Up
Para Down	Ctrl+	Down
Para Down Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Down
Para Up	Ctrl+	Up
Para Up Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Up
Paste	Ctrl+	V
Paste	Shift+	Insert
Paste Format	Ctrl+Shift+	V
Prev Cell	Shift+	Tab
Prev Field	Shift+	F11
Prev Field	Alt+Shift+	F1
Prev Object	Alt+	Up
Prev Window	Ctrl+Shift+	F6
Prev Window	Alt+Shift+	F6
Print	Ctrl+	P
Print	Ctrl+Shift+	F12
Print Preview	Ctrl+	F2
Print Preview	Alt+Ctrl+	I
Proofing		F7
Redo	Alt+Shift+	Backspace
Redo or Repeat	Ctrl+	Y	Edit
Redo or Repeat		F4	Edit
Redo or Repeat	Alt+	Return	Edit
Repeat Find	Shift+	F4
Repeat Find	Alt+Ctrl+	Y
Replace	Ctrl+	H	Edit
Research Lookup	Ctrl+Shift+	O
Reset Char	Ctrl+	Space
Reset Char	Ctrl+Shift+	Z
Reset Para	Ctrl+	Q
Revision Marks Toggle	Ctrl+Shift+	E
Right Para	Ctrl+	R
Save	Ctrl+	S
Save	Shift+	F12
Save	Alt+Shift+	F2
Save As		F12	File
Select All	Ctrl+	A	Edit
Select All	Ctrl+	Clear (Num 5)	Edit
Select All	Ctrl+	Num 5	Edit
Select Table	Alt+	Clear (Num 5)	Toolbar 32778
Show All	Ctrl+Shift+	8
Show All Headings	Alt+Shift+	A
Show All Headings	Alt+Shift+	A
Show Heading1	Alt+Shift+	1
Show Heading2	Alt+Shift+	2
Show Heading3	Alt+Shift+	3
Show Heading4	Alt+Shift+	4
Show Heading5	Alt+Shift+	5
Show Heading6	Alt+Shift+	6
Show Heading7	Alt+Shift+	7
Show Heading8	Alt+Shift+	8
Show Heading9	Alt+Shift+	9
Shrink Font	Ctrl+Shift+	,
Shrink Font One Point	Ctrl+	[
Shrink Selection	Shift+	F8
Small Caps	Ctrl+Shift+	K
Space Para1	Ctrl+	1
Space Para15	Ctrl+	5
Space Para2	Ctrl+	2
Spike	Ctrl+Shift+	F3
Spike	Ctrl+	F3
Start of Column	Alt+	Page Up
Start of Column	Alt+Shift+	Page Up
Start of Doc Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Home
Start of Document	Ctrl+	Home
Start of Line		Home
Start of Line Extend	Shift+	Home
Start of Row	Alt+	Home
Start of Row	Alt+Shift+	Home
Start of Window	Alt+Ctrl+	Page Up
Start of Window Extend	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+	Page Up
Style	Ctrl+Shift+	S
Style Separator	Alt+Ctrl+	Return
Subscript	Ctrl+	=
Superscript	Ctrl+Shift+	=
Symbol Font	Ctrl+Shift+	Q
Task Pane	Ctrl+	F1
Thesaurus RR	Shift+	F7	Language
Time Field	Alt+Shift+	T
Toggle Character Code	Alt+	X
Toggle Field Display	Shift+	F9
Toggle Master Subdocs	Ctrl+	\
Toggle XMLTag View	Ctrl+Shift+	X
Translate Pane	Alt+Shift+	F7	Language
Un Hang	Ctrl+Shift+	T
Un Indent	Ctrl+Shift+	M
Underline	Ctrl+	U
Underline	Ctrl+Shift+	U
Undo	Ctrl+	Z
Undo	Alt+	Backspace
Unlink Fields	Ctrl+	6
Unlink Fields	Ctrl+Shift+	F9
Unlock Fields	Ctrl+	4
Unlock Fields	Ctrl+Shift+	F11
Update Auto Format	Alt+Ctrl+	U
Update Fields		F9
Update Fields	Alt+Shift+	U
Update Source	Ctrl+Shift+	F7
VBCode	Alt+	F11
Web Go Back	Alt+	Left
Web Go Forward	Alt+	Right
Word Count List	Ctrl+Shift+	G
Word Count Recount	Ctrl+Shift+	R
Word Left	Ctrl+	Left
Word Left Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Left
Word Right	Ctrl+	Right
Word Right Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Right
Word Underline	Ctrl+Shift+	W