Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys and Their Functions
All comparative exams such as as IBPS , SBI, SSC, RRB etc asked two or three questions of MS Word shortcut keys. MS Word shortcut keys very important from the examination point of view.
Here list of Microsoft Word shortcut keys and their functions–
File Document Keys
| S.N. | Keystroke | Action |
| 1 | Ctrl+N | Create New document |
| 2 | Ctrl+O | Open document |
| 3 | Ctrl+W | Close document Window |
| 4 | Ctrl+S | Save document |
| 5 | F12 | Save as |
| 6 | Ctrl+P, Ctrl + Shift + F12 | Print document |
| 7 | Ctrl+F2 | Open Print preview |
| 8 | Ctrl+F6 | Switch between multiple Word documents |
| 9 | CTRL + F4 | Close Current Document |
| 10 | Ctrl + F1 | Open the Task Pane |
Edit Document Keys
| S.N. | Keystroke | Action |
| 1 | Ctrl+Z | Undo the last action |
| 2 | Ctrl+Y | Redo the last action |
| 3 | Ctrl+C | Copy selected text or object |
| 4 | Ctrl+X | Cut selected text or object |
| 5 | Ctrl+V | Paste selected text or object |
| 6 | Ctrl+A | Select All Text & Items in Document |
| 7 | Ctrl+F | Find a word |
| 8 | Ctrl+H | Find a word and Replace with another word |
Formatting Documents Keys
| S.N. | Keystroke | Action |
| 1 | Ctrl+B | Apply/remove Bold |
| 2 | Ctrl+I | Apply/remove Italic |
| 3 | Ctrl+U | Apply/remove Underline |
| 4 | Ctrl + Shift + > ; Ctrl + ] | Increases the highlighted text size |
| 5 | Ctrl + Shift + < ; Ctrl + [ | Decreases the highlighted text size |
| 6 | Ctrl+= | Apply/remove subscript |
| 7 | Ctrl+Shift+= | Apply/remove superscript |
| 8 | Ctrl + L | Left Align Selected Text or Items |
| 9 | Ctrl+ R | Right Align Selected Text or Items |
| 10 | Ctrl + E | Center Align Selected Text or Items |
| 11 | Ctrl+ J | Justify Alignment of Selected Text or Items |
| 12 | Ctrl+Alt+H | Apply/remove Highlight Text |
| 13 | Shift + F3 | change the case of letters of selected text |
| 14 | Ctrl + Shift + F Ctrl + D | Change the font open front window |
Function keys
| S.N. | Keystroke | Action |
| 1 | F1 | Open Help |
| 2 | F2 | Rename the selected item |
| 3 | F3 | Insert an autotext entry |
| 4 | F4 | Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) |
| 5 | F5 | Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word. |
| 6 | F6 | elements in a windows or on the windows |
| 7 | F7 | Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document |
| 8 | F8 | Extented a selection |
| 9 | F9 | Update selected fields |
| 10 | F10 | To activate in the menu bar in the active program |
| 11 | F11 | Goto next field |
| 12 | F12 | Save As |
Cursor Movement and Navigation Keys
| S.N. | Keystroke | Action |
| 1 | Arrow Left ( <-) | Move one character to Left |
| 2 | Arrow Right ( ->) | Move one character to Right |
| 3 | Ctrl+Arrow Left | Move one word to left. |
| 4 | Ctrl+ Arrow Right | Move one word to Right |
| 5 | Arrow Up | Move Up one Line |
| 6 | Arrow Down | Move Down one Line |
| 7 | Ctrl + Arrow Up | Move Up one Paragraph |
| 8 | Ctrl + Arrow Up | Move Up one Paragraph |
| 9 | Home | Move to Beginning of a line |
| 10 | End | Move to the End of a line |
| 11 | Ctrl + Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document |
| 12 | Ctrl + End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document |
| 13 | Page Up | Move Up one Screen |
| 14 | Page Down | Move Down one Screen |
| 15 | Esc | Cancel a Command |
| 16 | Delete | Delete one character to the right of cursor |
| 17 | Ctrl+Delete | Delete one word to the right of cursor |
| 18 | Backspace | Delete one character to the left of cursor |
| 19 | Ctrl+Backspace | Delete one word to the left of cursor |
Text Selection Keys
| S.N. | Keystroke | Action |
| 1 | Shift+Arrow Right | selection one character to the Right |
| 2 | Shift+Arrow Left | selection one character to the Left |
| 3 | Shift+ Home | Select everything between the cursor and the begninning of the line |
| 4 | Shift+ End | Select everything between the cursor and the end of the line |
| 5 | Shift+ ctrl + Home | Select everything between the cursor and the begninning of the document |
| 6 | Shift + Page Up | Select everything between the cursor and a Page previous |
| 7 | Shift+ Page Down | Select everything between the cursor and ta page after |
| 8 | Shift+ ctrl + End | Select everything between the cursor and the end of the document |
| 9 | Double-click | If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word. |
| 10 | Double-click | Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop. |
| 11 | Double-click | Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop. |
| 12 | Triple-click | Selects the line or paragraph of the text that the mouse triple-clicked on |
| 13 | Ctrl+Mouse wheel | Zooms in and out of document |