SHORTCUT KEYS DESCRIPTION
Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + D Font Dialog Box
Ctrl + E Aligns the selected text to the centre of the screen
Ctrl + F Find the selected text
Ctrl + G Go to i.e. page, section, foot est.
Ctrl + H Replace selected text
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection i.e. Hassansag
Ctrl + J Justify (Align text to both the left and right margins)
Ctrl + K Insert Hyperlink
Ctrl + L Aligns selected text to the left of the screen
Ctrl + M Shifting alignment buttons
Ctrl + N Open New blank Ms Word Document
Ctrl + O Open saved document
Ctrl + P Open Print window
Ctrl + Q Enlarges Row size
Ctrl + R Aligns the selected text to the right of the screen
Ctrl + S Save
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + V Paste, copied text
Ctrl + W Disappear the screen
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + Z Undo last action
Ctrl + Shift + D Double underline
Ctrl + Shift + K Small Caps
Ctrl + Shift + A All Caps
Ctrl + = Subscript
Ctrl + Shift + + Superscript
Ctrl + Esc Display the start Menu
Ctrl + spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font
Ctrl + 1 Single space line
Ctrl + 2 Double space line
Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing
Ctrl +
Ctrl + ] Increase selected font +1pts
Ctrl + [ Decrease selected font -1pts
Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease selected font -1pts up to -12pts
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase selected text from +1pts up to +12pts
Ctrl + Backspace Delete word to the left of cursor
Ctrl + Del Delete word to the right of cursor
Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to the end of the document
Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + F4 Close the active window
Ctrl + F2 Display the print preview
Shift + F12 Save
Shift + F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted
Shift + F3 Change the text from upper to lower case and vice versa or capital letter on the beginning of every word
Shift + < any arrow> Select text in the window
Shift + Delete Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the recycle bin
Alt + F4 Quitting a programme
Alt + Shift + D Insert the current Date
Alt + Shift + T Insert the current Time
F1 Open help
F5 Open the find, Replace and Go to window in Ms Word
F7 Spell and grammar check selected text or document
F12 Save as
F10 Active Menu bar
ESC Cancel the current task or menu
Contributed by: - HASSAN SARKI A.G
KUST, WUDIL
KANO STATE
A G
