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Microsoft Office – Keyboard Shortcut

Microsoft Office – Keyboard Shortcut

Computer Shortcut Keys assist in a simpler and faster method of navigating and executing commands in the computer software. Shortcut keys are implemented utilizing the Alt key on IBM computers/Command on Apple computers/Ctrl key/ Shift key in association with other shortcut keys of computer as per the requirement.

For example “Ctrl+S” tells the user to press and hold the Ctrl key, and then press the S key at the same time.

As you start to learn short cut keys, you’ll see that various applications share the same. As shortcut keys constitute an essential part of the computer awareness syllabus; this article presents a list of all shortcut keys, along with shortcut keys in computer for Windows, MS Word, Excel, OUTLOOK, and more.

Shortcut keys

Ctrl + F                                  Open find box.

Ctrl + I                                   Italicize highlighted selection.

Ctrl + K                                  Insert link

Ctrl + U                                 Underline highlighted selection

Ctrl + V                                 Paste

Ctrl + B                                  Bold highlighted selection

Ctrl + C                                  Copy selected text

Ctrl + X                                  Cut selected text

Ctrl + N                                 Open new/blank document

Ctrl + O                                 Open options

Ctrl + P                                  Open the print window

Ctrl + G                                 Find and replace options

Ctrl + H                                 Find and replace options

Ctrl + J                                   Justify paragraph alignment

Ctrl + L                                  Align selected text or line to the left

Ctrl + Q                                 Align selected paragraph to the left

Ctrl + E                                  Align selected text or line to the center

Ctrl + Shift + >                    Increase selected font +1

Ctrl + ]                                   Increase selected font +1

Ctrl + [                                   Decrease selected font -1

Ctrl + R                                  Align selected text or line to the right

Ctrl + Space                        Reset highlighted text to the default font

Ctrl + M                                                Indent the paragraph

Ctrl + T                                  Hanging indent

Ctrl + D                                 Font options

Ctrl + Shift + F                    Change the font

Ctrl + Shift + *                    View or hide non printing characters

Ctrl + (Left arrow)            Move one word to the

Left Ctrl + (Right arrow) Move one word to the

Right Ctrl + (Up arrow)   Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph

Ctrl + (Down arrow)        Move to the end of the Paragraph

Ctrl + 1                                  Single-space lines

Ctrl + 2                                  Double-space lines

Ctrl + Alt + 1                        Change text to heading 1

Ctrl + Alt + 2                        Change text to heading 2

Ctrl + Alt + 3                        Change text to heading 3

Shift + F3                             Change case of selected text

Shift + Insert                      Paste

Alt + Shift + D                     Insert the current date

Alt + Shift + T                     Insert the current time

Ctrl + W                                Close document

Ctrl+=                                    Set chosen text as a subscript.

Ctrl+Shift+=                        Set chosen text as superscript.

Ctrl + Del                              Delete the word to the right of the cursor

Ctrl + Backspace               Delete the word to the left of the cursor

Ctrl + End                             Move the cursor to the end of the document

Ctrl + Home                        Move the cursor to the beginning of the document

Shift + F7                             Activate the thesaurusF12Save as

Ctrl + S                                  Save

Shift + F12                           Save

Ctrl + 5                                  1.5-line spacing

F7                                           Spell check selected text and/or document

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