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Ever wondered what happened to shorcut keys after the introduction of mice?

 

Well they didnt go away, in fact they are more useful today than ever before. You can use the shortcut keys to get things done much quicker. If you want to give them a go ive listed most of the shorcuts for Microsoft Word below.

Microsoft Word Hotkeys | Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL and A                           Selects all in the current document.

CTRL and B                           Bold text.

CTRL and C                           Copies the item or text to the Clipboard and can be pasted using CTRL and V.

CTRL and D                           Displays the Font dialogue box.

CTRL and E                           Centre Alignment.

CTRL and F                           Displays the Find dialog box, to search the current document.

CTRL and G                           Displays the Go to dialog box, to go to a specific location in the current document.

CTRL and H                           Displays the Replace dialogue box.

CTRL and I                             Italic text.

CTRL and J                            Full Justification.

CTRL and K                           Create Hyperlink

CTRL and L                            Left Alignment

CTRL and M                           Tab

CTRL and N                           Creates a new document.

CTRL and O                           Displays the Open File dialogue box.

CTRL and P                           Displays the Print dialog box.

CTRL and R                           Right Alignment.

CTRL and S                           Displays the Save dialog box.

CTRL and U                           Underline text

CTRL and V                           Pastes the copied item or text from the Clipboard into the current position in the document.

CTRL and X                           Cuts the item or text selected to the Clipboard.

CTRL and Y                           Redo the last undone action.

CTRL and Z                           Undoes the last action.

CTRL and ENTER                 Insert Page Break.

CTRL and F2                         Show Print preview.

CTRL and F4                         Closes the active document window.

CTRL and F6                         Opens the next document window.

 

F1 key                                     Get help or use the Office assistant.

SHIFT and F1 Key                 Context sensitive help.

F2 Key                                    Move text or image.

SHIFT and F2 Key                 Copy Text.

F3 Key                                    Insert an autotext entry.

SHIFT and F3 Key                 Change the case of the selected text.

F4 Key                                    Perform last action again.

SHIFT and F4 Key                 Perform a Find or Go to action again.

F5 Key                                    Displays the Go to dialogue box, from here you can also Find and Replace.

SHIFT and F5 Key                 Move to a previous revision.

F6 Key                                    Go to the next frame or pane.

SHIFT and F6 Key                 Go to the previous frame or pane.

F7 Key                                    Launch the Spell checker.

SHIFT and F7 Key                 Launch the Thesaurus.

F8 Key                                    Extend the current selection.

SHIFT and F8 Key                 Shrink the current selection.

F9 Key                                    Update the selected fields.

SHIFT and F9 Key                 Switch between a field code and its result.

F10 Key                                Activate the menu bar.

SHIFT and F10 Key               Display a Shortcut Menu. Same as right clicking.

F11 Key                                Go to the next field.

SHIFT and F11 Key               Go to the previous field.

F12 Key                                Save file As, equivalent to tools menu.

SHIFT and F12 Key               Save document, equivalent to tools menu.

 

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