Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Save time using shortcut keys

How much time do you waste searching for the right formatting option or icon in a Microsoft Word document? Well, there are many helpful tips for when you want to format a document quicker. You can use shortcut keys on the keyboard to carry out functions.


The following are some helpful shortcut keys in Microsoft Word:

  • Ctrl + A to select the entire document
  • Ctrl + B to bold the words
  • Ctrl + C to copy
  • Ctrl + D to open the font dialogue box
  • Ctrl + E to centrally align
  • Ctrl + F to find
  • Ctrl + G to go to
  • Ctrl + H to replace
  • Ctrl + I to italicize the words
  • Ctrl + K to insert hyperlink
  • Ctrl + N to open new document
  • Ctrl + O to open an existing document
  • Ctrl + P to print the document
  • Ctrl + R to go to end of the line
  • Ctrl + S to save the document
  • Ctrl + T to go one tab ahead
  • Ctrl + U to underline the words
  • Ctrl + V to paste the copied or cut words or sentences
  • Ctrl + X to cut
  • Ctrl + Y redo button
  • Ctrl + Z undo button
  • Ctrl + Shift + D to double underline the words
  • Shift + F3 to change uppercase to lowercase, or lowercase to uppercase
  • Shift + F7 to look in thesaurus
  • Ctrl + Shift + F to change the font name, for example: Times New Roman, Arial, etc
  • Ctrl + Shift + P to change the font size, for example: 10 points or 12 points
  • Ctrl + Shift + G to count the words in the document
  • Ctrl + Shift + L to insert bullet points
  • Ctrl + Shift + Q to change the font to symbol
 Note: “+” sign means that you have to press these buttons all at once.

-AS

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