Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that, when pressed, can be used to perform a task that would typically require a mouse or other pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts can make it easier to interact with your
computer, saving you time and effort as you work with Windows and other programs.
Most programs also provide accelerator keys that can make it easier to work with menus and other commands. Check the menus of programs for accelerator keys. If a letter is underlined in a menu, that usually means that pressing the Alt key in combination with the underlined key will have the same effect as clicking that menu item.
Pressing the Alt key in some programs, such as Paint and WordPad, shows commands that are labeled with additional keys that you can press to use them.
You can also create new keyboard shortcuts to open programs. For more information, see Create keyboard shortcuts to open programs.
Ctrl + A | Select all (including text, graphics). |
Ctrl + B | Bold. |
Ctrl + I | Italic. |
Ctrl + U | Underline. |
Ctrl + C | Copy. |
Ctrl + V | Paste. |
Ctrl + X | Cut. |
Ctrl + F | Find. |
Ctrl + Z | Undo. |
Ctrl + Y | Redo. |
Ctrl + P | Open the print dialog. |
Ctrl + K | Insert link. |
Ctrl + L | Left align. |
Ctrl + E | Center align. |
Ctrl + R | Right align. |
Ctrl + M | Indent. |
Ctrl + (left arrow) | Moves one word to the left. |
Ctrl + (right arrow) | Moves one word to the right. |
Ctrl + (up arrow) | Moves cursor to the beginning of the paragraph. |
Ctrl + (down arrow) | Moves cursor to the end of the paragraph. |
Ctrl + Shift + F | Change font. |
Ctrl + Shift + * | View/hide non-printing characters. |
Ctrl + Del | Deletes word to the right of cursor. |
Ctrl + Backspace | Deletes word to the left of cursor. |
Ctrl + End | Moves cursor to the end of document. |
Ctrl + Home | Moves cursor to the beginning of document. |
Ctrl + Spacebar | Reset highlighted text to the default font. |
Ctrl + 1 | Single-space. |
Ctrl + 2 | Double-space. |
Ctrl + 5 | 1.5-line. |
Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Format text: heading 1. |
Ctrl + Alt + 2 | Format text: heading 2. |
Ctrl + Alt + 3 | Format text: heading 3. |
F1 | Help. |
F4 | Repeat the last action |
F5 | Go to . |
F7 | Spelling and grammar. |
F12 | Save as. |
F8 then (left arrow) | Increase selection to the left by one character |
F8 then (right arrow) | Increase selection to the right by one character |
Ctrl + F1 | Task Pane. |
Ctrl + F2 | Print preview. |
Alt + Ctrl + F2 | New document. |
Shift + F3 | Cycle between capitalized formats |
Ctrl + Insert | Copy. |
Shift + Insert | Paste. |
Shift + End | Select from current position to the end of the line. |
Shift + Home | Select from current position to the beginning of the line. |
Ctrl + Shift + (left arrow) | Select from current position to the beginning of the word. |
Ctrl + Shift + (right arrow) | Select from current position to the end of the word. |
Ctrl + Shift + (up arrow) | Select from current position to the beginning of the document. |
Ctrl + Shift + (down arrow) | Select from current position to the end of the document. |
Ctrl + Shift + Page Up | Select from current position to the beginning of the window. |
Ctrl + Shift + Page Down | Select from current position to the end of the window. |
Shift + Page Up | One screen page up. |
Shift + Page Down | One screen page down. |
Shift + F7 | Thesaurus check selected text. |
Shift + F12 | Save. |
Ctrl + Shift + F12 | Print. |
Alt + Shift + D | Insert the current date. |
Alt + Shift + T | Insert the current time. |