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This week it week three of the Quick Tip Shortcut Series.  The topic for this week is Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys.  We think that it is worthwhile remembering a few of these shortcuts because they are bound to come in useful!  Please Note: Some shortcuts may not work in Word 2007.

Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys:

Ctrl + A - Select all contents of the page
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 + F - Open find box
Ctrl + I - Italicize highlighted selection
Ctrl + K - Insert Link
Ctrl + U - Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + V - Paste
Ctrl + Y - Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + Z - Undo last action
Ctrl + J - Justify paragraph alignment
Ctrl + L - Align selected text to the left
Ctrl + Q - Align selected paragraph to the left
Ctrl + E - Align selected text or line to the center
Ctrl + R - Align selected text or line to the right
Ctrl + M - Indent paragraph
Ctrl + T - Hanging indent
Ctrl + D - Font options
Ctrl + Shift + F - Change Font
Ctrl + Shift + * - View or hide non printing characters
Ctrl + <– (Arrow Left) - Move one word to the left
Ctrl + –> (Arrow Right) - Move one word to the right
Ctrl + Arrow Up - Move to the beginning of the line or paragraph
Ctrl + Arrow Down - Move to the end of the paragraph
Ctrl + Del - Delete word to right of cursor
Ctrl + Backspace - Delete word left of cursor
Ctrl + End - Move cursor to end of document
Ctrl + Home - Move cursor to beginning of document
Ctrl + Space - Reset highlighted text to default font
Ctrl + Alt + 1 - Change text to heading 1
Ctrl + Alt + 2 - Change text to heading 2
Ctrl + Alt + 3 - Change text to heading 3
F1 - Open help
Shift + F3 - Change case of selected text
Shift + Insert - Paste
F7 - Spell check selected text and/or document
Shift + F7 - Activate the thesaurus
F12 - Save As
Ctrl + S - Save
Shift + F12 - Save
Alt + Shift + D - Insert current date
Alt + Shift + T - Insert current time
Ctrl + W - Close document

Next week is Shortcuts for Microsoft Excel!

Disclaimer: pctoolbox.co.uk cannot be held responsible for any problems that are caused from using the shortcuts.  All shortcuts work to the best of our knowledge.