| Microsoft Office Word |
| Shortcut | Description |
| Ctrl+0 | Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. |
| Ctrl+A | Select all contents of the page. |
| Ctrl+B | Bold highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl+C | Copy selected text. |
| Ctrl+D | Open the font preferences window. |
| Ctrl+E | Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. |
| Ctrl+F | Open find box. |
| Ctrl+I | Italic highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl+J | Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen. |
| Ctrl+K | Insert a hyperlink. |
| Ctrl+L | Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. |
| Ctrl+M | Indent the paragraph. |
| Ctrl+N | Opens new, blank document window. |
| Ctrl+O | Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open. |
| Ctrl+P | Open the print window. |
| Ctrl+R | Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. |
| Ctrl+S | Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12. |
| Alt, F, A | Save the document under a different file name. |
| Ctrl+T | Create a hanging indent. |
| Ctrl+U | Underline the selected text. |
| Ctrl+V | Paste. |
| Ctrl+W | Close the currently open document. |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selected text. |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo the last action performed. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action. |
| Ctrl+Shift+L | Quickly create a bullet point. |
| Ctrl+Shift+F | Change the font. |
| Ctrl+Shift+> | Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts. |
| Ctrl+] | Increase selected font +1pts. |
| Ctrl+Shift+< | Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt. |
| Ctrl+[ | Decrease selected font -1pts. |
| Ctrl+/+c | Insert a cent sign (¢). |
| Ctrl+’+<char> | Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl+’+eas your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key. |
| Ctrl+Shift+* | View or hide non printing characters. |
| Ctrl+<left arrow> | Moves one word to the left. |
| Ctrl+<right arrow> | Moves one word to the right. |
| Ctrl+<up arrow> | Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph. |
| Ctrl+<down arrow> | Moves to the end of the paragraph. |
| Ctrl+Del | Deletes word to right of cursor. |
| Ctrl+Backspace | Deletes word to left of cursor. |
| Ctrl+End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |