Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows 10, 11 and MacOS

We all know what Microsoft Word is. The software has helped almost all of us with last minute homework, writing an article, creating a resume and more. MS Word is arguably the most popular word processing program in the world. The software has a variety of cool features to help you create stunning visual text and more. MS Word has become more intuitive over the years.The whole interface is now very easy to use and you can access most  things with simple steps. 


Even if you're familiar with Microsoft Word, you might be surprised by the number and variety of keyboard shortcuts you can use to speed up your work and  generally make things more convenient. Combo? Of course not! Everyone's needs are different, so some will be more useful to you than others. And even if you learn a few new tricks, it's worth it.We've also tried to keep the list clean and simple, so go ahead and print it out, it helps! While our list of keyboard shortcuts here is quite long, it's by no means a complete list of all the keyboard shortcuts available in Word. We've tried to narrow it down to the most useful shortcuts in general. And you'll be glad to know that almost all of these shortcuts have been around for a long time, so they should be useful regardless of your version of Word I use.

List of Keyboard Shortcuts Microsoft Word Windows 10, 11 and MacOS 


Shortcuts for MS Word Functions

Windows 10, Windows 11

Mac

Open New Word Doc

CTRL + N

⌘ + N

Open Existing Word Doc

CTRL + O

⌘ + O

Save a Word Doc

CTRL + S

⌘ + S

Save As a Word Doc

F12

⌘ + Shift + S

Print a File

CTRL + P

⌘ + P

Open Print Preview

CTRL + F12

⌘ + P

Close a Word Doc

CTRL + W

⌘ + W

Close MS Word

ALT + F4

⌘ + Q

Close Specific Word file

CTRL + F4

⌘ + F4

Undo

CRLT + Z

⌘ + Z

Re-do

CRLT + Y

⌘ + Y

Cancel

Esc

Esc

Move cursor one character to left

Move cursor one character to right

Move cursor one character up

Move cursor one character down

Move cursor one word to left

Ctrll + ←

Option + ◄

Move cursor one word to right

Ctrll + →

Option + ►

Move cursor one paragraph up

Ctrll + ↑

⌘ + ▲

Move cursor one paragraph down

Ctrll + ↓

⌘ + ▼

Move cursor to the end of a line

End

⌘ + ►

Move cursor to the beginning of a line

Home

⌘ + ◄

Move cursor to the bottom of screen

Ctrll + End

⌘ + Fn + ►

Move cursor to the top of screen

Ctrl + Home

⌘ + Fn + ◄

Scroll Up docusment by one screen

Page Up

Page Up

Scroll down docusment by one screen

Page Dn

Page Dn

Move cursor to previous insertion point

SHFT + F5

SHFT + F5

Cut select content to Clipboard

CTL + X

⌘ + X

Copy select content to Clipboard

CTRL + C

⌘ + C

Paste select content to Clipboard

CTRL + V

⌘ + V

Paste Clipboard content with matching format

Ctrl + Shift + V

⌘ + Option + Shift + V

Display the Paste Special dialog

CTRL + Shift + V

⌘ + CTRL + V

Cut selected content to Spike

CTRL + F3

⌘ + F3

Paste select content of Spike

CTRL + Shift + F3

⌘ + Shift + F3

Insert graphics

ALT + N,M

⌘ + CTRL + M

Find

CTRL + F

⌘ + F3

Insert hyperlink

CTRL + K

⌘ + K

Increase Font size by one unit

CTRL + ]

⌘ + ]

Decrease Font size by one unit

CTRL + [

⌘ + [

Increase Font size

CTRL + Shift + >

⌘ + Shift + >

Decrease Font size by one unit

CTRL + Shift + <

⌘ + Shift + <

Bold

CTRL + B

⌘ + B

Itallic

CTRL + I

⌘ + I

Underscore

CTRL + U

⌘ + U

Underline for words

CTRL + Shift + W

⌘ + Shift + W

Strikethrough

CTRL + 5

⌘ + Shift + X

Change letter case

Shift + F3

Fn + Shift + F3

Center Align Text

CTRL + E

⌘ + E

Left Align Text

CTRL + L

⌘ + L

Right Align Text

CTRL + R

⌘ + R

Justify Text

CTRL + J

⌘ + J

Apple List Style

CTRL + Shift + L

⌘ + Shift + L

Apply subscript format

CTRL + =

⌘ + =

Apple supersubscript

CTRL + Shift + ‘+’

⌘ + Shift + =

All Captial Letters

CTRL + Shift + A

⌘ + Shift + A

Insert a comment

ALT + C

⌘ + Option + A

Insert a footnote

ALT + CTRL + F

⌘ + Option + F

Insert a endnote

ALT + CTRL + D

⌘ + Option + E

Insert Date Field

ALT + Shift + D

CTRL + Shift + D

Insert Time field

ALT + Shift + T

CTRL + Shift + T

Insert list field

ALT + Shift + L

CTRL + Shift + L

Insert copyright symbol

ALT + CTRL + C

Option + G

Insert Trademark symbol

ALT + CTRL + T

Option + 2

Insert Line break

Shift + Return

Shift + Enter

Set line space to single

CTRL + 1

⌘ + 1

Set line spacing to 1.5

CTRL + 5

⌘ + 5

Set double spacing for line

CTRL + 2

⌘ + 2

Open Spellcheck

F7

⌘ + Option + L

Open Thesaurus

Shift + F7

Fn + Shift + F7

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