Keyboard shortcuts can save time and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the mouse to execute simple commands. Print this list of Word keyboard shortcuts and keep it by your computer for a quick reference.
WORD
Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time.
| Document actions | | Open a file | CTRL+O | | New file | CTRL+N | | Close a file | CTRL+W | | Save As | F12 | | Save | CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12 | | Print Preview | CTRL+F2 | | Print | CTRL+P | | Show/Hide paragraph symbols | CTRL+* | | Spelling and grammar | F7 | | Help | F1 | | Find | CTRL+F | | Replace | CTRL+H | | Go To | CTRL+G | | Cursor movement | | Select all - entire document | CTRL+A | | Select from cursor to beginning of line | SHIFT+Home | | Select from cursor to end of line | SHIFT+END | | Go to beginning of line | HOME | | Go to end of line | END | | Go to beginning of document | CTRL+Home | | Go to end of document | CTRL+End | | Formatting | | Cut | CTRL+X | | Copy | CTRL+C | | Paste | CTRL+V | | Undo | CTRL+Z | | Redo | CTRL+Y | | Format painter | CTRL+SHIFT+C | | Left alignment | CTRL+L | | Center alignment | CTRL+E | | Right alignment | CTRL+R | | Justified | CTRL+J | | Delete previous word | CTRL+Backspace | | Apply bulleted list | CTRL+SHIFT+L | | Indent | CTRL+M | | Page break | CTRL+Enter |
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| | Text Style | | Font face | CTRL+SHIFT+F | | Font size | CTRL+SHIFT+P | | Bold | CTRL+B | | Italics | CTRL+I | | Underline | CTRL+U | | Double underline | CTRL+SHIFT+D | | Word underline | CTRL+SHIFT+W | | All caps | CTRL+SHIFT+A | | Change case | SHIFT+F3 | | Subscript | CTRL+= | | Superscript | CTRL+SHIFT+= | | Make web hyperlink | CTRL+K | | Tables | | Go to next cell | Tab | | Go to previous cell | SHIFT+Tab | | Go to beginning of column | ALT+PageUp | | Highlight to beginning of column | ALT+SHIFT+PageUp | | Go to end of column | ALT+PageDown | | Highlight to end of column | ALT+SHIFT+PageDown | | Go to beginning of row | ALT+Home | | Highlight to beginning of row | ALT+SHIFT+Home | | Go to end of row | ALT+End | | Highlight to end of row | ALT+SHIFT+End | | Column break | CTRL+SHIFT+Enter | | Miscellaneous | | Copyright symbol - © | ALT+CTRL+C | | Date field | ALT+SHIFT+D | | Go to footnotes | ALT+CTRL+F | | Show/Hide ¶ | CTRL+SHIFT+8 | | Thesaurus | SHIFT+F7 |
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EXCEL
Note: A plus sign indicates that the keys need to be pressed at the same time.
| Document actions | | Open a file | CTRL+O | | New file | CTRL+N | | Save As | F12 | | Save | CTRL+S | | Print | CTRL+P | | Find | CTRL+F | | Replace | CTRL+H | | Go to | F5 | | Cursor Movement | | One cell up | up arrow | | One cell down | down arrow | | One cell right | Tab | | One cell left | SHIFT+Tab | | Top of worksheet (cell A1) | CTRL+Home | | End of worksheet
(last cell with data) | CTRL+End | | End of row | Home | | End of column | CTRL+left arrow | | Move to next worksheet | CTRL+PageDown | | Formulas | | Apply AutoSum | ALT+= | | Current date | CTRL+; | | Current time | CTRL+: | | Spelling | F7 | | Help | F1 | | Macros | ALT+F8 |
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| | Selecting Cells | | All cells left of current cell | SHIFT+left arrow | | All cells right of current cell | SHIFT+right arrow | | Entire column | CTRL+Spacebar | | Entire row | SHIFT+Spacebar | | Entire worksheet | CTRL+A | | Text Style | | Bold | CTRL+B | | Italics | CTRL+I | | Underline | CTRL+U | | Strikethrough | CTRL+5 | | Formatting | | Edit active cell | F2 | | Format as currency with 2 decimal places | SHIFT+CTRL+$ | | Format as percent with no decimal places | SHIFT+CTRL+% | | Cut | CTRL+X | | Copy | CTRL+C | | Paste | CTRL+V | | Undo | CTRL+Z | | Redo | CTRL+Y | | Format cells dialog box | CTRL+1 |
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POWERPOINT
| Document actions | | Open a presentation | CTRL+O | | New presentation | CTRL+N | | Save As | F12 | | Save | CTRL+S | | Print | CTRL+P | | Help | F1 | | Presentation actions | | Begin slide show | F5 | | Next slide | ENTER or
Down arrow key | | Previous slide | BACKSPACE or
Up arrow key | | Activate pen tool | CTRL+P | | Erase pen strokes | E | | Deactivate pen tool | CTRL+A | | Show/Hide black screen | B | | Show/Hide white screen | W | | Show/Hide pointer & button | A | | End slide show | ESC |
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| | Formatting | | Select all | CTRL+A | | Copy | CTRL+C | | Cut | CTRL+X | | Paste | CTRL+V | | Undo | CTRL+Z | | Redo | CTRL+Y | | Bold | CTRL+B | | Italics | CTRL+I | | Underline | CTRL+U | | Left justified | CTRL+L | | Center justified | CTRL+E | | Right justified | CTRL+R | | Promote list item | ALT+SHIFT+Left arrow | | Demote list item | ALT+SHIFT+Right arrow or TAB | | Editing | | Find | CTRL+F | | Replace | CTRL+H | | Insert hyperlink | CTRL+K | | New slide | CTRL+M | | Spell checker | F7 | | Macros | ALT+F8 |
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Run the slide show and press the F1 key to view all keyboard shortcuts applicable when running a slide show.
ACCESS
| Database actions | | Open existing database | CTRL+O | | Open a new database | CTRL+N | | Save | CTRL+S | | Save record | SHIFT+ENTER | | Print | CTRL+P | | Display database window | F11 | | Find and Replace | CTRL+F | | Copy | CTRL+C | | Cut | CTRL+X | | Paste | CTRL+V | | Undo | CTRL+Z | | Help | F1 | | Toggle between Form and Design view | F5 | | Other | | Insert line break in a memo field | CTRL+ENTER | | Insert current date | CTRL+; | | Insert current time | CTRL+: | | Copy data from previous record | CTRL+' | | Add a record | CTRL++ | | Delete a record | CTRL+- |
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