Home: Move to the beginning of the current line.Ctrl+End: Move to the end of the document.End: Move to the end of the current line.Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow: Move up or down one paragraph.Up/Down Arrow: Move up or down one line.Ctrl+Left/Right Arrow: Move one word to the left or right.Left/Right Arrow: Move the insertion point (cursor) one character to the left or right.This can save time if you have a long document and don't want to scroll through the entire thing, or simply want to easily move between words or sentences. You can use keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate throughout your document. If you have a word selected, Shift+F7 looks up that word in the thesaurus. F9: Refresh the field codes in the current selection.Alt+Q: Go to the 'Tell me what you want to do' box.Alt+Ctrl+S: Split a window or remove the split view.There are many general program shortcuts in Microsoft Word that make it easier for you to do everything from save your document to undo a mistake. And, you'll be happy to know that almost all of these shortcuts have been around for a long time, so they should be useful no matter what version of Word you're using. We've tried to keep it to the more generally useful shortcuts. We've also tried to keep the list clean and simple, so go ahead and print it that helps!Īlso, even though our list of shortcuts here is pretty long, it's by no means a complete list of every keyboard combo available in Word. And even if you just pick up a few new tricks, it's worth it. Now, does anyone expect you to memorize all these keyboard combos? Of course not! Everyone's needs are different, so some will be more useful to you than others.

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