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The A-Z of Word keyboard shortcuts

For those who can't bear the thought of taking their hands away from the keyboard for a second longer than necessary, this is for you. We present an alphabet of shortcuts for Microsoft Word.

 


If you’re a PC user who likes to be hands on with their keyboard, you'll enjoy this tip. We have a whole list of keyboard shortcuts for use in Word - one for every letter of the alphabet, in fact!
 

Hold down CTRL and…

Function

A

Selects everything in the document 

B

Emboldens text

C

Copies the item or text to the Clipboard allowing it to then be pasted using CTRL and V

D

Brings up the Font dialogue box

E

Centre aligns an item

F

Brings up the Find dialogue box to allow you to conduct a search in the document

G

Brings up the Go to dialogue box so you can go to a specific location in the document

H

Brings up the Replace dialogue box

I

Italicises text

J

Justifies text

K

Creates a hyperlink

L

Left aligns

M

Tabs across

N

Lets you create a new document

O

Brings up the Open File dialogue box

P

Brings up the Print dialogue box

Q

Free letter - why not customise this for your own needs? See below

R

Right aligns

S

Brings up the Save dialog box

T

Free letter - why not customise this for your own needs? See below

U

Underlines text

V

Pastes an item that you have copied using CTRL + C

W

Free letter - why not customise this for your own needs? See below

X

Cuts an item

Y

Redoes the action that was last undone

Z

Allows you to Undo your last action

 

Yes, well spotted. Three letters have no default shortcut attached to them. However, Q, T and W are available for you to customise if you wish!

In Word 2010, simply click on the File tab on the ribbon, click on
Options, then Customize ribbon. In Word 2007, click the start button then choose Word Options and click Customize from the left hand menu.

Next to where is says ‘Keyboard shortcuts’, click on Customize. This will bring up a list of functions. Click on the function of your choice to highlight it, then click in the
Press new shortcut key box to move your cursor to this point and enter the shortcut of your choice e.g. to customise CTRL plus T you would hold down these keys.

Click
Assign to save your changes.
 

 

 

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