Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts

MS Word is a word processor program produced by Microsoft Corporation. It was first released in 1983 and later written for several other platforms such as IBM, Apple Macintosh, AT&T Unix PC, Atari ST, OS/2, Microsoft Windows, etc. MS Word is available as one of the components in the Microsoft Office Suite. This is one of the most widely used word processor program. It has most of the operations that are needed for a word processor program and is used both for personal use and also for office purposes. There are many keyboard shortcuts available for different operations performed in Microsoft Word.

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Here is a list of Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts that are available in Microsoft Word 2002, Microsoft Office Word 2003, and in Microsoft Office Word 2007.

Command Name                           Shortcut Keys

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All Caps                                      CTRL+SHIFT+A

Annotation                                   ALT+CTRL+M

App Maximize                              ALT+F10

App Restore                                 ALT+F5

Apply Heading1                            ALT+CTRL+1

Apply Heading2                            ALT+CTRL+2

Apply Heading3                            ALT+CTRL+3

Apply List Bullet                           CTRL+SHIFT+L

Auto Format                                ALT+CTRL+K

Auto Text                                    F3 or ALT+CTRL+V

Bold                                            CTRL+B or CTRL+SHIFT+B

Bookmark                                    CTRL+SHIFT+F5

Browse Next                                CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Browse Previous                          CTRL+PAGE UP

Browse Sel                                  ALT+CTRL+HOME

Cancel                                         ESC

Center Para                                  CTRL+E

Change Case                                SHIFT+F3

Char Left                                     LEFT

Char Left Extend                          SHIFT+LEFT

Char Right                                   RIGHT

Char Right Extend                        SHIFT+RIGHT

Clear                                           DELETE

Close or Exit                                ALT+F4

Close Pane                                   ALT+SHIFT+C

Column Break                              CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

Column Select                              CTRL+SHIFT+F8

Copy                                           CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT

Copy Format                               CTRL+SHIFT+C

Copy Text                                   SHIFT+F2

Create Auto Text                          ALT+F3

Customize Add Menu                    ALT+CTRL+=

Customize Keyboard                     ALT+CTRL+NUM +

Customize Remove Menu              ALT+CTRL+-

Cut                                             CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE

Date Field                                    ALT+SHIFT+D

Delete Back Word                         CTRL+BACKSPACE

Delete Word                                 CTRL+DELETE

Dictionary                                   ALT+SHIFT+F7

Do Field Click                              ALT+SHIFT+F9

Doc Close                                   CTRL+W or CTRL+F4

Doc Maximize                             CTRL+F10

Doc Move                                   CTRL+F7

Doc Restore                                CTRL+F5

Doc Size                                     CTRL+F8

Doc Split                                     ALT+CTRL+S

Double Underline                          CTRL+SHIFT+D

End of Column                             ALT+PAGE DOWN

End of Column                             ALT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

End of Doc Extend                       CTRL+SHIFT+END

End of Document                         CTRL+END

End of Line                                  END

End of Line Extend                       SHIFT+END

End of Row                                 ALT+END

End of Row                                 ALT+SHIFT+END

End of Window                            ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN

End of Window Extend                 ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

Endnote Now                               ALT+CTRL+D

Extend Selection                           F8

Field Chars                                  CTRL+F9

Field Codes                                  ALT+F9

Find                                            CTRL+F

Font                                            CTRL+D or CTRL+SHIFT+F

Font Size Select                            CTRL+SHIFT+P

Footnote Now                              ALT+CTRL+F

Go Back                                      SHIFT+F5 or ALT+CTRL+Z

Go To                                         CTRL+G or F5

Grow Font                                   CTRL+SHIFT+.

Grow Font One Point                    CTRL+]

Hanging Indent                              CTRL+T

Header Footer Link                        ALT+SHIFT+R

Help                                             F1

Hidden                                         CTRL+SHIFT+H

Hyperlink                                      CTRL+K

Indent                                          CTRL+M

Italic                                            CTRL+I or CTRL+SHIFT+I

Justify Para                                  CTRL+J

Left Para                                      CTRL+L

Line Down                                   DOWN

Line Down Extend                        SHIFT+DOWN

Line Up                                        UP

Line Up Extend                             SHIFT+UP

List Num Field                              ALT+CTRL+L

Lock Fields                                   CTRL+3 or CTRL+F11

Macro                                          ALT+F8

Mail Merge Check                         ALT+SHIFT+K

Mail Merge Edit Data Source          ALT+SHIFT+E

Mail Merge to Doc                        ALT+SHIFT+N

Mail Merge to Printer                     ALT+SHIFT+M

Mark Citation                                ALT+SHIFT+I

Mark Index Entry                          ALT+SHIFT+X

Mark Table of Contents Entry         ALT+SHIFT+O

Menu Mode                                  F10

Merge Field                                  ALT+SHIFT+F

Microsoft Script Editor                  ALT+SHIFT+F11

Microsoft System Info                  ALT+CTRL+F1

Move Text                                    F2

New                                            CTRL+N

Next Cell                                      TAB

Next Field                                     F11 or ALT+F1

Next Misspelling                           ALT+F7

Next Object                                  ALT+DOWN

Next Window                               CTRL+F6 or ALT+F6

Normal                                        ALT+CTRL+N

Normal Style                                CTRL+SHIFT+N or ALT+SHIFT+CLEAR (NUM 5)

Open                                           CTRL+O or CTRL+F12 or ALT+CTRL+F2

Open or Close Up Para                  CTRL+0

Other Pane                                   F6 or SHIFT+F6

Outline                                         ALT+CTRL+O

Outline Collapse                            ALT+SHIFT+- or ALT+SHIFT+NUM -

Outline Demote                             ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT

Outline Expand                             ALT+SHIFT+=

Outline Expand                             ALT+SHIFT+NUM +

Outline Move Down                      ALT+SHIFT+DOWN

Outline Move Up                          ALT+SHIFT+UP

Outline Promote                           ALT+SHIFT+LEFT

Outline Show First Line                 ALT+SHIFT+L

Overtype                                      INSERT

Page                                            ALT+CTRL+P

Page Break                                   CTRL+ENTER

Page Down                                  PAGE DOWN

Page Down Extend                       SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

Page Field                                    ALT+SHIFT+P

Page Up                                       PAGE UP

Page Up Extend                            SHIFT+PAGE UP

Para Down                                   CTRL+DOWN

Para Down Extend                        CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN

Para Up                                       CTRL+UP

Para Up Extend                             CTRL+SHIFT+UP

Paste                                           CTRL+V or SHIFT+INSERT

Paste Format                                CTRL+SHIFT+V

Prev Cell                                      SHIFT+TAB

Prev Field                                    SHIFT+F11 or ALT+SHIFT+F1

Prev Object                                 ALT+UP

Prev Window                              CTRL+SHIFT+F6 or ALT+SHIFT+F6

Print                                           CTRL+P or CTRL+SHIFT+F12

Print Preview                               CTRL+F2 or ALT+CTRL+I

Proofing                                      F7

Redo                                           ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE

Redo or Repeat                            CTRL+Y or F4 or ALT+ENTER

Repeat Find                                 SHIFT+F4 or ALT+CTRL+Y

Replace                                       CTRL+H

Reset Char                                  CTRL+SPACE or CTRL+SHIFT+Z

Reset Para                                   CTRL+Q

Revision Marks Toggle                 CTRL+SHIFT+E

Right Para                                   CTRL+R

Save                                           CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12 or ALT+SHIFT+F2

Save As                                       F12

Select All                                     CTRL+A or CTRL+CLEAR (NUM 5) or CTRL+NUM 5

Select Table                                 ALT+CLEAR (NUM 5)

Show All                                     CTRL+SHIFT+8

Show All Headings                        ALT+SHIFT+A

Show Heading1                            ALT+SHIFT+1

Show Heading2                            ALT+SHIFT+2

Show Heading3                            ALT+SHIFT+3

Show Heading4                            ALT+SHIFT+4

Show Heading5                            ALT+SHIFT+5

Show Heading6                            ALT+SHIFT+6

Show Heading7                            ALT+SHIFT+7

Show Heading8                            ALT+SHIFT+8

Show Heading9                            ALT+SHIFT+9

Shrink Font                                  CTRL+SHIFT+,

Shrink Font One Point                   CTRL+[

Small Caps                                   CTRL+SHIFT+K

Space Para1                                 CTRL+1

Space Para15                               CTRL+5

Space Para2                                 CTRL+2

Spike                                           CTRL+SHIFT+F3 or CTRL+F3

Start of Column                            ALT+PAGE UP

Start of Column                            ALT+SHIFT+PAGE UP

Start of Doc Extend                      CTRL+SHIFT+HOME

Start of Document                        CTRL+HOME

Start of Line                                 HOME

Start of Line Extend                      SHIFT+HOME

Start of Row                                ALT+HOME

Start of Row                                ALT+SHIFT+HOME

Start of Window                           ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP

Start of Window Extend                ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP

Style                                            CTRL+SHIFT+S

Subscript                                     CTRL+=

Superscript                                   CTRL+SHIFT+=

Symbol Font                                 CTRL+SHIFT+Q

Thesaurus                                     SHIFT+F7

Time Field                                    ALT+SHIFT+T

Toggle Field Display                      SHIFT+F9

Toggle Master Subdocs                 CTRL+\

Tool                                            SHIFT+F1

Un Hang                                       CTRL+SHIFT+T

Un Indent                                     CTRL+SHIFT+M

Underline                                      CTRL+U or CTRL+SHIFT+U

Undo                                            CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE

Unlink Fields                                 CTRL+6 or CTRL+SHIFT+F9

Unlock Fields                                CTRL+4 or CTRL+SHIFT+F11

Update Auto Format                       ALT+CTRL+U

Update Fields                                 F9 or ALT+SHIFT+U

Update Source                               CTRL+SHIFT+F7

VBCode                                        ALT+F11

Web Go Back                                ALT+LEFT

Web Go Forward                           ALT+RIGHT

Word Left                                     CTRL+LEFT

Word Left Extend                          CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT

Word Right                                   CTRL+RIGHT

Word Right Extend                        CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT

Word Underline                             CTRL+SHIFT+W

Note: Some keyboard shortcuts in earlier versions of Microsoft Word no longer work as expected in Microsoft Office Word 2007.

Opera Keyboard and Mouse Shortcuts

Opera web browser is developed by Opera Software ASA, which was released on December 09, 1996. It is one of the most popular browsers in the world with a user base of around 200 million users worldwide. The browser handles apart from browsing webpages, sending and receiving e Mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading web feeds. It is a free web browser which is free for personal use on PC and mobile phones. It offers many browsing features such as tabbed browsing, page zooming, mouse gestures, and download managing. It runs on different operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, etc. It is also available in mobile platforms such as Blackberry, Symbian, Windows mobile, Android, and iOS operating systems etc. It also has many privacy and security features that are built into it for safer browsing . Opera comes with a variety of shortcuts to perform many different tasks.

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Here is a list of all Opera browser shortcut keys:

Standard keys

Movement

Move one line up	Up Arrow
Move one line down	Down Arrow
Move one character to the right	Right Arrow
Move one character to the left	Left Arrow
Move one screen-full up	Page Up Shift + Space
Move one screen-full down	Page Down Space
Move one screen-full to the left	Ctrl + Page Up
Move one screen-full to the right	Ctrl + Page Down
Go to top	Home
Go to bottom	End

Focus

Cycle focus forward within active context	Tab
Cycle focus backward within active context	Shift + Tab
Activate	Enter
Exit context or cancel	Esc
Display context (right-click) menu	Shift + F10
Properties dialogue	Alt + Enter Ctrl + I

System keys

Open file	Ctrl + O
Save copy of page	Ctrl + S
Print page	Ctrl + P
Close Opera	Ctrl + Q
Hide Opera	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H

Text keys

Editing

Undo recent changes	Ctrl + Z
Redo recent changes	Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Shift + Z
Copy selection to clipboard	Ctrl + C Ctrl + Insert
Move selection to clipboard	Ctrl + X Shift + Delete
Paste from clipboard	Ctrl + V Shift + Insert
Copy selected text to "Notes" panel	Ctrl + Shift + C
Select all	Ctrl + A
Delete selection (or character right of cursor)	Delete
Delete selection (or character left of cursor)	Backspace
Toggle text-style bold	Ctrl + B
Toggle text-style italic	Ctrl + I
Toggle text-style underline	Ctrl + U
Convert hex to Unicode	Ctrl + Shift + X

UNIX editing keys

These are classic UNIX keyboard shortcuts, which you can enable by choosing "Opera Standard for UNIX" from Preferences > Advanced > Shortcuts.

Go to end of line	Ctrl + E
Go to beginning of line	Ctrl + A
Go to next character	Ctrl + F
Go to previous character	Ctrl + B
Go to next line	Ctrl + N
Go to previous line	Ctrl + P
Paste (Yank)	Ctrl + Y
Delete to end of line	Ctrl + K
Delete next character	Ctrl + D
Delete previous character	Ctrl + H

Find

Find text	Ctrl + F
Find next instance of text	Ctrl + G F3
Find previous instance of text	Ctrl + Shift + G Shift + F3
Search for text in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)	(numeric) / . (period)
Search for text in links in page (press F9 first to set focus on page)	Shift + (numeric) / , (comma)

Loading keys

Access

Go to your home page	Ctrl + Space Alt + Home
Enter a Web address	F2
Paste and go in current or new tab	Ctrl + Shift + V
Speed Dial	Ctrl + 0-9
Enter nickname for fast bookmark access	Shift + F2
Save page address as new bookmark	Ctrl + D
Save as new bookmark in active bookmark folder	Ctrl + Shift + D

Transmission

Reload (get latest version of) page	Ctrl + R F5
Reload selected frame	Alt + F5
Stop page loading	Esc

Navigation keys

History

Go to next page in history	Alt + → Ctrl + → Shift + Backspace
Go to previous page in history	Alt + ← Ctrl + ← Backspace
Fast Forward	Shift + Backspace Space

Site navigation

To remove the last part of any Web address (such as a sub-directory) and go to that address, press Ctrl + Backspace.

Display modes

Print preview (toggles on/off)	Ctrl + Shift + P
Use entire screen for browsing	F11
Toggle "Fit to width"	Ctrl + F11

Source

View page source	Ctrl + U
View source of active frame	Ctrl + Shift + U
Validate source of active page or frame	Ctrl + Alt + Shift + U

Developer Tools

Open developer tool

Ctrl + Shift + I

Zooming

Increase zoom % by steps of 10	Plus Ctrl + Plus
Decrease zoom % by steps of 10	Minus Ctrl + Minus
Restore zoom to 100%	* Ctrl + 0

Link keys

Select next link in page	Ctrl + ↓
Select previous link in page	Ctrl + ↑
Follow selected link	Enter
Open selected link in new tab	Shift + Enter
Open selected link in background tab	Ctrl + Shift + Enter
Save link target (such as document or image)	Ctrl + Shift + S

Spatial navigation keys

Navigate between links and form elements

Shift + ← ↑ → ↓

Form keys

Log in/auto-fill form using the Wand	Ctrl + Enter
Go to next element in form	Tab
Go to previous element in form	Shift + Tab
Select form element	Space Enter

Access keys

These shortcuts are unique to pages that have access keys enabled.

Toggle HTML access keys	Shift + Esc
Enter HTML access keys	A-Z and 0-9

Page keys: basics

Browse in new tab	Ctrl + T
Close active tab	Ctrl + W Ctrl + F4
Undo closing of tab	Ctrl + Shift + T

Application windows

Browse in new application window

Ctrl + N

Tab keys: switching

Cycle to next tab (defaults to recently used order)	Ctrl + Tab
Cycle to previous tab (defaults to recently used order)	Ctrl + Shift + Tab
Switch to previous tab on tab bar	Ctrl + Shift + F6
Switch to next tab on tab bar	Ctrl + F6

Panel keys

Activation

Toggle last active panel with panel selector	F4
Toggle last active panel	Shift + F4
Activate panels for keyboard navigation	F7
Expand all folders/views in panel	Shift + →
Collapse all folders/views in panel	Shift + ←
Open "Search" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 1
Open "Bookmarks" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 2 Ctrl + B
Open "Mail" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 3
Open "Contacts" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 4
Open "Chat" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 5
Open "Notes" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 6
Open "Transfers" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 7
Open "History" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 8 Ctrl + H
Open "Links" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 9
Open "Windows" panel	Ctrl + Shift + 0

Bookmarks

Open bookmark	Enter
Open bookmark in new tab	Shift + Enter
Open bookmark in background tab	Ctrl + Shift + Enter

Mail

Mark all e-mail in selected view as read

Ctrl + Shift + A

Contacts

Show messages associated with contact	Enter
Compose message to contact	Shift + Enter

Transfers

Open transferred file

Enter

Preferences

Edit your preferences	Alt + P Ctrl + F12
Quickly edit most popular preferences	F12
Edit browser appearance	Shift + F12

Bars

Toggle main menu

Alt + F11

Focus keys

Set focus to Web page (to enable keyboard navigation)	F9
Set focus to address field	F8 Ctrl + L Alt + D
Set focus to search field	Ctrl + E
Set focus to personal bar (only when you have search fields)	Shift + F7
Restore original address in address field and set focus to page	Esc

Manager pages

Manage bookmarks	Ctrl + Shift + B
Manage transfers	Ctrl + J
Manage history	Ctrl + Shift + H
Manage links	Ctrl + Shift + L

E-mail keys

Basics

Check e-mail	Ctrl + K
Write new message	Ctrl + M
Attach files to message	Ctrl + O
Upload queued messages to mail server	Ctrl + Shift + K
Send composed message	Ctrl + Shift + S Ctrl + Enter

Navigation

Go to next message	J
Go to previous message	U
Go to next unread message	H Shift + J
Go to previous unread message	Y Shift + U
Move one screen-full up	Shift + Space
Move one screen-full down, then go to next unread	Space
Scroll up in message body (even if focus on message list)	Alt + ↑
Scroll down in message body (even if focus on message list)	Alt + ↓
Set focus to message list	F8
Set focus to message	F9

Threads

Expand all threads	Shift + →
Collapse all threads	Shift + ←
Mark thread as read	M
Mark thread as read, go to next unread	N

Marking

Mark selected message as read	K
Mark selected message as read, and go to next unread e-mail	G
Mark selected message as read, and go to previous unread e-mail	T
Mark selected message as unread	Shift + K
Mark all messages in active view as read	Ctrl + Shift + A
Move selected message to Trash	Delete
Delete selected message permanently, without moving to Trash	Shift + Delete

Responding

Reply to message	R
Reply to all recipients of message, including sender	Shift + R
Forward message	F
Redirect message	D
Continue editing message (Drafts, Outbox, and Sent views)	Enter
Focus "Quick reply" field	Q Shift + F9

Handling

Save sender's address as new contact	A
Save attachments	Shift + S
Label message (for example important or funny)	L, 1-7
View all messages associated with sender	E
Copy raw message data to clipboard	C

Viewing

Toggle different layout of message list and message body

I

Chat keys

Download and list available rooms on chat server	Ctrl + Shift + J
Set focus to chat input field	Shift + F9

Help keys

Open Opera's help window	F1
Search while viewing help page	Ctrl + F

 

Note: Selecting the alternate keyboard setup "Opera Standard for UNIX" in the preferences will override some Opera shortcuts with classic UNIX shortcuts.