Microsoft Shortcuts Command Shortcut Menu and/or Icon Align Center CTRL e Home Tab>Center icon Align Full CTRL j Home Tab>Full Align icon Align Left CTRL l Home Tab>Left Align icon Align Right CTRL r Home Tab>Right Align icon Beginning of document CTRL Home key Beginning of line Home key Bold CTRL b Home Tab>Bold icon Change case SHIFT F3 – toggles thru Close all documents at once Add Save All icon to Quick Access Bar Copy CTRL c, right click copy Home Tab>Copy icon Cut CTRL x, right click cut Home Tab>Cut icon Cycle through open windows ALT Tab key Click item on Start Menubar Date current date or time ALT SHIFT d – ALT SHIFT t Insert Tab>Date and Time End of document CTRL End key End of line End key Exit ALT FX Office Button > Exit Word Go To (page #, etc.) CTRL g Home tab > Find > Go to… Hanging Indent CTRL t CTRL SHIFT t – undoes it Italicize CTRL i Home Tab>Italicize icon Line Numbers in Document Page Layout tab > Line Numbers Line Spacing CTRL 1, 2, 5 (5=1 ½) Home Tab>Line Spacing icon Move left, right up, down Arrow keys New Document CTRL n Page Icon or Office Button>New One screen down Page Down Key One screen up Page Up key Open a document CTRL o Office Button>Open Paste CTRL v, right click paste Home Tab>Paste icon Quick Table Type +--------+ enter Insert tab > Tables group > Table Repeat last action F4 Key Paint brush Save CTRL s Diskette icon or Office Button>Save Save As F12 Office Button>Save As Select a line Click on left margin Drag, shift arrow keys Select a paragraph Double click in margin Drag, shift arrow keys Select a sentence CTRL click on sentence Drag, shift arrow keys Select a word Double click on word Drag, shift arrow keys Select all CTRL a, CTRL click in margin Drag, shift arrow keys Spell check Right click on word Review Tab>ABC icon Underline CTRL u Home Tab>Underline icon Unselect text Click right of text Zoom In and Out CTRL – Rotate wheel on mouse Zoom at bottom right of page NOTE: Most of these commands are universal throughout a windows environment and in MS (Microsoft) applications. They also work in many non-MS applications. .