The Ultimate List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word

We’ve all seen that one Microsoft Wizard at work in the office, the guy who knows shortcuts that we’d swear not even Microsoft know about yet. It’s amazing to watch and we can’t help ourselves but be a little bit jealous that we don’t know near half the shortcuts he does.

How easy his working life must be with all of those shortcuts at the tip of his fingers.

Well, we are here to give you the ultimate list of keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word. A list you can memorize, refer back to at any time or print out and stick on your office wall.

No matter how you plan on learning the list, in this post we will show you all of the best keyboard shortcuts in Word.

List of keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word

Document shortcuts

These shortcuts are those that help you open, close, save and print your document. Some of these shortcuts will not complete the action for you, but instead open an action box to allow you to make some final decisions before pressing enter.

For example, Print shortcut – this will open the print window for you to select the pages you wish to print, printer and more.

Action	Windows	macOS
Create a new document	Ctrl+N	COMMAND +N
Open a document	Ctrl+O	COMMAND +O
Save the document	Ctrl+S	COMMAND +S
Close the document	Ctrl+W	COMMAND +F4
Cancel a command	Esc	Esc
Undo the previous action	Ctrl+Z	COMMAND +Z
Redo the previous action	Ctrl+Y	COMMAND +Y
Display the Print dialog	Ctrl+P	COMMAND +P

Formatting shortcuts

These shortcuts will help you format your text, such as bold, underline, select text or change the font size.

Action	Windows	macOS
Select all content	Ctrl+A	COMMAND +A
Cut the selected content	Ctrl+X	COMMAND +X
Copy the selected content	Ctrl+C	COMMAND +C
Paste the contents of the Clipboard	Ctrl+V	COMMAND +V
Bold formatting	Ctrl+B	COMMAND +B
Underline formatting	Ctrl+U	COMMAND +U
Italics formatting	Ctrl+I	COMMAND +I
Change font	Ctrl+D	COMMAND +Shift+F
Increase font size by 1	Ctrl+]	COMMAND +]
Decrease font size by 1	Ctrl+[	COMMAND +[
Switch between upper case & lower case	Shift+F3	Shift+F3
Align text to the left	Ctrl+L	COMMAND +L
Centre text	Ctrl+E	COMMAND +E
Align text to the right	Ctrl+R	COMMAND +R

Navigation Shortcuts

These shortcuts are designed to help you navigate around your document quickly, searching for a particular word or moving to a specific page.

Action	Windows	macOS
Display search pane to find text	Ctrl+F	COMMAND +F
Open Find and Replace dialog	Ctrl+H	Control+H
Open Go To dialog	Ctrl+G	COMMAND +Option+G

If you are looking for a shortcut, Microsoft also outlines some of the shortcuts next to the clickable action, such as below:

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