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Shortcut
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Description
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Ctrl + 0
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Adds
or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
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Ctrl + A
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Select
all contents of page or pages.
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Ctrl + B
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Bold
highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + C
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Copy
selected text.
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Ctrl + D
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Open
the font preferences window.
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Ctrl + E
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Align
the line or the selected text to the center of the screen.
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Ctrl + F
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Open
find box.
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Ctrl + I
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Italic
highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + J
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Aligns
the selected text or line to rationalize or justify the screen.
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Ctrl + K
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Insert
link.
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Ctrl + L
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Aligns
the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
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Ctrl + M
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Indent
the paragraph.
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Ctrl + P
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Open
the print window.
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Ctrl + R
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Align
selected text or the line to the right of the screen.
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Ctrl + T
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Create
a hanging indent.
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Ctrl + U
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Underline
highlighted selection.
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Ctrl + V
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Paste.
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Ctrl + X
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Cut
selected text.
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Ctrl + Y
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Redo
the last action performed.
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Ctrl + Z
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Undo
last action.
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Ctrl + Shift + L
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Quickly
create a bullet point.
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Ctrl + Shift + F
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Change
the font.
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Ctrl + Shift + >
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Increase
selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts.
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Ctrl + ]
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Increase
selected font +1pts.
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Ctrl + Shift + <
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Decrease
selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt.
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Ctrl + [
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Decrease
selected font -1pts.
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Ctrl + / + c
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Insert
a cent sign (¢).
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Ctrl + ' + <char>
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Insert
a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character
you want. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl + '
+ e as your shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite
accent mark, often on the tilde key.
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Ctrl + Shift + *
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View
or hide non printing characters.
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Ctrl + <left arrow>
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Moves
one word to the left.
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Ctrl + <right arrow>
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Moves
one word to the right.
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Ctrl + <up arrow>
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Move
to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
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Ctrl + <down arrow>
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Move
to the end of the paragraph.
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Ctrl + Del
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Deletes
the word to right of cursor.
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Ctrl + Backspace
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Deletes
the word to left of cursor.
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Ctrl + End
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Moves
to the cursor to the end of the document.
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Ctrl + Home
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Moves
to the cursor to the beginning of the document.
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Ctrl + Spacebar
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Reset
highlighted text to the default font.
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Ctrl + 1
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Single-space
lines.
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Ctrl + 2
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Double-space
lines.
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Ctrl + 5
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1.5-line
spacing.
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Ctrl + Alt + 1
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Changes
text to heading 1.
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Ctrl + Alt + 2
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Changes
text to heading 2.
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Ctrl + Alt + 3
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Changes
text to heading 3.
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Alt + Ctrl + F2
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Open
the new document.
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Ctrl + F1
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Open
the Task Pane.
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Ctrl + F2
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Display
the print preview.
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Ctrl + Shift + >
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Increases
the highlighted text size by one.
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Ctrl + Shift + <
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Decreases
the highlighted text size by one.
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Ctrl + Shift + F6
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Opens
to another open Microsoft Word document.
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Ctrl + Shift + F12
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Prints
the document.
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F1
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Open
Help.
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F4
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Repeat
the last action performed (Word 2000+)
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F5
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Open
the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
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F7
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Spellcheck
and grammar check selected text or document.
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F12
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Save
as.
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Shift + F3
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Change
the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at
the beginning of every word.
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Shift + F7
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Runs
a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
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Shift + F12
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Save.
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Shift + Enter
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Create
a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
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Shift + Insert
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Paste.
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Shift + Alt + D
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Insert
the current date.
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Shift + Alt + T
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Insert
the current time.
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