Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 120 Microsoft Word 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+O — Open a document
Ctrl+N — Create a new document
Ctrl+S — Save the document
Ctrl+W — Close the document
Ctrl+X — Cut the selected content
Ctrl+C — Copy the selected content
Ctrl+V — Paste the contents
Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste text only
Ctrl+A — Select all
Ctrl+B — Bold
Ctrl+I — Italic
Ctrl+U — Underline
Ctrl+BracketLeft — Decrease the font size by 1 point
Ctrl+BracketRight — Increase the font size by 1 point
Ctrl+E — Center the text
Ctrl+L — Align the text to the left
Ctrl+R — Align the text to the right
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Y — Redo
Ctrl+Minus — Zoom out
Ctrl+Alt+S — Split the document window
Alt+F — Open the File page
Alt+H — Open the Home tab
Alt+N — Open the Insert tab
Alt+G — Open the Design tab
Alt+P — Open the Layout tab
Alt+S — Open the References tab
Alt+M — Open the Mailings tab
Alt+R — Open the Review tab
Alt+W — Open the View tab
Ctrl+F1 — Expand or collapse the ribbon
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Move cursor one word left
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Move cursor one word right
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Move cursor up one paragraph
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Move cursor down one paragraph
End — Move cursor to end of line
Home — Move cursor to beginning of line
Ctrl+End — Move cursor to end of document
Ctrl+Home — Move cursor to beginning of document
Ctrl+F — Display Navigation task pane
Ctrl+G — Display Go To dialog
Ctrl+P — Print the document
Ctrl+Alt+I — Print preview
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Select word to the left
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Select word to the right
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Select to beginning of paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Select to end of paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+Home — Select to beginning of document
Ctrl+Shift+End — Select to end of document
Ctrl+Backspace — Delete one word to the left
Ctrl+Delete — Delete one word to the right
Ctrl+Alt+C — Copy text formatting
Ctrl+Alt+V — Paste text formatting
Ctrl+H — Display Replace dialog
Ctrl+J — Justify the paragraph
Ctrl+M — Indent the paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+M — Remove paragraph indent
Ctrl+T — Create hanging indent
Ctrl+Shift+T — Remove hanging indent
Ctrl+Q — Remove paragraph formatting
Ctrl+1 — Single spacing
Ctrl+2 — Double spacing
Ctrl+5 — 1.5 line spacing
Ctrl+Shift+N — Apply Normal style
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Apply Heading 1 style
Ctrl+Alt+2 — Apply Heading 2 style
Ctrl+Alt+3 — Apply Heading 3 style
Ctrl+Shift+S — Display Apply Styles task pane
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Display Styles task pane
Ctrl+D — Display Font dialog
Shift+F3 — Change case
Ctrl+Shift+A — All caps
Ctrl+Shift+H — Hide selected text
Ctrl+Shift+L — Add bulleted list
Ctrl+Shift+W — Underline words only
Ctrl+Shift+D — Double underline
Ctrl+Shift+K — Small caps
Ctrl+Shift+Minus — Subscript
Ctrl+Space — Remove character formatting
Ctrl+Shift+8 — Show nonprinting characters
Shift+F1 — Reveal Formatting task pane
Shift+Enter — Insert line break
Ctrl+Enter — Insert page break
Ctrl+Shift+Enter — Insert column break
Ctrl+Shift+Space — Insert nonbreaking space
Ctrl+K — Insert hyperlink
Ctrl+Alt+M — Insert comment
Ctrl+Shift+E — Turn change tracking on or off
Ctrl+Alt+F — Insert footnote
Ctrl+Alt+D — Insert endnote
Shift+Alt+D — Insert DATE field
Shift+Alt+P — Insert PAGE field
Shift+Alt+T — Insert TIME field
Ctrl+F9 — Insert empty field
F9 — Update selected fields
Shift+F9 — Switch field code and result
F11 — Go to next field
Shift+F11 — Go to previous field
Ctrl+F11 — Lock a field
Ctrl+Shift+F11 — Unlock a field
Ctrl+Alt+P — Switch to Print Layout view
Ctrl+Alt+O — Switch to Outline view
Ctrl+Alt+N — Switch to Draft view
Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Promote paragraph
Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Demote paragraph
Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Move selected paragraphs up
Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Move selected paragraphs down
Shift+Alt+Minus — Collapse text under heading
Shift+Alt+A — Show all headings
Shift+Alt+1 — Show Heading 1
F1 — Display Word help
F12 — Save As dialog
Ctrl+F12 — Open dialog
Alt+F8 — Macro dialog
Shift+F7 — Thesaurus
Alt+F7 — Find next error
Ctrl+Shift+F5 — Bookmark dialog
F5 — Go To dialog
Ctrl+F6 — Switch to next window
Ctrl+Shift+F6 — Switch to previous window

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Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 120 Microsoft Word 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+O — Open a document
Ctrl+N — Create a new document
Ctrl+S — Save the document
Ctrl+W — Close the document
Ctrl+X — Cut the selected content
Ctrl+C — Copy the selected content
Ctrl+V — Paste the contents
Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste text only
Ctrl+A — Select all
Ctrl+B — Bold
Ctrl+I — Italic
Ctrl+U — Underline
Ctrl+BracketLeft — Decrease the font size by 1 point
Ctrl+BracketRight — Increase the font size by 1 point
Ctrl+E — Center the text
Ctrl+L — Align the text to the left
Ctrl+R — Align the text to the right
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Y — Redo
Ctrl+Minus — Zoom out
Ctrl+Alt+S — Split the document window
Alt+F — Open the File page
Alt+H — Open the Home tab
Alt+N — Open the Insert tab
Alt+G — Open the Design tab
Alt+P — Open the Layout tab
Alt+S — Open the References tab
Alt+M — Open the Mailings tab
Alt+R — Open the Review tab
Alt+W — Open the View tab
Ctrl+F1 — Expand or collapse the ribbon
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Move cursor one word left
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Move cursor one word right
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Move cursor up one paragraph
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Move cursor down one paragraph
End — Move cursor to end of line
Home — Move cursor to beginning of line
Ctrl+End — Move cursor to end of document
Ctrl+Home — Move cursor to beginning of document
Ctrl+F — Display Navigation task pane
Ctrl+G — Display Go To dialog
Ctrl+P — Print the document
Ctrl+Alt+I — Print preview
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Select word to the left
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Select word to the right
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Select to beginning of paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Select to end of paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+Home — Select to beginning of document
Ctrl+Shift+End — Select to end of document
Ctrl+Backspace — Delete one word to the left
Ctrl+Delete — Delete one word to the right
Ctrl+Alt+C — Copy text formatting
Ctrl+Alt+V — Paste text formatting
Ctrl+H — Display Replace dialog
Ctrl+J — Justify the paragraph
Ctrl+M — Indent the paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+M — Remove paragraph indent
Ctrl+T — Create hanging indent
Ctrl+Shift+T — Remove hanging indent
Ctrl+Q — Remove paragraph formatting
Ctrl+1 — Single spacing
Ctrl+2 — Double spacing
Ctrl+5 — 1.5 line spacing
Ctrl+Shift+N — Apply Normal style
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Apply Heading 1 style
Ctrl+Alt+2 — Apply Heading 2 style
Ctrl+Alt+3 — Apply Heading 3 style
Ctrl+Shift+S — Display Apply Styles task pane
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S — Display Styles task pane
Ctrl+D — Display Font dialog
Shift+F3 — Change case
Ctrl+Shift+A — All caps
Ctrl+Shift+H — Hide selected text
Ctrl+Shift+L — Add bulleted list
Ctrl+Shift+W — Underline words only
Ctrl+Shift+D — Double underline
Ctrl+Shift+K — Small caps
Ctrl+Shift+Minus — Subscript
Ctrl+Space — Remove character formatting
Ctrl+Shift+8 — Show nonprinting characters
Shift+F1 — Reveal Formatting task pane
Shift+Enter — Insert line break
Ctrl+Enter — Insert page break
Ctrl+Shift+Enter — Insert column break
Ctrl+Shift+Space — Insert nonbreaking space
Ctrl+K — Insert hyperlink
Ctrl+Alt+M — Insert comment
Ctrl+Shift+E — Turn change tracking on or off
Ctrl+Alt+F — Insert footnote
Ctrl+Alt+D — Insert endnote
Shift+Alt+D — Insert DATE field
Shift+Alt+P — Insert PAGE field
Shift+Alt+T — Insert TIME field
Ctrl+F9 — Insert empty field
F9 — Update selected fields
Shift+F9 — Switch field code and result
F11 — Go to next field
Shift+F11 — Go to previous field
Ctrl+F11 — Lock a field
Ctrl+Shift+F11 — Unlock a field
Ctrl+Alt+P — Switch to Print Layout view
Ctrl+Alt+O — Switch to Outline view
Ctrl+Alt+N — Switch to Draft view
Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Promote paragraph
Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Demote paragraph
Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Move selected paragraphs up
Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Move selected paragraphs down
Shift+Alt+Minus — Collapse text under heading
Shift+Alt+A — Show all headings
Shift+Alt+1 — Show Heading 1
F1 — Display Word help
F12 — Save As dialog
Ctrl+F12 — Open dialog
Alt+F8 — Macro dialog
Shift+F7 — Thesaurus
Alt+F7 — Find next error
Ctrl+Shift+F5 — Bookmark dialog
F5 — Go To dialog
Ctrl+F6 — Switch to next window
Ctrl+Shift+F6 — Switch to previous window