Microsoft Word keyboard shortcuts

Explore all 120 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys for Microsoft Word 2025 on an interactive visual keyboard. Toggle modifiers (Ctrl, Shift, Alt, Meta), filter by category, and search any command or key combination.

Top 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

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