Action

S. No.   For Windows For Mac

 
Basic
 

Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Cmd+X, Cmd+C, Cmd+V,

Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y Cmd+Z and Cmd+Y
   
1. Cut, Copy, Paste, Undo and Redo

Bold, Underline and Italics Ctrl+B, Ctrl+U and Ctrl+I

Cmd+B, Cmd+U and
   
2.        Cmd+I

Save
 

(I urge you to keep saving your

document at regular intervals
because in kalyug you just cannot
trust MS Word not to crash.) Ctrl+S
Cmd+S and Cmd+Shift+S
   
3. (Save as)

Left Align, Center Align and Justify Ctrl+L, Ctrl+E and Ctrl+J
Cmd+L, Cmd+E and
   
4. Cmd+J

Find
 
5. Ctrl+F Cmd+F

Insert Citation 1
 
6. Ctrl+Alt+F Cmd+Opt+F

7. Open a new document Ctrl+N Cmd+N

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Close the active document

 
8. Ctrl+W Cmd+W

Open an existing document from

your computer
 
9. Ctrl+O Cmd+O

Insert Hyperlink (Select the text

you want to hyperlink) – Example Ctrl+K
   
10. Cmd+K

Small Caps (Select the text you

want to convert to small caps) –
Example
 
11. Ctrl+Shift+K Cmd+Shift+K

All Caps (Select the text you want

to convert to all caps) – Example
 
12. Ctrl+Shift+A Cmd+Shift+A

Page break (Creates an empty

space till the end of the active
page and any new text starts from
the next page)
 
13. Ctrl+Enter Cmd+Enter

Delete word(s) (useful if you want

to delete full sentences)
 
14. Ctrl+Backspace Cmd+Delete

15. Select word(s) (useful if you want Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right Cmd+Shift+Left/Right arrow

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to select full sentences without

using the mouse) arrow key
   
key

Highlight/ Unhighlight text

(Remember that this shortcut will
follow the color of highlight chosen
on the Word toolbar)
 
16. Ctrl+Alt+H Cmd+Alt+H

 
ADVANCED
 

Change text case – Example –

UPPERCASE, Lowercase or
Mixed Case
 
17. Shift+F3 Shift+F3 or Shift+fn+F3

Copy style and Paste formatting /

style (useful when you copy and
paste text from other documents Cmd+shift+C and
which is differently formatted) Cmd+shift+V
Ctrl+shift+C and
   
18. Ctrl+shift+V

Alt>N>T>V (to be pressed

one by one and not
together)
 
19. Insert Table N/A

Alt>S>T>I (to be pressed

one by one and not
together)
 
20. Insert Table of Contents N/A
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Format Font (advanced) – You

can choose from a variety of
options – Example, Example,
Example, Example, Example, Example,
Example, Example, Example
 
21. Ctrl+Shift+F or Ctrl+D Cmd+D

Find and replace word(s)

 
22. Ctrl+H Cmd+Shift+H

Open thesaurus (Select the word

you want to see synonyms of)
 
23. Shift+F7 Shift+fn+F7

Go to page
 
24. F5 or fn+F5 Cmd+Opt+G

Option+fn+F7
 
25. Run a spell check F7 or fn+F7

Increase: Cmd+[
Decrease: Cmd+]
Increase: Ctrl+Shift+>
 
26. Increase / Decrease Font Size Decrease: Ctrl+Shift+<

Alt>V>L
 
27. Show / Hide ruler N/A

Single spacing: Ctrl+1 Single spacing: Cmd+1

Double spacing: Ctrl+2 Double spacing: Cmd+2
1.5 spacing: Ctrl+5 1.5 spacing: Cmd+5
   
28. Change line spacing
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Ctrl+Shift+L Cmd+Shift+L
   
29. Convert to bullet list

Ctrl+Shift+G N/A
   
30. Check word count

Ctrl+Shift+E
 
31. Turn “Track Changes” on / off Cmd+Shift+E