Week 15 - Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys

Shortcut keys, also known as hotkeys, help make your

writing tasks easier to execute. It speeds up your work by
allowing you to give simple commands using the keyboard
rather than searching through a menu with your mouse. Here
are some considerations to encourage you to replace or at
least reduce mouse habits and start using shortcut keys
extensively.
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1. Efficiency
It is generally acknowledged by computer pro’s that you can increase
your productivity and accomplish more tasks by using the keyboard
instead of mouse. In other words, it’s easier and gets your job done
faster. Take for example the task of selecting all the text in a
document. You can do that by simply pressing Ctrl+A while doing
that with the mouse requires pressing the left mouse button and
dragging it across the whole document. In time you will learn that
keyboard shortcuts let you do more with less effort.
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2. Multitasking
Derives from the first motive and basically means that when
you use the keyboard you don’t have to follow a pointer to
see what you are doing and you can do that thing semi-
automatically thus freeing your mind for other tasks.

3. Complementarity
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You can combine the advantages of using the keyboard with
those of using the mouse. There are tasks that are much
easier done with the mouse, take the example of browsing
the web pages and clicking links but at the same time you
can use the keyboard to navigate within the page or between
tabs. And the beauty of it is that you can do both at the same
time.
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4. Health issues
Extensive mouse usage is associated with R.S.I. (Repetitive
Syndrome Injury) much often than the keyboard usage. By
alternating mouse and keyboard usage you can reduce the
risks of R.S.I. and reduce the fatigue your wrists and fingers.
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5. Precision
When you have a job that requires precision it is advisable
that you use the keyboard, for example if you do a lot of text
editing, it is more accurate to handle it through shortcut
keys.

Shortcut Description
Ctrl+A Select all contents of the page.
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Ctrl+B Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl+C Copy selected text.

Copy selected text.

Ctrl+D Open the font preferences window.

Ctrl+E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
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Ctrl+F Open find box.

Ctrl+I Italic  highlighted selection.

Ctrl+J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.

Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you
click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want
to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best
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fits your document.

Ctrl+K Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl+L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.

Ctrl+M Indent the paragraph.

Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When
you click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the
video you want to add. You can also type a keyword to search online
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for the video that best fits your document.

Ctrl+N Opens new, blank document window.

Ctrl+O Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.

Ctrl+P Open the print window.

Ctrl+R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
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Ctrl+S Save the open document.

Ctrl+T Create a hanging indent.

Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you
click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video
you want to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for
the video that best fits your document.

Ctrl+U Underline the selected text.

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Ctrl+V Paste.
Paste.

Ctrl+W Close the currently open document.

Ctrl+X Cut selected text.

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Ctrl+Y Redo the last action performed.

Ctrl+Z Undo last action.

 Quickly create a bullet point.

Ctrl+Shift+L

Ctrl+<left arrow> Moves one word to the left.

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Ctrl+<right arrow> Moves one word to the right.

Ctrl+<up arrow> Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you
click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want
to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best
fits your document.
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Ctrl+<down arrow> Moves to the end of the paragraph.
Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you
click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want
to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best
fits your document.

Ctrl+Del Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl+Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor.

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Ctrl+End Moves the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl+Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl+Spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font.

Ctrl+1 Single-space lines.

Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you
click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want
to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best
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fits your document.

Ctrl+2 Double-space lines.

Video provides a powerful way to help you prove your point. When you

click Online Video, you can paste in the embed code for the video you want

to add. You can also type a keyword to search online for the video that best

fits your document.

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Ctrl+Shift+> Increases the selected text size by one font size.

Ctrl+Shift+< Decreases the selected text size by one font size.

F5 Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.

F7 Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.

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F12 Save As.

Shift+F3 Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital

letter at the beginning of every word.

Shift+Alt+D Insert the current date.

6/6/2023
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Shift+Alt+T Insert the current time.
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