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CTRL Key Shortcuts

In Microsoft Word, the CTRL key can be used to navigate through your document more efficiently.

 Hold CTRL and press Right Arrow to go right one word at a time.
 Hold CTRL and press the Left Arrow to go left one word at a time.
 Hold CTRL and Backspace to delete a whole word at a time.
 CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow will highlight one word at a time
 CTRL + END to move cursor to the end of the line.
 CTRL + HOME to move cursor to the beginning of the line.
 CTRL + Page Up to move up one page.
 CTRL + Page Down to move down one page.
 CTRL + UP Arrow to move cursor up one paragraph at a time.
 CTRL + Down Arrow to move cursor down one paragraph at a time.

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2. Save as PDF
If you need to share your document in a fashion that can not be edited by others and will preserve the pagination and formatting as you've
designed it, save it as a PDF. This file format (Portable Document Format) was developed by Adobe in the early 1990s as a way for people
to share documents and have it appear exactly the same no matter what computing platform is use to view it from. There are other benefits
of PDF as is the defacto standard for business documents.

Follow these step to save your Microsoft Word document as a PDF:

1. Open the Word document you want to create a PDF of.

2. From the menu bar, click File > Save As, as highlighted in the illustration below.
 3. From the drop-down list, find and select PDF (*.pdf) and then click Save.

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3. Scroll Zoom
You can quickly zoom in and out of your Microsoft Word document with this easy keyboard and mouse combination.

1. Press and hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard.

2. Then scroll your mouse wheel forward and backward to zoom in and out, respectively.
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4. Add a Horizontal Line

Easily add a horizontal line across your page, extending from the left margin to the right margin, by typing three hyphens (---) and then
pressing Enter

Removing Horizontal Line

In Word, a horizontal line is a type of border. To delete it, perform the following:

1. Place the cursor immediately above the horizontal line.

2. On the Home tab, click the arrow next to the Borders and Shading button.
3. Click No Border.

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5. Shrink One Page

As you finalize your Word document, you may find yourself with the last page looking a bit odd by it having just only a few lines of text. You
can use the Shrink One Page feature of Microsoft Word to easily have it attempt to adjust your document to include those few lines of text
without having to print that last extra page. It does this by reducing the size and spacing of your text with adversely affecting the overall
presentation of your document.

Before using this feature, we'll need to make the Shrink One Page icon accessible to us on our Quick Access Toolbar by performing this one-
time setup:

1. Click on the down arrow on the Quick Access Toolbar.

2. Select More Commands from the list of options that appears.

3. In the Word Options dialog box, from the Choose Command From drop-down list, select All Commands.
4. From the list of commands, scroll down to find and highlight Shrink One Page.
 5. Click the Add button to add the Shrink One Page option to your Quick Access Toolbar.

6. Click OK to close the dialog box.

The Shrink One Page option is now accessible through your quick access toolbar. To use this feature, simply follow these steps:

1. Highlight all the text in your Microsoft Word document (you can press CTRL + A)
 2. Then click on the Shrink One Page icon, as illustrated below.

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6. Have Word Read To You

Microsoft Word has a built-in text-to-speech feature that is able to read your document to you. You'll be able to hear it speak your text out
loud. Having Microsoft Word read aloud is a great feature for the visually-impaired. For others, this feature can be a time saving by
having Word read to you while you are working on other things.

Before using it, we'll need to make the Speak icon accessible to us on our Quick Access Toolbar by performing this one-time setup:

1. Click on the down arrow on the Quick Access Toolbar.

2. Select More Commands from the list of options that appears.

3. In the Word Options dialog box, from the Choose Command From drop-down list, select All Commands.
4. From the list of commands, scroll down to find and highlight Speak.
 5. Click the Add button to add the Speak option to your Quick Access Toolbar.

6. Click OK to close the dialog box.

The Speak option is now accessible through your quick access toolbar. To have Word speak your text, simply follow these steps:

1. Highlight the text you want Microsoft Word to read to you.

 2. Click on the Speak icon, as illustrated below.

You can stop speak at anytime by clicking on the Speak icon again.

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7. Add Random Text

At times, you may find a need to quickly add filler text into your Microsoft Word document preview your document flow or a set of document
design format. Word allows you to use one easy-to-use command to quickly populate your document with English or Latin text.

rand()
The =rand() will quickly add a few paragraphs into your document. To use, follow these steps:

1. In your document, position the Microsoft Word cursor (not your mouse cursor) where you want random text to be inserted. The
cursor needs to be at the beginning of a line. It does need to be a blank line, the cursor just needs to be at the beginning. This
command will not work if you attempt to use it within a sentence.
2. Type =rand()and press Enter. Random text is now added to your document as illustrated below.
rand(paragraphs, sentences)
The rand command allows you to customize the random text generated by specifying the number of paragraphs and the number of
sentences per paragraph to created.

For example to generate 2 paragraphs with 6 sentences each, follow these steps:

1. In your document, position the Microsoft Word cursor (not your mouse cursor) where you want random text to be inserted. The
cursor needs to be at the beginning of a line. It does need to be a blank line, the cursor just needs to be at the beginning. This
command will not work if you attempt to use it within a sentence.
2. Type =rand(2,6)and press Enter. Random text is now added to your document as illustrated below.