MS Word Shortcut Keys for Windows 10 and 11 and macOS Laptops
| Shortcuts for MS Word Functions | Windows 10, Windows 11 | Mac |
| Open New Word Doc | CTRL + N | ⌘ + N |
| Open Existing Word Doc | CTRL + O | ⌘ + O |
| Save a Word Doc | CTRL + S | ⌘ + S |
| Save As a Word Doc | F12 | ⌘ + Shift + S |
| Print a File | CTRL + P | ⌘ + P |
| Open Print Preview | CTRL + F12 | ⌘ + P |
| Close a Word Doc | CTRL + W | ⌘ + W |
| Close MS Word | ALT + F4 | ⌘ + Q |
| Close Specific Word file | CTRL + F4 | ⌘ + F4 |
| Undo | CRLT + Z | ⌘ + Z |
| Re-do | CRLT + Y | ⌘ + Y |
| Cancel | Esc | Esc |
| Move cursor one character to left | ← | ◄ |
| Move cursor one character to right | → | ► |
| Move cursor one character up | ↑ | ▲ |
| Move cursor one character down | ↓ | ▼ |
| Move cursor one word to left | Ctrll + ← | Option + ◄ |
| Move cursor one word to right | Ctrll + → | Option + ► |
| Move cursor one paragraph up | Ctrll + ↑ | ⌘ + ▲ |
| Move cursor one paragraph down | Ctrll + ↓ | ⌘ + ▼ |
| Move cursor to the end of a line | End | ⌘ + ► |
| Move cursor to the beginning of a line | Home | ⌘ + ◄ |
| Move cursor to the bottom of screen | Ctrll + End | ⌘ + Fn + ► |
| Move cursor to the top of screen | Ctrl + Home | ⌘ + Fn + ◄ |
| Scroll Up docusment by one screen | Page Up | Page Up |
| Scroll down docusment by one screen | Page Dn | Page Dn |
| Move cursor to previous insertion point | SHFT + F5 | SHFT + F5 |
| Cut select content to Clipboard | CTL + X | ⌘ + X |
| Copy select content to Clipboard | CTRL + C | ⌘ + C |
| Paste select content to Clipboard | CTRL + V | ⌘ + V |
| Paste Clipboard content with matching format | Ctrl + Shift + V | ⌘ + Option + Shift + V |
| Display the Paste Special dialog | CTRL + Shift + V | ⌘ + CTRL + V |
| Cut selected content to Spike | CTRL + F3 | ⌘ + F3 |
| Paste select content of Spike | CTRL + Shift + F3 | ⌘ + Shift + F3 |
| Insert graphics | ALT + N,M | ⌘ + CTRL + M |
| Find | CTRL + F | ⌘ + F3 |
| Insert hyperlink | CTRL + K | ⌘ + K |
| Increase Font size by one unit | CTRL + ] | ⌘ + ] |
| Decrease Font size by one unit | CTRL + [ | ⌘ + [ |
| Increase Font size | CTRL + Shift + > | ⌘ + Shift + > |
| Decrease Font size by one unit | CTRL + Shift + < | ⌘ + Shift + < |
| Bold | CTRL + B | ⌘ + B |
| Itallic | CTRL + I | ⌘ + I |
| Underscore | CTRL + U | ⌘ + U |
| Underline for words | CTRL + Shift + W | ⌘ + Shift + W |
| Strikethrough | CTRL + 5 | ⌘ + Shift + X |
| Change letter case | Shift + F3 | Fn + Shift + F3 |
| Center Align Text | CTRL + E | ⌘ + E |
| Left Align Text | CTRL + L | ⌘ + L |
| Right Align Text | CTRL + R | ⌘ + R |
| Justify Text | CTRL + J | ⌘ + J |
| Apple List Style | CTRL + Shift + L | ⌘ + Shift + L |
| Apply subscript format | CTRL + = | ⌘ + = |
| Apple supersubscript | CTRL + Shift + ‘+’ | ⌘ + Shift + = |
| All Captial Letters | CTRL + Shift + A | ⌘ + Shift + A |
| Insert a comment | ALT + C | ⌘ + Option + A |
| Insert a footnote | ALT + CTRL + F | ⌘ + Option + F |
| Insert a endnote | ALT + CTRL + D | ⌘ + Option + E |
| Insert Date Field | ALT + Shift + D | CTRL + Shift + D |
| Insert Time field | ALT + Shift + T | CTRL + Shift + T |
| Insert list field | ALT + Shift + L | CTRL + Shift + L |
| Insert copyright symbol | ALT + CTRL + C | Option + G |
| Insert Trademark symbol | ALT + CTRL + T | Option + 2 |
| Insert Line break | Shift + Return | Shift + Enter |
| Set line space to single | CTRL + 1 | ⌘ + 1 |
| Set line spacing to 1.5 | CTRL + 5 | ⌘ + 5 |
| Set double spacing for line | CTRL + 2 | ⌘ + 2 |
| Open Spellcheck | F7 | ⌘ + Option + L |
| Open Thesaurus | Shift + F7 | Fn + Shift + F7 |
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