Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys and Description
Shortcut Keys Description
Win + R Run
Win + E My Computer
Win + D Desktop
Win + F , (F3) Search
Win + L Log Off
Win + F1 Help
Win + PAUSE BREAK System Properties
Alt + SPACE + R Restore
Alt + SPACE + N Minimize
Alt + SPACE + X Maximize
Alt + SPACE + C Close
Alt + SPACE + M Move
Alt + SPACE + S Size
Alt + F4 Close
Esc Cancel
F5 Refresh
Shift + Delete Delete without moving Recycle Bin
F2 Rename the selected item
Alt + Enter Display properties for the selected item
Alt + F4 Exit the active program
Shift + F10 Display the right-click menu for the selected item
Microsoft Word Shortcut Keys and Description
Shortcut Keys Description
CTRL + A Select All
CTRL + B Selected Text Bold
CTRL + C Selected Text Copy
CTRL + D Open Font Dialog box
CTRL + E Center Alignment
CTRL + F Find
CTRL + G Go to
CTRL + H Replace
CTRL + I Selected Text Italic
CTRL + J Justify Alignment
CTRL + K Insert Hyperlink
CTRL + L Left Alignment
CTRL + M Left Indent the Hanging
CTRL + N Blank New Document
CTRL + O Open
CTRL + P Print
CTRL + R Right Alignment
CTRL + S Save
CTRL + T Paragraphs Hanging Indent
CTRL + U Underline
CTRL + V Paste
CTRL + W (Ctrl+F4) Close The Window
CTRL + X Cut
CTRL + Y Redo
CTRL + Z Undo
CTRL + 1 Single Line Space
CTRL + 2 Double Line Space
CTRL + 5 1.5 Line Space
Microsoft Word
F1 Help
F4 Repeat the last action
F5 Find , Replace, Go to
F7 Spelling and Grammar
F12 Save As
Ctrl + Shift + A UPPER CASE
Ctrl + Shift + K lower case
Ctrl + Shift + C Copy formatting only
Ctrl + Shift + V Paste formatting only
Ctrl + Shift + N Clear All Formatting
Ctrl + Space Clear All Formatting
Ctrl + Shift + G Word Count
Ctrl + Shift + W Underline words but not spaces
Ctrl + Shift + D Double-underline
Ctrl + Shift + H Hidden text formatting
Ctrl + Shift + T Reduce a left hanging indent
CTRL + Shift + L Quickly create a bullet point
CTRL + Shift + F Quickly changed the font
CTRL + Shift + P Quickly changed the font size
CTRL + Shift + > Increase font size 2pt (Up to 12pt)
CTRL + Shift + < Decrease font size 2pt (Up to 12pt)
CTRL + ] Increase font 1pt
CTRL + [ Decrease font 1pt
CTRL + Home Cursor to the beginning of the document
CTRL + End Cursor to the End of the document
CTRL + Backspace To delete the word to the Left of the cursor
CTRL + Delete To delete the word to the Right of the cursor
Microsoft Word
Alt + Ctrl + I (Ctrl+F2) Print preview
Alt + Ctrl + M Insert a comment
Alt + Ctrl + N Switch to Draft (Normal) view
Alt + Ctrl + V Paste special
Alt + Ctrl + Z Switch between the last four places that you have edited
Alt + Shift + D Insert current date
Alt + Shift + T Inert current time
Ctrl + F10 Maximize and Restore program window
Ctrl + Shift + = Superscript
Ctrl + = Subscript
Keyboard Symbol
+ Plus " Double Quote
- Minus & Ampersand
* Asterisk # Hash
/ Slash $ Dollar
\ Back slash ^ Caret
% Percent < Lesser than
| Vertical bar > Greater than
~ Tilde = Equal to
? Question mark ( Open Parenthesis
! Exclamation mark ) Close Parenthesis
, Comma [ Open bracket
. Full stop ] Close bracket
; Semicolon { Open Set bracket
: Colon } Close Set bracket
' Apostrophe _ Underscore
Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys and Description
Shortcut Keys Description
CTRL + D Fill down
CTRL + R Fill to the right
F2 Edit the active cell
CTRL + F3 Define a name
CTRL + 1 Format Cells Dialog box
CTRL + F5 Restore the active workbook window
CTRL + F6 Switch to the next workbook window
CTRL + F9 Minimize the workbook
CTRL + F10 Maximize or restore the workbook
SHIFT + ENTER Move up in the selection
ALT + ENTER Start a new line in the same cell
SHIFT + F2 Edit a cell comment
CTRL + ; Insert current date
CTRL + SHIFT + ; Inert current time
Ctrl + Space Select the entire column
Shift + Space Select the entire row
Ctrl + Shift + Space Select the entire worksheet
Ctrl + - Delete the selected cells
Ctrl + Shift + ~ Apply the General number format
Ctrl + Shift + $ Apply to the Currency format
Ctrl + Shift + % Apply to the Percentage format
Ctrl + Shift + ^ Exponential number format
Ctrl + Shift + # Apply the Date format
Ctrl + Shift + @ Apply the Time format
Ctrl + 9 Hide the selected rows
Ctrl + 0 Hide the selected columns
Ctrl + Shift + ( Unhide any hidden rows
Ctrl + Shift + ) Unhide any hidden columns
Ctrl + Shift + & Apply the outline border
Ctrl + Shift + _ Remove the outline border
