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Don’t remember all of those Word keyboard shortcuts you learned in your last class? No problem! Here are some of the most popular shortcuts for you to use.
While many of these shortcuts will work for all versions of Word, these have been prepared using Word 2003 so if you have an earlier version of the program some of the actions may or may not be applicable.
Word 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Action |
Shortcut Key |
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| Select an entire word | Double-click anywhere in the word | |
| Select an entire sentence | Press Ctrl while clicking anywhere in the sentence | |
| Select an entire paragraph | Triple-click anywhere in the paragraph | |
| Move to the beginning of the current word | Ctrl + Left arrow | |
| Move to the beginning of the next word | Ctrl + Right arrow | |
| Move to the beginning of the next paragraph | Ctrl + Down arrow | |
| Indent a paragraph | Ctrl + M | |
| Remove an indent | Ctrl + Shift + M | |
| Hanging indent | Ctrl + T | |
| Remove a hanging indent | Ctrl + Shift + T | |
| Center a parapgraph | Ctrl + E | |
| Left-align a paragraph | Ctrl + L | |
| Right-align a paragraph | Ctrl + R | |
| Justify a paragraph | Ctrl + J | |
| Create a non-breaking space | Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar | |
| Create a page break | Ctrl + Enter | |
| Create a line break | Shift + Enter | |
| Remove all Formating | Ctrl + Shift + N | |
| Open the page setup dialog box | Double-click the ruler margin | |
| Open the paragraph dialog box | Double-click an indent marker | |
| Open the tab dialog box | Double-click a tab marker | |
| Insert the current date | Alt + Shift + D | |
| Insert the current time | Alt + Shift + T | |
| Set single-space line spacing | Ctrl + 1 | |
| Set double-space line spacing | Ctrl + 2 | |
| Set 1.5-line spacing | Ctrl + 5 | |
| Open the macros dialog box | Alt + F8 | |
| Open the thesaurus | Shift + F7 | |
| Open the word count dialog box | Ctrl + Shift + G | |
| Recalculate the workd count on the word count toolbar | Alt + C |