Even if you’re familiar with Microsoft Word, you might be surprised by the number and variety of keyboard shortcuts you can use to speed up your work, and just generally make things more convenient. Now, does anyone expect you to memorize all these keyboard combos? Of course not! Everyone’s needs are different, so some will be more useful to you than others. And even if you just pick up a few new tricks, it’s worth it. We’ve also tried to keep the list clean and simple, so go ahead and print it that helps!

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Also, even though our list of shortcuts here is pretty long, it’s by no means a complete list of every keyboard combo available in Word. We’ve tried to keep it to the more generally useful shortcuts. And, you’ll be happy to know that almost all of these shortcuts have been around for a long time, so they should be useful no matter what version of Word you’re using. General Program Shortcuts There are many general program shortcuts in Microsoft Word that make it easier for you to do everything from save your document to undo a mistake.

Frequently Used Shortcuts ⌘+ Z or Ctrl+ Z Undo the last action ⌘+ X or Ctrl+ X Cut selected text or graphics ⌘+ C or Ctrl+ C Copy selected text or graphics to the Clipboard ⌘+ V or Ctrl+ V Paste the Clipboard contents Option+ ⌘+ G Choose the Go To command (Edit menu) Option+ ⌘+ L Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog box F8 Extend a selection ⌘+ ` (Grave accent) Go to the next window ⌘+ Shift+ S Choose the Save As command (File menu).