Have you ever observed a person try to edit a word document and they just go about the slow and old-fashioned way of doing basic functions like copying and pasting a phrase or sentence?… and you just feel like fast forwarding them? LOL…Well, I personally know how boring and time consuming that can be! But hey, you can’t blame them you know. Perhaps they have no idea that Microsoft Word has loads of time saving shortcuts that can make one’s life easier and upgrade your typing efficiency. And that’s why we’re sharing this post with you, so you can learn a thing or two and share with those you care about too.
So here are time saving Microsoft Shortcuts you should start using today to save yourself some time and upgrade your work efficiency! Let’s start!!
| Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|
| Ctrl+0 | Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. |
| Ctrl+A | Select all contents of the page. |
| Ctrl+B | Bold highlighted text |
| Ctrl+C | Copy highlighted text |
| Ctrl+D | Open the font preferences window |
| Ctrl+E | Aligns the line of selected text to the center the screen |
| Ctrl+F | Open find box |
| Ctrl+G | Find and Replace |
| Ctrl+I | Italic highlighted selection |
| Ctrl+J | Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen |
| Ctrl+K | Insert a hyperlink |
| Ctrl+L | Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen |
| Ctrl+M | Indent the paragraph |
| Ctrl+N | Opens new, blank document window |
| Ctrl+O | Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open. |
| Ctrl+P | Open the print window. |
| Ctrl+R | Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. |
| Ctrl+S | Save the open document. Like Shift+F12. |
| Alt, F, A | Save the document under a different file name. |
| Ctrl+T | Create a hanging indent |
| Ctrl+U | Underline the selected text. |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| Ctrl+W | Close the currently open document |
| Ctrl+X | Cut selected text |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo the last action performed. |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo last action. |
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