🔹 Ctrl + N
- Action: Creates a new, blank document.
- Details: This is a quick way to open a fresh Word file without having to go through the File menu.
🔹 Ctrl + O - Action: Opens an existing document.
- Details: Brings up the “Open” dialog box, allowing you to browse your computer for a file to work on.
🔹 Ctrl + S- Action: Saves the current document.
- Details: If the document has been saved before, it saves to the same location. If it’s a new document, it prompts you to choose a file name and location.
🔹 Ctrl + P - Action: Opens the Print dialog box.
- Details: This gives you a preview of your document and allows you to adjust print settings like the number of copies, which pages to print, and more.
🔹 Ctrl + Z - Action: Undoes the last action.
- Details: A lifesaver for correcting mistakes. You can press it multiple times to undo a series of actions.
🔹 Ctrl + Y - Action: Redoes the last undone action.
- Details: The opposite of Ctrl + Z. If you accidentally undid something, this brings it back.
🔹 Ctrl + X - Action: Cuts the selected text or object.
- Details: Removes the selected content and places it on the clipboard, ready to be pasted elsewhere.
🔹 Ctrl + C - Action: Copies the selected text or object.
- Details: Leaves the original content in place while creating a copy on the clipboard.
🔹 Ctrl + V - Action: Pastes the content from the clipboard.
- Details: Inserts the last cut or copied item at the cursor’s location.
🔹 Ctrl + A - Action: Selects all content in the document.
- Details: Useful for applying formatting to the entire document or for copying and pasting everything.
🔹 Ctrl + B - Action: Applies or removes bold formatting.
- Details: Toggles bold formatting on selected text. If no text is selected, it will apply bold to the next text you type.
🔹 Ctrl + I - Action: Applies or removes italic formatting.
- Details: Toggles italic formatting on selected text.
🔹 Ctrl + U - Action: Applies or removes underline formatting.
- Details: Toggles underline formatting on selected text.
🔹 Ctrl + K - Action: Inserts a hyperlink.
- Details: Opens the “Insert Hyperlink” dialog box, where you can enter the text to display and the URL or file path to link to.
🔹 Ctrl + E - Action: Centers the selected paragraph.
- Details: Aligns the text in the middle of the page.
🔹 Ctrl + L - Action: Aligns the selected paragraph to the left.
- Details: The default alignment, where text is flush with the left margin.
🔹 Ctrl + R - Action: Aligns the selected paragraph to the right.
- Details: Aligns the text to the right margin.
🔹 Ctrl + J - Action: Justifies the selected paragraph.
- Details: Aligns the text to both the left and right margins, evenly distributing the spacing between words.
🔹 F7 - Action: Starts the Spelling and Grammar check.
- Details: Opens the Editor pane to review and correct any errors in your document.
🔹 Shift + F3 - Action: Changes the case of the selected text.
- Details: Cycles through three options: Sentence case, lowercase, and UPPERCASE.
