Word ’97 Complete Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut

Use

F1

Help for the current action

F2

Move the selected text to the designated area

F3

Change the name of the automatic text value to the content of the value

F4

Redo the last action

F5

Jump to the specified place in the active document

F6

Move to the next pane

F7

Do grammar proofing of the current document

F8

Activate Selection Expansion mode with the arrows

F9

Update the selected Fields

F10

Go to Menu Mode – make main menu active for arrow use

F11

Go to the next Field

F12

Save as - Save a copy of the Document under a new name

Home

Go to the start of the line

End

Go to the end of the line

Ctrl-A

Select the whole document

Ctrl-B

Toggle the selected are between Bold and Normal

Ctrl-C

Copy the selected area to the Clip-board

Ctrl-D

Change the selected text’s font attributes (font, size, effects, etc.)

Ctrl-E

Center the Paragraph

Ctrl-F

Search for the selected text or style

Ctrl-G

Jump to the specified place in the active document

Ctrl-H

Search for the selected text or style, and replace them

Ctrl-I

Toggle text between Italic and Normal

Ctrl-J

Justify the current paragraph

Ctrl-K

Insert Hyper-link

Ctrl-L

Align Paragraph to the left

Ctrl-M

Move the indentation to the next tab stop

Ctrl-N

New File or Template

Ctrl-O

Open an existing File or Template

Ctrl-P

Print the active document

Ctrl-Q

Reset the selected paragraph’s format the applied style’s format

Ctrl-R

Align the Paragraph to the Right

Ctrl-S

Save active document of Template

Ctrl-T

Increase the Hanging Ident’s size

Ctrl-U

Toggle the selected text between Underline and normal

Ctrl-V

Add the Clip-board content in the entry point

Ctrl-W

Save the active document, and then close it

Ctrl-X

Cut the selected are to the Clip-Board

Ctrl-Y

Redo the last action

Ctrl-Z

Undo the last action

Ctrl-0

Add / Remove an extra empty line before the current paragraph

Ctrl-1

Define line spacing to Single

Ctrl-2

Define line spacing to Double

Ctrl-3

Lock the chosen fields to prevent updates

Ctrl-4

Unlock the selected fields for update

Ctrl-5

Define line spacing to 1.5

Ctrl-6

Unlink Fields, and replace their content with their current values

Ctrl--

Insert and Optional Dash

Ctrl-=

Toggle the selected text between Subscript and normal

Ctrl-[

Decrease the selected text’s font size by one point

Ctrl-]

Increase the font size of the selected text by one point

Ctrl-;

Unassigned

Ctrl-‘

Unassigned

Ctrl-,

Unassigned

Ctrl-.

Unassigned

Ctrl-/

Unassigned

Ctrl-\

Move between Hyperlinks and Sub-Documents (In Master-Document Mode)

Ctrl-F1

Unassigned

Ctrl-F2

Preview Printed document

Ctrl-F3

Delete the selected area, and add it to the Spike Automatic text value

Ctrl-F4

Save the active document, and then close it

Ctrl-F5

Resize document window to normal size

Ctrl-F6

Move to the next document

Ctrl-F7

Change the active document’s location

Ctrl-F8

Change the active document’s size

Ctrl-F9

Insert a field with the field characters that surround it

Ctrl-F10

Maximize the current document

Ctrl-F11

Lock the chosen fields to prevent updates

Ctrl-F12

Open an existing File or Template

Ctrl-Space

Make the selected area’s text format the applied style’s default

Ctrl-Enter

Insert a Page Break at the entry point

Ctrl-Ins

Copy the selected area to the Clip-board

Ctrl-Delete

Delete one word (forward)

Ctrl-Backspace

Delete one word (backwards)

Ctrl-Num -

Medium Dash (–)

Ctrl-Num 5

Select the whole document

Ctrl-PageDown

Jump to the next Object

Ctrl-PageUp

Jump to the previous Object

Ctrl-Home

Go to the start of the document

Ctrl-End

Go to the end of the document

Ctrl-Up

Jump to the previous paragraph

Ctrl-Down

Jump to the next paragraph

Ctrl-Left

Jump to the next word on the left

Ctrl-Right

Jump to the next word on the right

Ctrl-Shift-A

Toggle the selected area between All-Caps and Normal

Ctrl-Shift-B

Toggle the selected are between Bold and Normal

Ctrl-Shift-C

Copy the selected area’s format to the designated location

Ctrl-Shift-D

Toggle Double Underline in the selected text

Ctrl-Shift-E

Start or Stop revisions tracking for the current document

Ctrl-Shift-F

Change the selected text’s font

Ctrl-Shift-G

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-H

Toggle text between Hidden and Normal

Ctrl-Shift-I

Toggle text between Italic and Normal

Ctrl-Shift-J

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-K

Toggle the selected text between Small-Caps and Normal

Ctrl-Shift-L

Apply the List Bullet style to the selected text

Ctrl-Shift-M

Move the Indentation to the next tab stop.

Ctrl-Shift-N

Apply the Normal Style on the selected text

Ctrl-Shift-O

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-P

Change the selected text’s font size

Ctrl-Shift-Q

Apply the Symbol font on the selected text

Ctrl-Shift-R

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-S

Apply an existing style, or define style according to text

Ctrl-Shift-T

Decrease the size of the hanging indentation

Ctrl-Shift-U

Toggle the selected text between Underline and normal

Ctrl-Shift-V

Invoke the previously copied format on the selected area

Ctrl-Shift-W

Toggle the selected text between Underline and normal (for words – not spaces)

Ctrl-Shift-X

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-Y

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-Z

Reset the selected text’s format to the applied style’s format

Ctrl-Shift-8

Toggle show unprinted characters

Ctrl-Shift-9

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift--

Insert a permanent dash

Ctrl-Shift-=

Toggle the selected text between Superscript and normal

Ctrl-Shift-,

Increase the font size of the selected text

Ctrl-Shift-.

Decrease the selected text’s font size

Ctrl-Shift-F3

Empty the automatic text value Spike, and add it’s content to the document

Ctrl-Shift-F4

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-F5

Give the selected area a name (A Bookmark)

Ctrl-Shift-F6

Move to the previous Document

Ctrl-Shift-F7

Update the source document with changes made in the linked document

Ctrl-Shift-F8

Choose a column of text as one block

Ctrl-Shift-F9

Unlink Fields, and replace their content with their current values

Ctrl-Shift-F10

Unassigned

Ctrl-Shift-F11

Unlock the selected fields for update

Ctrl-Shift-F12

Print the active document

Ctrl-Shift-Enter

Insert a new column at the entry point

Ctrl-Shift-Space

Solid Space

Ctrl-Shift-Home

Extend the selection to include the first line of the document

Ctrl-Shift-End

Extend the selection to include the last line of the document

Ctrl-Shift-Up

Extend the selection to include the previous text screen

Ctrl-Shift-Down

Extend the selection to include the next text screen

Ctrl-Shift-Left

Extend the selection to include the previous word

Ctrl-Shift-Right

Extend the selection to include the next word

Shift-F1

Help for an object on the screen, or text attributes information

Shift-F2

Create a copy of the selected text in the designated area

Shift-F3

Toggle between All-Caps, all small and normal caps

Shift-F4

Repeat the commands Go to or Search to find the next match

Shift-F5

Go back to the last entry point

Shift-F6

Move to the next pane

Shift-F7

Use the Thesaurus on the selected word

Shift-F8

Decrease the selected area’s size to the next smaller unit

Shift-F9

Toggle field display for the selected area

Shift-F10

Unassigned

Shift-F11

Move to the previous field

Shift-F12

Save active document of Template

Shift-Delete

Cut the selected are to the Clip-Board

Shift-Ins

Add the Clip-board content in the entry point

Alt-F1

Move to the next filed

Alt-F3

Add a new automatic text value to the current template

Alt-F4

Exit Word + Save unsaved documents

Alt-F5

Resize window to normal size

Alt-F6

Move to the next document

Alt-F7

Search for the next spelling mistake

Alt-F8

Start, create, erase or repair Macro

Alt-F9

Toggle View Field Codes

Alt-F10

Maximize window

Alt-F11

Display the Visual Basic editing environment

Alt-Space

Open the window control box

Alt-Enter

Redo the last action

Alt-Backspace

Undo the last action

Alt-Num 5

Select the entire table

Alt-PageDown

Move to the last cell in the current column

Alt-PageUp

Move to the first cell in the current column

Alt-Home

Move to the first cell in the current row

Alt-End

Move to the last cell in the current row

Alt-Up

Move to the previous object

Alt-Down

Move to the next object

Alt-Left

Go one hyperlink backwards

Alt-Right

Go one hyperlink forward

Alt-Ctrl-C

Copyright Symbol (©)

Alt-Ctrl-E

Insert an Endnote reference at the entry point

Alt-Ctrl-F

Insert a Footnote reference at the entry point

Alt-Ctrl-I

Preview Printed document

Alt-Ctrl-K

Automatically format the document

Alt-Ctrl-L

Insert a ListNum field

Alt-Ctrl-M

Insert Annotation (Remark) at the entry point

Alt-Ctrl-N

Change view to Normal View

Alt-Ctrl-O

Change view to Outline View

Alt-Ctrl-P

Change view to Page View

Alt-Ctrl-Q

Unassigned

Alt-Ctrl-R

Registered Trademark (®)

Alt-Ctrl-S

Horizontally split the active window, and adjust the split location

Alt-Ctrl-T

Trade Mark (™)

Alt-Ctrl-U

Reset the current table format to the applied table format

Alt-Ctrl-V

Change the name of the automatic text value to the content of the value

Alt-Ctrl-V

Repeat the commands Go to or Search to find the next match

Alt-Ctrl-Y

Repeat Find

Alt-Ctrl-Z

Go back to the last entry point

Alt-Ctrl-1

Apply Heading 1 to the selected text

Alt-Ctrl-2

Apply Heading 2 to the selected text

Alt-Ctrl-3

Apply Heading 3 to the selected text

Alt-Ctrl--

A shortcut to customize menu shortcuts

Alt-Ctrl-=

A shortcut to customize menu shortcuts

Alt-Ctrl-.

Three dots (…)

Alt-Ctrl-F1

Activate the Microsoft System Application

Alt-Ctrl-F2

Open an existing File or Template

Alt-Ctrl-Delete

The three finger salute

Alt-Ctrl-PageDown

Move to the last line on the screen

Alt-Ctrl-PageUp

Move to the first line on the screen

Alt-Ctrl-Home

Select the Previous / next object

Alt-Ctrl-Num -

Long Dash (—)

Alt-Shift-A

Show all heading levels and the text itself (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-D

Insert a date field at the entry point

Alt-Shift-E

Open a source for mail merge

Alt-Shift-F

Add a mail merge field at the entry point

Alt-Shift-K

Check Mail merge for mistakes

Alt-Shift-L

Toggle Whole Paragraph / First Line View (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-M

Collect the mail merge results to the printer

Alt-Shift-N

Collect the mail merge results into a document

Alt-Shift-O

Mark a text you wish to include in the Table of Contents

Alt-Shift-P

Insert a Page Number field at the entry point

Alt-Shift-R

Link the Header and Footer to the previous section

Alt-Shift-T

Insert a Current Time field at the entry point

Alt-Shift-U

Update the selected Fields

Alt-Shift-X

Mark a text you wish to include in the Index

Alt-Shift-X

Close the active pane (window)

Alt-Shift-1

Show Heading 1 only

Alt-Shift-2

Show the levels 1 to 3 only

Alt-Shift-3

Show the levels 1 to 4 only

Alt-Shift-4

Show the levels 1 to 5 only

Alt-Shift-5

Show the levels 1 to 7 only

Alt-Shift-6

Show the levels 1 to 9 only

Alt-Shift-7

Show the levels 1 to 8 only

Alt-Shift-8

Show the levels 1 to 2 only

Alt-Shift-9

Show the levels 1 to 6 only

Alt-Shift--

Hide the lowest subtext in the selected area (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-=

Show the next level of sub-text in the selected area (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-F1

Move to the Previous Field

Alt-Shift-F2

Save active document of Template

Alt-Shift-F6

Move to the previous Document

Alt-Shift-F9

Do the action assigned to the buttons fields

Alt-Shift-Space

Open the command box for the window

Alt-Shift-Backspace

Repeat the last action that was canceled

Alt-Shift-Num 5

Apply the Normal Style on the selected text

Alt-Shift-PageDown

Move to the last cell in the current column

Alt-Shift-PageUp

Move to the first cell in the current column

Alt-Shift-Home

Move to the first cell in the current row

Alt-Shift-End

Move to the last cell in the current row

Alt-Shift-Up

Move selected area to above next item in the heading hierarchy (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-Down

Move selected area to under next item in the heading hierarchy (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-Left

Move selected area one level in the heading hierarchy (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-Right

Un-Indent the selected paragraph by one heading level (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-Num -

Hide the lowest subtext in the selected area (Outline View)

Alt-Shift-Num +

Show the next level of sub-text in the selected area (Outline View)

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