Keyboard Shortcuts in Word and PowerPoint

Pam — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:07:04 +0000

There are lots of keyboard shortcuts that may speed up your productivity, and here is a list of some of the most useful ones. Most of these work in any program, but they all work in Word and PowerPoint. You might want to print out a copy and keep it by your computer as a cheat sheet!

Control Z – undo (Office programs will let you go backwards numerous levels, but some kids’ programs will only undo the last action.)

Control Y – redo (This will undo the “undo”)

Control A – Select All

Control S – Save

Control X – Cut

Control C – Copy

Control V – Paste

Control P – Print

Control drag to duplicate in Word (control D in Powerpoint)

Control + Shift + > to increase size of selected text

Control + Shift + < to decrease size of selected text

Control + E to center text

Control + R to right-align text

Control + L to left-align text

Control N – create new document

Control O – open

Control W – close document but not exit program

Control F – find specific word(s) in the text

Control B – Bold

Control I – Italics

Control U – Underline

Shift F3 – Change case (toggles from lower to upper to title case)

Control End – Go to End of Document

Control Home – Go to Beginning of Document

I hope this saves you some time!

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Keyboard Shortcuts in Word and PowerPoint