Word 2007 Keyboard Shortcuts

Using Word 2007 Keyboard Shortcuts will help us to use keyboard efficiently when we are typing. Nothing slows down a typing session like having to constantly move our hand over to the mouse to navigate a document, select an object, or run a command. Not only slows us down, it is also dangerous. There many keyboard shortcut for Word 2007. In this post, I have listed those shortcuts.

Navigating a Document

Ctrl+Right arrow	Move to the next word.
Ctrl+Left arrow	Move to the previous word.
End	Move to the end of the current line.
Home	Move to the start of the current line.
Ctrl+Down arrow	Move to the start of the next paragraph.
Ctrl+Up arrow	Move to the start of the previous paragraph.
Ctrl+Alt+Page Down	Move to the end of the window.
Ctrl+Alt+Page Up	Move to the start of the window.
Ctrl+End	Move to the end of the document.
Ctrl+Home	Move to the start of the document.
Ctrl+Alt+Home	Display the Browse by Object window.
Ctrl+Page Down	Move to the next object (based on your selection in the Browse by Object window).
Ctrl+Page Up	Move to the previous object (based on your selection in the Browse by Object window).
Shift+F5 or Ctrl+Alt+Z	Cycle through the four most recently edited locations in the current document.
Ctrl+Shift+F5	Open the Bookmark dialog box.

Selecting Text

Shift+navigation key	Move the cursor as dictated by the navigation key (see “Navigating a Document,” above) and also extend the current selection to that point.
Ctrl+A	Select the entire document.
F8	Expand the selection to the current word, sentence, paragraph, and then document.
Shift+F8	Collapse the selection to the current paragraph, sentence, and then word.
F8, character	Expand the selection from the current cursor position to the next instance of character (this is case-sensitive).
Esc	Exit Extend mode (which is activated by pressing F8 or Shift+F8).

Editing Text

Ctrl+Backspace	Delete from the current cursor position to the beginning of the word.
Ctrl+Delete	Delete from the current cursor position to the end of the word.
Shift+Home, Delete	Delete from the current cursor position to the beginning of the line.
Shift+End, Delete	Delete from the current cursor position to the end of the line.
Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow, Delete	Delete from the current cursor position to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow, Delete	Delete from the current cursor position to the beginning of the paragraph.
Alt+Shift+Down arrow	Move the current paragraph down by one paragraph.
Alt+Shift+Up arrow	Move the current paragraph up by one paragraph.
F2	Move the selected text (place the cursor in the new position, and then press Enter).
Shift+F2	Copy the selected text (place the cursor in the new position, and then press Enter).
Ctrl+Alt+Y	Repeat the most recent Find.
Ctrl+G or F5	Open the Find and Replace dialog box with the Go To tab displayed.
Alt+F3	Open the Create New Building Block dialog box.
Ctrl+F3	Cut the selected text to the Spike.
Ctrl+Shift+F3	Paste the text that has been cut to the Spike.
Ctrl+Alt+M	Insert a comment.
Ctrl+Shift+E	Toggle Track Changes on and off.
Alt+Shift+C	Close the Reviewing Pane.
Alt+Shift+I	Mark the selected text as a citation.
Alt+Shift+O	Mark the selected text as a table of contents entry.
Alt+Shift+X	Mark the selected text as an index entry.
Alt+Ctrl+F	Insert a footnote for the selected text.
Alt+Ctrl+D	Insert an endnote for the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+G	Open the Word Count dialog box.

Formatting Text

Shift+F1	Display the Reveal Formatting pane.
Shift+F3	Cycle the case of the current word or selection through UPPERCASE, lowercase, and Title Case.
Ctrl+Shift+A	Apply uppercase to the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+D	Apply double underline to the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+H	Apply Hidden formatting to the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+K	Apply small caps to the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+W	Underline each word in the selected text.
Ctrl+=	Apply subscript to the selected text.
Ctrl++	Apply superscript to the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+Q	Apply the Symbol font to the selected text.
Ctrl+>	Apply the next highest font size to the selected text.
Ctrl+]	Grow the font size of the selected text by one point.
Ctrl+<	Apply the next lowest font size to the selected text.
Ctrl+[	Shrink the font size of the selected text by one point.
Ctrl+D or Ctrl+Shift+F	Display the Font dialog box with Font selected.
Ctrl+Shift+P	Display the Font dialog box with Size selected.
Ctrl+Shift+N	Apply the Normal style to the selected text.
Alt+Ctrl+1	Apply the Heading 1 style to the selected text.
Alt+Ctrl+2	Apply the Heading 2 style to the selected text.
Alt+Ctrl+3	Apply the Heading 3 style to the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+S	Display the Apply Styles task pane.
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S	Display the Styles task pane.
Ctrl+L	Apply Align Left to the selected text.
Ctrl+E	Apply Center to the selected text.
Ctrl+R	Apply Align Right to the selected text.
Ctrl+J	Apply Justify to the selected text.
Ctrl+T	Increase the hanging indent of the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+T	Decrease the hanging indent of the selected text.
Ctrl+M	Increase the indent of the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+M	Decrease the indent of the selected text.
Ctrl+Shift+L	Apply bullets to the selected text.
Ctrl+0	Add or remove one line space prior to the current paragraph.
Ctrl+1	Set the paragraph line spacing to 1 for the selected text.
Ctrl+5	Set the paragraph line spacing to 1.5 for the selected text.
Ctrl+2	Set the paragraph line spacing to 2 for the selected text.
Ctrl+*	Show/Hide ¶ (formatting symbols).
Ctrl+Space or Ctrl+Shift+Z	Clear the character formatting of the selected text.
Ctrl+Q	Clear the paragraph formatting of the selected text.

Creating Borders

---+Enter	Create a thin border.
___+Enter	Create a thick border.
===+Enter	Create a double border.
###+Enter	Create a triple border (two thin, one thick).
~~~+Enter	Create a wavy border.
***+Enter	Create a dotted border.

Inserting Symbols

Shift+Enter	Insert a line break.
Ctrl+Enter	Insert a page break.
Ctrl+Shift+Enter	Insert a column break.
Ctrl+Alt+- (numeric keypad)	Insert an em dash (—).
Ctrl+- (numeric keypad)	Insert an en dash (–).
Ctrl+-	Insert an optional hyphen.
Ctrl+Shift+-	Insert a nonbreaking hyphen.
Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar	Insert a nonbreaking space.
Ctrl+Alt+C	Insert a copyright symbol (©).
Ctrl+Alt+E	Insert a euro symbol (€).
Ctrl+Alt+R	Insert a registered trademark symbol (®).
Ctrl+Alt+T	Insert a trademark symbol (™).
Ctrl+Alt+.	(period) Insert an ellipsis (…).
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+?	Insert an inverted question mark (¿).
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+!	Insert an inverted exclamation point (¡).
Ctrl+`,`	Insert a single opening quotation mark.
Ctrl+’,’	Insert a single closing quotation mark.
Ctrl+`,Shift+`	Insert a double opening quotation mark.
Ctrl+’, Shift+’	Insert a double closing quotation mark.
Ctrl+/, C	Insert a cents sign (¢).
Ctrl+@, Spacebar	Insert a degrees symbol (°).

Changing the View

Ctrl+Alt+N	Switch to Draft view.
Ctrl+Alt+O	Switch to Outline view.
Ctrl+Alt+P	Switch to Print Layout view.
Ctrl+Alt+I	Switch between the current view and Print Preview.
Ctrl+Alt+S	Display the split bar for the current document window (use the up and down arrow keys to position the split bar and then press Enter).
Alt+Shift+C	Remove the split bar from the current document.

Working in Outline View

Alt+Shift+Left arrow	Promote the current paragraph.
Alt+Shift+Right arrow	Demote the current paragraph.
Ctrl+Shift+N	Demote the current paragraph to body text.
Alt+Shift+Up arrow	Move the selected text up.
Alt+Shift+Down arrow	Move the selected text down.
Alt+Shift+Plus sign	Expand the text under a heading.
Alt+Shift+Minus sign	Collapse the text under a heading.
Alt+Shift+A	Expand or collapse all text or headings.
/ (numeric keypad)	Hide or display character formatting.
Alt+Shift+L	Show the first line of body text or all body text.
Alt+Shift+1	Show all headings with the Heading 1 style.
Alt+Shift+n	Show all headings up to Heading n.
Ctrl+Tab	Insert a tab character.

Working with Fields

Alt+Shift+D	Insert a DATE field.
Alt+Shift+P	Insert a PAGE field.
Alt+Shift+T	Insert a TIME field.
Ctrl+Alt+L	Insert a LISTNUM field.
F9	Update the selected field or fields.
Ctrl+F9	Begin a new field.
Shift+F9	Display the code for the selected field.
Alt+F9	Display the codes for all the document’s fields.