Microsoft Word 2019 keyboard shortcuts 

Microsoft Word 2019    

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2
Alt + F

To use Backstage view, open the File page

-2
Alt + G

To use themes, colors, and effects, such as page borders, open the Design tab

5
Alt + H

To use common formatting commands, paragraph styles, or to use the Find tool, open Home tab

-1
Alt + M

To manage Mail Merge tasks, or to work with envelopes and labels, open Mailings tab

5
Alt + N

To insert tables, pictures and shapes, headers, or text boxes, open Insert tab

0
Alt + P

To work with page margins, page orientation, indentation, and spacing, open Layout tab.

-2
Alt + Q

To type a search term for Help content, open "Tell me" box on ribbon

3
Alt + R

To use Spell Check, set proofing languages, or to track and review changes to your document, open the Review tab

0
Alt + S

To add a table of contents, footnotes, or a table of citations, open the References tab

3
Alt + W

To choose a document view or mode, such as Read Mode or Outline view, open the View tab You can also set Zoom magnification and manage multiple windows of documents

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1
Alt

Select the active tab of the ribbon and activate the access keys

-1
or F10
2
Tab

Move the focus to commands on the ribbon

-1
or ↑  Shift + Tab
0
Tab

Move the focus to each command on the ribbon, forward or backward, respectively

0
or ↑  Shift + Tab
1

Move down, up, left, or right among the items on the ribbon

3
Ctrl + F1

Expand or collapse the ribbon.

4
↑  Shift + F10

Display the shortcut menu for a selected item.

0
F6

Move the focus to a different pane of the window, such as the Format Picture pane, the Grammar pane, or the Selection pane

0
Space

Activate a selected command or control on the ribbon

0
or ⤶ Enter
0
Space

Open a selected menu or gallery on the ribbon

-1
or ⤶ Enter
0
⤶ Enter

Finish modifying a value in a control on the ribbon, and move focus back to the document

0
Ctrl + Alt + 5 then Tab

Cycle through floating shapes, such as text boxes or images (press Tab repeatedly)

-1
Esc

Exit the floating shape navigation and return to the normal navigation.

0
Ctrl + N

Create a new document

1
Ctrl + O

Open a document

2
Ctrl + W

Close a document

1
Alt + Ctrl + S

Split the document window

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + C

Remove the document window split

2
or Alt + Ctrl + S
0
Ctrl + S

Save a document

0
Ctrl + K

Insert a hyperlink

0
Alt +

Go back one page

0
Alt +

Go forward one page

-2
F9

Refresh.

0
Ctrl + P

Print a document

0
Alt + Ctrl + I

Switch to print preview

0

Move around the preview page when zoomed in

0
Page Up

Move by one preview page when zoomed out

0
or Page Down
1
Ctrl + Home

Move to the first preview page when zoomed out

-1
Ctrl + End

Move to the last preview page when zoomed out

1
Alt + R then C

Insert a comment (in the Revision task pane)

-2
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + E

Turn change tracking on or off

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + C

Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open.

0
Alt + R then

Select Review tab on ribbon

0
Alt + R then S

Select Spelling & Grammar

0
Ctrl + F

Open the search box in the Navigation task pane

1
Ctrl + H

Replace text, specific formatting, and special item.

-2
Ctrl + G

Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location

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1
Alt + Ctrl + Z

Switch between the last four places that you have edited

0

One character to the left

0

One character to the right

2
Ctrl +

One word to the left

-2
Ctrl +

One word to the right

0
Ctrl +

One paragraph up

-1
Ctrl +

One paragraph down

0
↑  Shift + Tab

One cell to the left (in a table)

0
Tab

One cell to the right (in a table)

0

Up one line

0

Down one line

1
End

To the end of a line

0
Home

To the beginning of a line

1
Alt + Ctrl + Page Up

To the top of the window

0
Alt + Ctrl + Page Down

To the end of the window

0
Page Up

Up one screen (scrolling)

0
Page Down

Down one screen (scrolling)

0
Ctrl + Page Down

To the top of the next page

0
Ctrl + Page Up

To the top of the previous page

0
Ctrl + End

To the end of a document

1
Ctrl + Home

To the beginning of a document

1
↑  Shift + F5

To a previous revision

0
↑  Shift + F5

After opening a document, to the location you were working in when the document was last closed

2
Alt + ↑  Shift + O

Mark a table of contents entry

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + I

Mark a table of authorities entry (citation).

1
Alt + ↑  Shift + X

Mark an index entry

1
Alt + Ctrl + F

Insert a footnote

0
Alt + Ctrl + D

Insert an endnote

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + >

Go to next footnote (in Word 2016)

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + <

Go to previous footnote (in Word 2016)

1
Alt + Q

Go to "Tell me what you want to do" and Smart Lookup (in Word 2016)

0
Alt + W then F

Switch to Read Mode view

0
Alt + Ctrl + P

Switch to Print Layout view

2
Alt + Ctrl + O

Switch to Outline view

2
Alt + Ctrl + N

Switch to Draft view

These shortcuts only apply if a document is in Outline view.
1
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Promote a paragraph

1
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Demote a paragraph.

1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + N

Demote to body text

0
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Move selected paragraphs up

0
Alt + ↑  Shift +

Move selected paragraphs down

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + +

Expand text under a heading

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + -

Collapse text under a heading

-1
Alt + ↑  Shift + A

Expand or collapse all text or headings

0
/

Hide or display character formatting

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + L

Show the first line of text or all text

1
Alt + ↑  Shift + 1

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style

0
Alt + ↑  Shift + Num 1 - Num 9

Show all headings up to Heading 1-9.

1
Ctrl + Tab

Insert a tab character

0
Home

Go to beginning of document

0
End

Go to end of document.

0
1 - 9

Go to page 1-9

0
Esc

Exit Read mode

0
F8

Turn extend mode on

0
F8 then   

Select the nearest character

0
F8

(press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so on) Increase the size of a selection

0
↑  Shift + F8

Reduce the size of a selection

0
Esc

Turn extend mode off

0
↑  Shift +

Extend a selection one character to the right

0
↑  Shift +

Extend a selection one character to the left

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Extend a selection to the end of a word

-1
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Extend a selection to the beginning of a word

0
↑  Shift + End

Extend a selection to the end of a line

-1
↑  Shift + Home

Extend a selection to the beginning of a line

0
↑  Shift +

Extend a selection one line down

0
↑  Shift +

Extend a selection one line up

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Extend a selection to the end of a paragraph

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift +

Extend a selection to the beginning of a paragraph

1
Shift + Page Down

Extend a selection one screen down

0
Shift + Page Up

Extend a selection one screen up

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + Home

Extend a selection to the beginning of a document

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + End

Extend a selection to the end of a document

0
Alt + Ctrl + Shift + Page Down

Extend a selection to the end of a window

0
Ctrl + A

Extend a selection to include the entire document

0
Ctrl + ↑  Shift + F8 then

Select a vertical block of text

0
F8 +

Extend a selection to a specific location in a document

0
Backspace

Delete one character to the left

0
Ctrl + Backspace

Delete one word to the left

0
Del

Delete one character to the right

0
Ctrl + Del

Delete one word to the right

0
Ctrl + X

Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard

0
Ctrl + Z

Undo the last action

-1
Ctrl + F3

Cut to the Spike (Spike is a feature that allows you to collect groups of text from different locations and paste them in another location)


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Program information

Program name: Microsoft Word 2019 Microsoft Word 2019 (Text editing)

Web page: products.office.com/word

Last update: 09-09-2022 11:40 UTC

How easy to press shortcuts: 74%

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Updated: Added some shortcuts. (4 updates.) 06-07-2019 05:54:24 Updated program information.
24-12-2019 11:20:52 Updated program information.
24-12-2019 11:25:58 Updated program information.
26-12-2020 20:24:22 Added some shortcuts.

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Platform detected: Windows or Linux

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