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Word Keyboard Shortcuts

Make your work in Microsoft Word more productive with keyboard shortcuts. These are just a few shortcuts you may need in your regular use:

 

Action
PC Shortcut
Mac Shortcut
Line break SHIFT+ENTER  
Page break CTRL+ENTER CMD+ENTER
A column break CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER CMD+SHIFT+ENTER
Create tabs in a cell   OPTION+TAB
Switch to Print Layout view ALT+CTRL+P ALT+CMD+P
Switch to Outline view ALT+CTRL+O

ALT+CMD+O
Insert a footnote ALT+CTRL+F ALT+CMD+F
Insert an endnote ALT+CTRL+D ALT+CMD+D
Change the case of letters SHIFT+F3 SHIFT+F3 (or FN+SHIFT+F3)
Format all letters as capitals CTRL+SHIFT+A CMD+SHIFT+A
Underline words but not spaces CTRL+SHIFT+W CMD+SHIFT+W
Double-underline text CTRL+SHIFT+D CMD+SHIFT+D

 

For a list of all keyboard shortcuts, check these links for:

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