20 Rare Microsoft Word Shortcuts You Must Know

By Angsuman Chakraborty, Gaea News Network
Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Microsoft Word has long been the prime digital pen friend of ours. There is a saying amongst the geeks that you can never know every thing about MS Word. Its so vast! But you can certainly learn some. So why don’t I tell you some not-so-known keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Word, which will make your life easier and of more fun? Here is a list.

1. Ctrl + E : Centre alignment of the paragraph

2. Ctrl + L : Left alignment of the paragraph

3. Ctrl + R : Right alignment of the paragraph

4. Ctrl + J : Justify alignment of the paragraph

5. Ctrl + Right Arrow : Moves one word to the right

6. Ctrl + Left Arrow : Moves one word to the left

7. Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow : Selects one word to the right.

8. Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow : Selects one word to the left.

9. Shift + Down Arrow: Selects the entire line by placing the cursor at the start of the line

10. Shift + Up Arrow: Selects the entire line by placing the cursor at the end of the line

11. Ctrl + ] : Increases the font size by 1 point

12. Ctrl + [ : Decreases the font size by 1 point

13. Shift + F3 : Changes to word / sentence to UPPER case, lower case and Sentence case. (Same as Format > Change Case in toolbar)

14. Ctrl + Enter : Page Break from the point cursor is placed

15. Ctrl + 1 : Single line spacing

16. Ctrl + 5 : 1.5 line spacing

17. Ctrl + 2 : Double line spacing

18. Ctrl + Backspace : Delete one word to left

19. Ctrl + Delete: Delete one word to right

20. Alt + n: Bullets and Numberings.

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Discussion

Rajesh
January 23, 2009: 2:17 pm

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