Friday, December 17, 2010

word shortcut keys - Character and paragraph formatting

Character and paragraph formatting

Copy formatting

To do this
Press
Copy formatting from text.
CTRL+SHIFT+C
Apply copied formatting to text.
CTRL+SHIFT+V

Change or resize the font

To do this
Press
Change the font.
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Change the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+P
Increase the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+>
Decrease the font size.
CTRL+SHIFT+<
Increase the font size by 1 point.
CTRL+]
Decrease the font size by 1 point.
CTRL+[

Apply character formats

To do this
Press
Change the formatting of characters (Font command, Format menu).
CTRL+D
Change the case of letters.
SHIFT+F3
Format letters as all capitals.
CTRL+SHIFT+A
Apply bold formatting.
CTRL+B
Apply an underline.
CTRL+U
Underline words but not spaces.
CTRL+SHIFT+W
Double-underline text.
CTRL+SHIFT+D
Apply hidden text formatting.
CTRL+SHIFT+H
Apply italic formatting.
CTRL+I
Format letters as small capitals.
CTRL+SHIFT+K
Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing).
CTRL+EQUAL SIGN
Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing).
CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN
Remove manual character formatting.
CTRL+SPACEBAR
Change the selection to the Symbol font.
CTRL+SHIFT+Q

View and copy text formats

To do this
Press
Display nonprinting characters.
CTRL+SHIFT+* (asterisk)
Review text formatting.
SHIFT+F1 (then click the text whose formatting you want to review)
Copy formats.
CTRL+SHIFT+C
Paste formats.
CTRL+SHIFT+V

Set line spacing

To do this
Press
Single-space lines
CTRL+1
Double-space lines
CTRL+2
Set 1.5-line spacing
CTRL+5
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph
CTRL+0 (zero)

Align paragraphs

To do this
Press
Center a paragraph.
CTRL+E
Justify a paragraph.
CTRL+J
Left align a paragraph.
CTRL+L
Right align a paragraph.
CTRL+R
Indent a paragraph from the left.
CTRL+M
Remove a paragraph indent from the left.
CTRL+SHIFT+M
Create a hanging indent.
CTRL+T
Reduce a hanging indent.
CTRL+SHIFT+T
Remove paragraph formatting.
CTRL+Q

Apply paragraph styles

To do this
Press
Apply a style.
CTRL+SHIFT+S
Start AutoFormat.
ALT+CTRL+K
Apply the Normal style.
CTRL+SHIFT+N
Apply the Heading 1 style.
ALT+CTRL+1
Apply the Heading 2 style.
ALT+CTRL+2
Apply the Heading 3 style.
ALT+CTRL+3
Apply the List style.
CTRL+SHIFT+L

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