MS Word Shortcuts - Computer Awareness for SBI PO Mains

A. Microsoft Word – common shortcuts

1. Ctrl + N = will open a new word document
2. Ctrl + O = will open the ‘Open’ box to open previously saved documents
3. Ctrl + W = will close the current word document
4. Ctrl + S = to save the currently open word document
5. Ctrl + P = will give the print option for current document
6. Ctrl + Z = will undo the last action
7. Ctrl + Y = will restore the action undone
8. Ctrl + X = will cut selected item
9. Ctrl + C = will copy selected text/item
10. Ctrl + V = will paste the previously cut/copy selected text/item
11. Ctrl + A = Selects all the text
12. Ctrl + F = will open Find and Replace option/dialogue box

B. Microsoft Word’s Formatting Shortcuts

1. Ctrl + B = will bold-en the selected text
2. Ctrl + I = will italicize the selected text
3. Ctrl + U = will underline the selected text
4. Ctrl + Shift + D = Double underline
5. Ctrl +Shift + > = will increase the font size of selected text
6. Ctrl +Shift + < = will decrease the font size of selected text
7. Ctrl + 2 = double line spacing 
8. End = will take you to the end of a line
9. Home = will take you to the beginning of a line
10. Ctrl + End = will take you to the very end of a document (last page/last line/last word!)
11. Ctrl + Home = will take you to the very beginning of a document
12. Shift + F3 = will change the case of letters of selected text (keep pressing the F3 and see how it keeps changing from All CAPS, to all lower, to Sentence case!)
13. Ctrl + Shift + F = will activate the ‘Font’ option and you can chose the font you want
14. Ctrl + Shift + N = will apply the ‘Normal’ style to the selected text. 
15. Ctrl + ‘equal sign’ = for superscript. -i.e.,                                                                                                   select a text first, then do - ‘ctrl + =’.                                                                                               example: Birds_{(of all kinds)}.
16. Ctrl + Shift + ‘the plus sign’ = for superscript.                                                                                             - Example: November the 30^th of 2014.                                             

C. Microsoft Word – insert option shortcuts

1. Ctrl + Enter = will give/insert a page break, i.e., it’ll go to the next page
2. Ctrl + K = to insert a hyperlink
3. Alt + Shift + D = will insert the current Date
4. Alt + Shift + T = will insert the current Time 
5. Alt + I + P + C = will open the Clip Art box on the right side of the document
6. Alt + I + P + W = will open the Word Art options box 
7. Alt + I + P + H = will insert/open graph/chart input/options box in the form of an excel          sheet! (Try it out!)
8. Alt + I + P + O = will insert an organization flow chart, which you can edit as per your requirement