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Microsoft Word 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts
By Debbie Anthony

Microsoft Word users know that creating a document involves more than just typing.  Your work often involves moving text around, changing appearance, substituting words, saving and printing.  While these commands can be accomplished by using your mouse to click on the appropriate toolbar, your keyboard offers many time-saving shortcuts that do not require you to reach for the mouse.  Learn these shortcuts one at a time and they will become second nature to you. 

The Ctrl (control) key is located at the lower left corner (another is at the lower right corner) of your keyboard.  The plus sign (+) indicates that 2 keys (sometimes 3) will be held down at the same time.  Keep the Ctrl key down while pressing the appropriate letter key for each command.
 

Select all items in document

Ctrl+A

Make selected letters bold

Ctrl+B

Copy selected text or object

Ctrl+C

Find and replace

Ctrl+F

Make selected letters italic

Ctrl+I

Print document

Ctrl+P

Save the document

Ctrl+S

Underline selected text

Ctrl+U

Paste selected text or object

Ctrl+V

Cut selected text or object

Ctrl+X

Redo last action

Ctrl+Y

Undo last action

Ctrl+Z

Delete a word

Ctrl+Backspace

Go to the beginning of document

Ctrl+home

Go to the end of document

Ctrl+End

Change case of letters

Shift+F3

Decrease font size

Ctrl+Shift+<

Increase font size

Ctrl+Shift+>

 

 

January 2008



 

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