Keyboard shortcuts in Word Online
The keyboard shortcuts that are described in this Help topic
refer to the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts might not correspond
exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.
For an overview of
accessibility in Word Online see Accessibility features in Word Online.
Tips:
·
As a shortcut to
commands, press Ctrl+' (apostrophe) to jump to Tell Me, and then
type the command you want (available only in Editing view). Use the Up and Down
arrows to select a command, and then press Enter.
·
Word Online runs in
your web browser so the keyboard shortcuts are different than those in the Word
desktop program. For example, you'll use Ctrl+F6 instead of F6 for jumping in
and out of the commands. Also, common shortcuts like F1 (Help) and Ctrl+O
(Open) apply to the web browser, not Word Online.
·
Keyboard shortcuts in
Word Online are very similar to keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Word. For a
list of keyboard shortcuts in other versions of Word, see More keyboard shortcuts for Word.
·
If you use a screen
reader, see Common
tasks in Word Online.
Reading view
To do this
|
Press
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Go to a view that is accessible to screen-reader software and
to keyboard selection of content (requires PDF reader)
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Tab to the Generate more accessible view (new window) command,
Enter
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Find text
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Ctrl+F, or F3
|
Hide the Search pane
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ESC
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Switch to Zoom control
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Ctrl+Z
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Switch to page-number control
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Ctrl+G
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Go to a specific page
|
Type page number (in
page-number control)
|
Print
|
Ctrl+P
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Editing view
To do this
|
Press
|
Move between ribbon and document content
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Ctrl+F6
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Move from editing document to Home tab
|
Ctrl+[
|
Move from editing document to most recently used ribbon
command
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Ctrl+]
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Activate a different ribbon tab
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Tab, Enter
|
Move among ribbon commands
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Tab
|
Execute the currently selected ribbon command
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Enter
|
Collapse or expand the ribbon
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Ctrl+F3
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Move insertion point
To do this
|
Press
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Right one character
|
Right Arrow
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Left one character
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Left Arrow
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Right one word
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Ctrl+Right Arrow
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Left one word
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Ctrl+Left Arrow
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Up one line
|
Up Arrow
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Down one line
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Down Arrow
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Up one paragraph
|
Ctrl+Up Arrow
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Down one paragraph
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Ctrl+Down Arrow
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Beginning of line
|
Home
|
End of line
|
End
|
Beginning of page
|
Ctrl+Home
|
End of page
|
Ctrl+End
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Select content: expand
selection
To do this
|
Press
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Right one character
|
Shift+Right Arrow
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Left one character
|
Shift+Left Arrow
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Right one word
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Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow
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Left one word
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Shift+Ctrl+Left
Arrow
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Up one line
|
Shift+Up Arrow
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Down one line
|
Shift+Down Arrow
|
Up one paragraph
|
Shift+Ctrl+Up Arrow
|
Down one paragraph
|
Shift+Ctrl+Down
Arrow
|
To beginning of line
|
Shift+Home
|
To end of line
|
Shift+End
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To beginning of document
|
Shift+Ctrl+Home
|
To end of document
|
Shift+Ctrl+End
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Whole document
|
Ctrl+A
|
Edit content
To do this
|
Press
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Cut
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Ctrl+X
|
Copy
|
Ctrl+C
|
Paste
|
Ctrl+V
|
Insert hyperlink
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Ctrl+K
|
Undo
|
Ctrl+Z
|
Redo
|
Ctrl+Y
|
Move from on misspelled word to another
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Alt+F7
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Enlarge font size
|
Ctrl+Shift+>
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Reduce font size
|
Ctrl+Shift+<
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Format text
To do this
|
Press
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Bold
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Ctrl+B
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Italics
|
Ctrl+I
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Underline
|
Ctrl+U
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Bulleted list
|
Ctrl+Period
|
Numbered list
|
Ctrl+/
|
Align left
|
Ctrl+L
|
Align right
|
Ctrl+R
|
Align centered
|
Ctrl+E
|
Windows and Mac keyboard
equivalents
Key
|
Modifier
|
Windows
|
Mac
|
Backspace
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Alt
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Backspace one word at a time
|
|
End
|
Alt
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Move the insertion
point to the bottom of the document or outline
|
|
Enter
|
Alt
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In Internet Explorer, display page properties
|
|
Tab
|
Ctrl-Alt
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Switch tasks
|
|
Home
|
Alt
|
Go to the home page
|
Move the insertion point to the top of document or outline
|
Left
|
Alt
|
In Internet
Explorer, go back
|
Move left one word
at a time
|
PageDn
|
Alt
|
Move the insertion point to the bottom of document
|
|
PageUp
|
Alt
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Move the insertion
point to the top of document
|
|
Right
|
Alt
|
In Internet Explorer, go forward
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Go right one word at a time
|
Tab
|
Alt
|
Switch between
applications
|
Move focus between
browser and page elements (accessibility loop)
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Down
|
Alt-Shift
|
Move the current page down one position in the Navigation Pane
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Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph
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Enter
|
Alt-Shift
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In Internet
Explorer, switch to full screen
|
|
Tab
|
Ctrl-Alt-Shift
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Switch tasks
|
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Left
|
Alt-Shift
|
Remove one level of
indent
|
Select left, one
word at a time
|
Right
|
Alt-Shift
|
Indent
|
Select left, one word at a time
|
Tab
|
Alt-Shift
|
Switch between
applications
|
Move the focus
between browser and page elements (accessibility loop)
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Up
|
Alt-Shift
|
Move the current page down one position in the Navigation Pane
|
Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph
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Backspace
|
⌘
|
Backspace one word
at a time
|
|
Delete
|
⌘
|
Delete one word at a time
|
|
Down
|
⌘
|
Move the insertion
point down, one paragraph at a time
|
|
End
|
⌘
|
Move the insertion point to the bottom of the document or
outline
|
|
Home
|
⌘
|
Go to the top of the
document or outline (in Safari, go to the browser home page)
|
|
Left
|
⌘
|
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the line (in
Firefox, go to the previous page)
|
|
Right
|
⌘
|
Move the insertion
point to the end of the line (in Firefox, go forward)
|
|
Tab
|
⌘
|
Switch tasks (like Windows Alt-Tab)
|
|
Up
|
⌘
|
Move the insertion
point up, one paragraph at a time
|
|
ESC
|
⌘-Alt
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Open Task Manager (Force Quit apps)
|
|
Home
|
⌘-Alt
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In Safari, go to the
browser home page
|
|
Left
|
⌘-Alt
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In Chrome, switch between browser tabs
|
|
Delete
|
⌘-Shift
|
In Firefox, clears
the browser cache
|
|
Down
|
⌘-Shift
|
Select down, one paragraph at a time
|
|
End
|
⌘-Shift
|
Select to the bottom
of document or page
|
|
Home
|
⌘-Shift
|
Select to the top of document or page (in Safari, go to the
browser home page)
|
|
Left
|
⌘-Shift
|
Select to the
beginning of line
|
|
Right
|
⌘-Shift
|
Select to the end of line
|
|
Tab
|
⌘-Shift
|
Switch tasks (like
Windows Alt-Tab)
|
|
Up
|
⌘-Shift
|
Select up, one paragraph at a time
|
|
ESC
|
Ctrl-Shift
|
Open Task Manager
|
|
Right
|
Ctrl-Shift
|
Select right, one word at a time
|
|
Down
|
Ctrl
|
Move the insertion
point down, one paragraph at a time
|
Move the insertion
point to end of line
|
Left
|
Ctrl-Shift
|
Select left, one word at a time
|
|
ESC
|
Ctrl
|
Open the Start menu
or Start screen
|
|
Delete
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
Open the Lock Screen menu
|
|
Left
|
Ctrl
|
Move the insertion
point left, one word at a time
|
Display a widget
dashboard
|
PageDn
|
Ctrl
|
In Firefox and Chrome, switch between open tabs
|
|
PageUp
|
Ctrl
|
Move the insertion
point to end of the document or outline
|
In Firefox and
Chrome, switch between open tabs
|
End
|
Ctrl
|
Move the insertion point to end of the document or outline
|
|
Tab
|
Ctrl
|
Switch between open
tabs
|
Switch between open
tabs
|
Up
|
Ctrl
|
Move the insertion point up, one paragraph at a time
|
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the line
|
Backspace
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
Backspace one letter
at a time
|
Backspace one letter
at a time
|
Home
|
Ctrl
|
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the document or outline
|
|
Down
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
In Internet
Explorer, scroll the page down
|
|
End
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
In Internet Explorer, scroll to the bottom of the page
|
|
Home
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
In Internet
Explorer, scroll to the top of the page
|
|
PageDn
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
In Internet Explorer, scroll down
|
|
PageUp
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
In Internet
Explorer, scroll up
|
|
Right
|
Ctrl
|
Move the insertion point left, one word at a time
|
|
Up
|
Ctrl-Alt
|
in Internet
Explorer, scroll the page down
|
|
Backspace
|
Ctrl-Alt-Shift
|
Backspace one word at a time
|
Backspace one word at a time
|
End
|
Ctrl-Alt-Shift
|
In Internet
Explorer, scroll to the bottom of the page
|
|
Home
|
Ctrl-Alt-Shift
|
In Internet Explorer, scroll to the top of the page
|
|
PageDn
|
Ctrl-Alt-Shift
|
In Internet
Explorer, scroll down
|
|
PageUp
|
Ctrl-Alt-Shift
|
In Internet Explorer, scroll up
|
|
ESC
|
Alt
|
Minimize window
|
|
Down
|
Ctrl-Shift
|
Select down, one paragraph at a time
|
Select to the end of the line
|
ESC
|
Alt-Shift
|
Minimize window
|
|
Home
|
Ctrl-Shift
|
Select up, one paragraph at a time
|
Select to the beginning of the line
|
Insert
|
None
|
Start Overtype mode
|
|
Tab
|
Ctrl-Shift
|
Switch between open tabs
|
Switch between open tabs
|
Up
|
Ctrl-Shift
|
Select up, one
paragraph at a time
|
Select to the
beginning of the line
|
Backspace
|
None
|
Backspace one letter at a time
|
Backspace one letter at a time
|
Delete
|
None
|
Backspace one letter
at a time
|
Backspace one letter
at a time
|
Down
|
None
|
Move the insertion point down, one line at a time
|
Move the insertion point down, one line at a time
|
End
|
None
|
Move the insertion
point to end of line
|
Move the insertion point
to end of line
|
Enter
|
None
|
Insert a new line
|
Insert a new line
|
Backspace
|
Ctrl
|
Backspace one word
at a time
|
|
Home
|
None
|
Move the insertion point to beginning of the line
|
In Safari and Chrome, move the insertion point to the
beginning of the paragraph
|
Left
|
None
|
Move the insertion
point left, one letter at a time
|
Move the insertion
point left, one letter at a time
|
PageDn
|
None
|
Move the insertion point down, one screen at a time
|
Move the insertion point down, one screen at a time
|
PageUp
|
None
|
Move the insertion
point up, one screen at a time
|
Move the insertion
point up, one screen at a time
|
Right
|
None
|
Move the insertion point right, one letter at a time
|
Move the insertion point right, one letter at a time
|
Tab
|
None
|
Indent, or go to the
next table cell
|
Indent, go to the
next table cell, or insert a table
|
Up
|
None
|
Move the insertion point up, one line at a time
|
Move the insertion point up, one line at a time
|
Backspace
|
Shift
|
Backspace one letter
at a time
|
Backspace one letter
at a time
|
Down
|
Shift
|
Select down, one line at a time
|
Select down, one line at a time
|
End
|
Shift
|
Select to the end of
the line
|
Select to the end of
the line
|
Enter
|
Shift
|
Insert a soft line break
|
Insert a soft line break
|
Home
|
Shift
|
Select to the
beginning of the line
|
Select to the beginning
of the line
|
Left
|
Shift
|
Select left, one letter at a time
|
Select left, one letter at a time
|
Right
|
Shift
|
Select right, one
letter at a time
|
Select right, one
letter at a time
|
Tab
|
Shift
|
Remove one level of indent, go to the previous table cell
|
Remove one level of indent, go to the previous table cell
|
Up
|
Shift
|
Select up, one line
at a time
|
Select up, one line
at a time
|