Word 2007 Formatting and Editing Keyboard Shortcuts

You’re working in Word 2007 and you want to take advantage of the built-in keyboard shortcuts that can help you format text and paragraphs and do some editing quickly and easily. The following sections list shortcuts aplenty that will come in plenty handy.

The kindergarten shortcuts

Remember kindergarten and cutting with your round-tipped scissors, spreading (and/or eating) paste, and making a boo-boo you wished you could undo? The following keyboard shortcuts give you the same comforts in Word 2007:

Function	Keyboard Shortcut
Copy	Ctrl+C
Cut	Ctrl+X
Paste	Ctrl+V
Undo	Ctrl+Z

Text-formatting key commands

You want to jazz up your text with some bold formatting or change the font entirely. The following table tells you how to quickly get your text looking like you want it.

Function	Keyboard Shortcut	Function	Keyboard Shortcut
Bold	Ctrl+B	Erase formats	Ctrl+spacebar
Italic	Ctrl+I	Grow font	Ctrl+Shift+>
Underline	Ctrl+U	Shrink font	Ctrl+Shift+<
Double underline	Ctrl+Shift+D	ALL CAPS	Ctrl+Shift+A
Word underline	Ctrl+Shift+W	Font	Ctrl+Shift+F
Small caps	Ctrl+Shift+K	Point size	Ctrl+Shift+P
Superscript	Ctrl+Shift++	Font dialog box	Ctrl+D
Subscript	Ctrl+=

Paragraph-formatting key commands

From formatting individual words to formatting whole paragraphs, Word 2007 give you options for indenting, spacing, aligning, and more. The following table gives you the how-tos:

Function	Keyboard Shortcut	Function	Keyboard Shortcut
Center text	Ctrl+E	Justify	Ctrl+J
Left-align	Ctrl+L	Indent paragraph	Ctrl+M
Right-align	Ctrl+R	Unindent	Ctrl+Shift+M
One line spacing	Ctrl+1	Hanging indent	Ctrl+T
1 1/2 line spacing	Ctrl+5	Unhang indent	Ctrl+Shift+T
Two line spacing	Ctrl+2

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