Interesting Facts

Few shortcuts used frequently in Windows word...

1. Ctrl + Shift + A All Caps

Makes the selection all capitals (toggle)
2. Alt + Ctrl + 1 ApplyHeading1

Applies Heading 1 style to the selected text
3. Alt + Ctrl + 2 ApplyHeading2

Applies Heading 2 style to the selected text
4. Alt + Ctrl + 3 ApplyHeading3

Applies Heading 3 style to the selected text
5. Ctrl + Shift + L Apply List Bullet

Applies List Bullet style to the selected text
6. Alt + F10 App Maximize

Enlarges the application window to full size
7. Alt + F5 App Restore

Restores the application window to normal size
8. Ctrl+B Bold

Makes the selection bold (toggle)
9. Ctrl + PgDn Browse Next

Jump to the next browse object
10. Ctrl + PgUp Browse Previous

Jump to the previous browse object
11. Alt + Ctrl + Home Browse Select

Select the next/prev browse object
12. Esc Cancel

Terminates an action
13. Ctrl+E Center Paragraph

Centers the paragraph between the indents
14. Shift+F3 Change Case

Changes the case of the letters in the selection
15. Left arrow Character Left

Moves the insertion point to the left one character
16. Shift + Left arrow Character Left Extend

Extends the selection to the left one character
17. Right arrow Character Right

Moves the insertion point to the right one character
18. Shift + Right arrow Character Right Extend

Extends the selection to the right one character
19. Alt + Shift + C Close Pane

Closes the active window pane (if you are in Normal View and have, for example, the Footnote pane open)
20. Alt+Drag (or press Ctrl + Shift + F8 and drag) Column Select

Selects a columnar block of text
21. Ctrl +Shift+C Copy Format

Copies the formatting of the selection
22. Shift + F2 Copy Text

Makes a copy of the selection without using the clipboard (press Return to paste)
23. Alt + F3 Create AutoText

Adds an AutoText entry to the active template
24. Ctrl+ Backspace Delete Back Word

Deletes the previous word without putting it on the Clipboard
25. Ctrl + Del Delete Word

Deletes the next word without putting it on the Clipboard
26. Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4 Document Close

Prompts to save the document and then closes the active window. (But doesn't intercept the menu command)
27. Ctrl + F10 Document Maximize

Enlarges the active window to full size
28. Ctrl + F7 Document Move

Changes the position of the active window
29. Ctrl + F5 Document Restore

Restores the window to normal size
30. Ctrl + F8 Document Size

Changes the size of the active window
31. Alt + Ctrl + S Document Split

Splits the active window horizontally and then adjusts the split
32. Alt + Shift + F9 Do Field Click

Executes the action associated with macro button fields
33. Ctrl + Shift + D Double Underline

Double underlines the selection (toggle)
34. Alt R, G Draw Group

Groups the selected drawing objects
35. Alt R, I Draw Snap To Grid

Sets up a grid for aligning drawing objects
36. Alt R, U Draw Ungroup

Ungroups the selected group of drawing objects
37. Ctrl+Shift+F5 (Or: Alt I, K) Edit Bookmark

Brings up the bookmark dialog
38. Del Edit Clear

Performs a forward delete or removes the selection without putting it on the Clipboard
39. Ctrl+C Edit Copy

Copies the selection and puts it on the Clipboard
40. Ctrl+X Edit Cut

Cuts the selection and puts it on the Clipboard
41. Ctrl+F Edit Find

Finds the specified text or the specified formatting
42. F5, Ctrl+G Edit Go To

Jumps to a specified place in the active document
43. Alt E, K Edit Links

Allows links to be viewed, updated, opened, or removed
44. Ctrl+V Edit Paste

Inserts the Clipboard contents at the insertion point
45. Alt E, S Edit Paste Special Inserts the Clipboard contents as a linked object, embedded object, or other format
46. Alt + Shift + Backspce Edit Redo

Redoes the last action that was undone
47. F4 Edit Redo Or Repeat

Repeats the last command, or redoes the last action that was undone (unfortunately, doesn't work for as many commands in Word 2000 as in Word 97 and below, but this is still one of Word's most useful shortcuts, if not the most useful)
48. Ctrl+H Edit Replace

Finds the specified text or the specified formatting and replaces it
49. Ctrl+A Edit Select

All Selects the entire document
50. Ctrl+Z Edit Undo

Reverses the last action
51. Alt + PageDn (to select to end of column, use Alt + Shift + PgDn) End Of Column

Moves to the last cell in the current table column
52. Ctrl+Shift+End End Of Document Extend

Extends the selection to the end of the last line of the document
53. Ctrl+End End Of Document

Moves the insertion point to the end of the last line of the document
54. End End Of Line

Moves the insertion point to the end of the current line
55. Shift+End End Of Line

Extend Extends the selection to the end of the current line
56. Alt+End End Of Row

Moves to the last cell in the current row
57. Alt + Ctrl + PgDn End Of Window

Moves the insertion point to the end of the last visible line on the screen
58. Shift + Alt + Ctrl + PgDn End Of Window

Extend Extends the selection to the end of the last visible line on the screen
59. F8 (press Esc to turn off) Extend Selection

Turns on extend selection mode and then expands the selection with the direction keys
60. Alt + F4 File Close Or Exit

Closes the current document, or if no documents are open, quits Word. Horrible command, as it makes it a long winded business to quit Word. But there's a simple solution - assign Alt+F4 to FileExit instead.
61. Ctrl+N File New Default

Creates a new document based on the Normal template.
62. Ctrl+O File Open

Opens an existing document or template
63. Alt F, U File Page Setup

Changes the page setup of the selected sections
64. Ctrl + P File Print

Prints the active document (brings up the dialog)
65. Ctrl+F2 File Print

Preview Displays full pages as they will be printed
66. Alt F, I File Properties

Shows the properties of the active document
67. Ctrl+S File Save

File Save
68. Alt F, A (or F12) File SaveAs

Saves a copy of the document in a separate file (brings up the dialog)
69. Ctrl+Shift+F Font

Activates the Fonts listbox on the formatting toolbar
70. Alt I, L Insert File

Inserts the text of another file into the active document
71. Ctrl+Shift+P Font Size

Select Activates the Font Size drop-down on the formatting toolbar
72. Alt + Ctrl + K Format AutoFormat

Automatically formats a document (or sometimes, automatically screws it up)
73. Alt O, B Format Borders And Shading

Changes the borders and shading of the selected paragraphs, table cells, and pictures
74. Alt O, E Format Change Case

Changes the case of the letters in the selection
75. Alt O, C Format Columns

Changes the column format of the selected sections (brings up the dialog)
76. Alt O, D Format Drop Caps

Formats the first character of current paragraph as a dropped capital (must select it first)
77. Ctrl+D Format Font

Brings up the Format + Font dialog
78. Alt + Shift + R Format Header Footer

Link Links the current header/footer to the previous section (but does not intercept the button on the Header Footer toolbar)
79. Alt O, P Format Paragraph

Brings up the Format Paragraph dialog
80. Alt O, S Format Style

Applies, creates, or modifies styles
81. Alt O, T Format Tabs

Brings up the Format Tabs dialog
82. Shift + F5 Go Back

Returns to the previous insertion point (goes back to up to 3 points, then returns to where you started; this is one of the most useful shortcuts of them all. Also useful when opening a document, if you want to g straight to where you were last editing it)
83. Ctrl + > Grow Font

Increases the font size of the selection
84. Ctrl + ] Grow Font One Point

Increases the font size of the selection by one point
85. Ctrl + T (or drag the ruler) Hanging Indent

Increases the hanging indent
86. F1 Help

Microsoft Word Help
87. Shift + F1 Help Tool

Lets you get help on a command or screen region or examine text properties
88. Ctrl + Shift + H Hidden

Makes the selection hidden text (toggle)
89. Ctrl +Click on it Hyperlink Open

Connect to a hyperlink's address
90. Ctrl + M (or drag the ruler) Indent

Moves the left indent to the next tab stop
91. Alt + Ctrl + M (or Alt I, M) Insert Annotation

Inserts a comment
92. F3 Insert AutoText

Replaces the name of the AutoText entry with its contents
93. Alt I, B Insert Break

Ends a page, column, or section at the insertion point
94. Alt I, C Insert Caption

Inserts a caption above or below a selected object
95. Ctrl + Shift + Return Insert Column Break

Inserts a column break at the insertion point
96. Alt + Shift + D Insert Date Field

Inserts a date field
97. Alt + Ctrl + D Insert End

note Now Inserts an endnote reference at the insertion point without displaying the dialog
98. Alt I, F Insert Field

Inserts a field in the active document
99. Ctrl+F9 Insert Field Characters

Inserts an empty field with the enclosing field characters

Article idea: http://c-n-k.blogspot.com/2008/10/few-shortcuts-used-frequently-in.html