Ultimate Guide to all MS Word commands.

Microsoft Word is a powerful application for creating documents, but did you know just how much time you could save by mastering its commands? Forget endlessly clicking through menus – we’ve provided you the ultimate list of MS Word commands, from the everyday essentials to hidden gems, to help you become a MS Word wizard. Whether you’re a student, a professional writer, or just someone who wants to make the most of Word, this post is your one-stop shop for boosting your productivity.

Why Learn MS Word Commands?

Think about how often you use Word. Now imagine performing those tasks with a simple keystroke. Learning Word commands offers several key benefits:

• Increased Efficiency: Complete tasks in a fraction of the time. No more hunting for the right button!
• Improved Workflow: Keep your focus on your writing, not on navigating menus.
• Enhanced Professionalism: Demonstrate your Word proficiency and impress colleagues.
• Reduced Strain: Minimize repetitive mouse clicks and potential wrist strain.

Tips for learning and remembering MS Word Commands:

• Start with the Basics: Focus on the most frequently used commands first.
• Use Flashcards: Create flashcards for the commands you find challenging.
• Practice Regularly: The more you use the commands, the easier they’ll become.
• Customize Your Shortcuts: Word allows you to customize keyboard shortcuts to your liking.
• Refer to This Guide: Bookmark this post for quick reference!

Become a Word Master Today!

Stop wasting time clicking through menus. Embrace the power of Word commands and transform your document creation process. Explore our MS Word Commands list and start practicing today! You’ll be amazed at how much more efficient and productive you become.

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Sr. No.	Command Name	Modifiers	Key
1	All Caps	Ctrl+Shift+	A
2	App Restore	Alt+	F5
3	Auto Format	Alt+Ctrl+	K
4	Bold	Ctrl+	B
5	Bold	Ctrl+Shift+	B
6	Bookmark	Ctrl+Shift+	F5
7	Browse Next	Ctrl+	Page Down
8	Browse Prev	Ctrl+	Page Up
9	Browse Sel	Alt+Ctrl+	Home
10	Cancel		Esc
12	Change Case	Shift+	F3
13	Char Left		Left
14	Char Left Extend	Shift+	Left
15	Char Right		Right
16	Char Right Extend	Shift+	Right
17	Clear		Del
18	Close Pane	Alt+Shift+	C
19	Collapse Heading	Alt+Shift+	Num –
20	Column Break	Ctrl+Shift+	Return
21	Column Select	Ctrl+Shift+	F8
22	Copy	Ctrl+	C
23	Copy	Ctrl+	Insert
24	Copy Format	Alt+Ctrl+	C
25	CopyToFrom	Shift+	F2
26	Create Auto Text	Alt+	F3
27	Customize Keyboard Shortcut	Alt+Ctrl+	Num +
28	Cut	Ctrl+	X
29	Cut	Shift+	Del
30	Date Field	Alt+Shift+	D
31	Delete Back Word	Ctrl+	Backspace
32	Delete Word	Ctrl+	Del
33	Distribute Para	Ctrl+Shift+	J
34	Do Field Click	Alt+Shift+	F9
35	Doc Close	Ctrl+	W
36	Doc Close	Ctrl+	F4
37	Doc Maximize	Ctrl+	F10
38	Doc Restore	Ctrl+	F5
39	Doc Size	Ctrl+	F8
40	Doc Split	Alt+Ctrl+	S
41	Double Underline	Ctrl+Shift+	D
42	Edit	Alt+Shift+	R
43	End of Column	Alt+	Page Down
44	End of Column	Alt+Shift+	Page Down
45	End of Doc Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	End
46	End of Document	Ctrl+	End
47	End of Line		End
48	End of Line Extend	Shift+	End
49	End of Row	Alt+	End
50	End of Row	Alt+Shift+	End
51	End of Window	Alt+Ctrl+	Page Down
52	End of Window Extend	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+	Page Down
53	Endnote	Alt+Ctrl+	D
54	Equation Toggle	Alt+	=
55	Expand Heading	Alt+Shift+	=
56	Expand Heading	Alt+Shift+	Num +
57	Extend Selection		F8
58	Field Codes	Alt+	F9
59	File Close or Exit	Alt+	F4
60	Font	Ctrl+Shift+	F
61	Font Formatting	Ctrl+	D
62	Font Size Select	Ctrl+Shift+	P
63	Footnote	Alt+Ctrl+	F
64	Formatting Pane	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+	S
65	Formatting Properties	Shift+	F1
66	Go Back	Shift+	F5
67	Go Back	Alt+Ctrl+	Z
68	Go To	Ctrl+	G
69	Go To		F5
70	Goto Object Layer	Alt+Ctrl+	5
71	Grow Font	Ctrl+Shift+	.
72	Grow Font One Point	Ctrl+	]
73	Hanging Indent	Ctrl+	T
74	Help		F1
75	HHC	Alt+Ctrl+	F7
76	Hidden	Ctrl+Shift+	H
77	Highlight	Alt+Ctrl+	H
78	Hyperlink	Ctrl+	K
79	Indent	Ctrl+	M
80	Insert Building Block		F3
81	Insert Building Block	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+	V
82	Insert Comment	Alt+Ctrl+	M
83	Insert Field	Ctrl+	F9
84	Insert Spike	Ctrl+Shift+	F3
85	Invoke Copilot for selection	Alt+	I
86	Italic	Ctrl+	I
87	Italic	Ctrl+Shift+	I
88	JumpToModernReviewCard	Alt+	F12
89	Line Down		Down
90	Line Down Extend	Shift+	Down
91	Line Up		Up
92	Line Up Extend	Shift+	Up
93	List Num Field	Alt+Ctrl+	L
94	Lock Fields	Ctrl+	3
95	Lock Fields	Ctrl+	F11
96	Macro	Alt+	F8
97	Mail Merge Check	Alt+Shift+	K
98	Mail Merge Edit Data Source	Alt+Shift+	E
99	Mail Merge to Doc	Alt+Shift+	N
100	Mail Merge to Printer	Alt+Shift+	M
101	Mark Citation	Alt+Shift+	I
102	Mark Index Entry	Alt+Shift+	X
103	Mark Table of Contents Entry	Alt+Shift+	O
104	Merge Field	Alt+Shift+	F
105	Microsoft System Info	Alt+Ctrl+	F1
106	Move		F2
107	New Default	Ctrl+	N
108	Next Field		F11
109	Next Field	Alt+	F1
110	Next Misspelling	Alt+	F7
111	Next Object	Alt+	Down
112	Next Pane		F6
113	Next Window	Ctrl+	F6
114	Next Window	Alt+	F6
115	Normal	Alt+Ctrl+	N
116	Normal Style	Ctrl+Shift+	N
117	Normal Style	Alt+Shift+	Clear (Num 5)
118	Open	Ctrl+	F12
119	Open	Alt+Ctrl+	F2
120	Open or Close Up Para	Ctrl+	0
121	Open Using Backstage	Ctrl+	O
122	Outline	Alt+Ctrl+	O
123	Outline Demote	Alt+Shift+	Right
124	Outline Move Down	Alt+Shift+	Down
125	Outline Move Up	Alt+Shift+	Up
126	Outline Promote	Alt+Shift+	Left
127	Outline Show First Line	Alt+Shift+	L
128	Page	Alt+Ctrl+	P
130	Page Break	Ctrl+	Return
131	Page Down		Page Down
132	Page Down Extend	Shift+	Page Down
133	Page Field	Alt+Shift+	P
134	Page Up		Page Up
135	Page Up Extend	Shift+	Page Up
136	Para Down	Ctrl+	Down
137	Para Down Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Down
138	Para Up	Ctrl+	Up
139	Para Up Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Up
140	Paragraph Alignment	Ctrl+	E
141	Paragraph Alignment	Ctrl+	R
142	Paragraph Alignment	Ctrl+	J
143	Paragraph Alignment	Ctrl+	L
144	Paragraph Formatting	Ctrl+	Q
145	Paragraph Spacing	Ctrl+	5
146	Paragraph Spacing	Ctrl+	2
147	Paragraph Spacing	Ctrl+	1
148	Paste	Ctrl+	V
149	Paste	Shift+	Insert
150	Paste Format	Alt+Ctrl+	V
151	Paste Special	Alt+Ctrl+	V
152	Paste Text Only	Ctrl+Shift+	V
153	Prev Field	Shift+	F11
154	Prev Field	Alt+Shift+	F1
155	Prev Object	Alt+	Up
156	Prev Pane	Shift+	F6
157	Prev Window	Ctrl+Shift+	F6
158	Prev Window	Alt+Shift+	F6
159	Print	Ctrl+	P
160	Print	Ctrl+	F2
161	Print	Ctrl+Shift+	F12
162	Print	Alt+Ctrl+	I
163	Proofing		F7
164	Read Aloud	Alt+Ctrl+	Space
165	Redo	Alt+Shift+	Backspace
166	Redo or Repeat	Ctrl+	Y
167	Redo or Repeat		F4
168	Redo or Repeat	Alt+	Return
169	Repeat Find	Shift+	F4
170	Repeat Find	Alt+Ctrl+	Y
171	Replace	Ctrl+	H
172	Research Lookup	Ctrl+Shift+	O
173	Reset Char	Ctrl+	Space
174	Reset Char	Ctrl+Shift+	Z
175	Revision Marks Toggle	Ctrl+Shift+	E
176	Save	Ctrl+	S
177	Save	Shift+	F12
178	Save	Alt+Shift+	F2
179	Save As		F12
180	Select All	Ctrl+	A
181	Select All	Ctrl+	Clear (Num 5)
182	Select All	Ctrl+	Num 5
183	Select and scroll to next E2o	Alt+Ctrl+	G
184	Select Table	Alt+	Clear (Num 5)
185	Show All	Ctrl+Shift+	8
186	Show All Headings	Alt+Shift+	A
187	Show All Headings	Alt+Shift+	A
188	Show Heading1	Alt+Shift+	1
190	Show Heading2	Alt+Shift+	2
190	Show Heading3	Alt+Shift+	3
191	Show Heading4	Alt+Shift+	4
192	Show Heading5	Alt+Shift+	5
193	Show Heading6	Alt+Shift+	6
194	Show Heading7	Alt+Shift+	7
195	Show Heading8	Alt+Shift+	8
196	Show Heading9	Alt+Shift+	9
197	Shrink Font	Ctrl+Shift+	,
198	Shrink Font One Point	Ctrl+	[
199	Shrink Selection	Shift+	F8
200	Small Caps	Ctrl+Shift+	K
201	Smart Find	Ctrl+	F
202	Spike	Ctrl+	F3
203	Start of Column	Alt+	Page Up
204	Start of Column	Alt+Shift+	Page Up
205	Start of Doc Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Home
206	Start of Document	Ctrl+	Home
207	Start of Line		Home
208	Start of Line Extend	Shift+	Home
209	Start of Row	Alt+	Home
210	Start of Row	Alt+Shift+	Home
211	Start of Window	Alt+Ctrl+	Page Up
212	Start of Window Extend	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+	Page Up
213	Start Office Dictation	Alt+	`
214	Style	Alt+Ctrl+	3
215	Style	Ctrl+Shift+	L
216	Style	Alt+Ctrl+	1
217	Style	Alt+Ctrl+	2
218	Style Apply Pane	Ctrl+Shift+	S
219	Style Separator	Alt+Ctrl+	Return
220	Subscript	Ctrl+Shift+	–
221	Superscript	Ctrl+Shift+	=
222	Symbol Font	Ctrl+Shift+	Q
223	Thesaurus RR	Shift+	F7
224	Time Field	Alt+Shift+	T
225	Toggle Character Code	Alt+	X
226	Toggle Field Display	Shift+	F9
227	Toggle Master Subdocs	Ctrl+	\
228	Toggle Ribbon	Ctrl+	F1
229	Toggle XMLTag View	Ctrl+Shift+	X
230	Un Hang	Ctrl+Shift+	T
231	Un Indent	Ctrl+Shift+	M
232	Underline	Ctrl+	U
233	Underline	Ctrl+Shift+	U
234	Undo	Ctrl+	Z
235	Undo	Alt+	Backspace
236	Unlink Fields	Ctrl+	6
237	Unlink Fields	Ctrl+Shift+	F9
238	Unlock Fields	Ctrl+	4
239	Unlock Fields	Ctrl+Shift+	F11
240	Update Auto Format	Alt+Ctrl+	U
241	Update Fields		F9
242	Update Fields	Alt+Shift+	U
243	Update Source	Ctrl+Shift+	F7
244	VBCode	Alt+	F11
245	Web Go Back	Alt+	Left
246	Web Go Forward	Alt+	Right
247	Word Count List	Ctrl+Shift+	G
248	Word Count Recount	Ctrl+Shift+	R
249	Word Left	Ctrl+	Left
250	Word Left Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Left
251	Word Right	Ctrl+	Right
252	Word Right Extend	Ctrl+Shift+	Right
253	Word Underline	Ctrl+Shift+	W
254	Zoom In	Ctrl+	=
255	Zoom Out	Ctrl+	–
256	Zoom100	Ctrl+	0

Tips: How to open all MS Word commands in your computer?

Open MS Word application

Press Alt + F8 Shortcut

A Macros dialog will be open

Select “Word Commands”

Choose “ListCommands”

And Click the Run Button

You will get all the MS Word Commands list in your MS Word document.

That is all! Thankyou 🙏