Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows 10

Keyboard shortcut

Action

Windows key

Open or close Start Menu.

Windows key + A

Open Action center.

Windows key + C

Open Cortana in listening mode.

Windows key + D

Display and hide the desktop.

Windows key + E

Open File Explorer.

Windows key + G

Open Game bar when a game is open.

Windows key + H

Open the Share charm.

Windows key + I

Open Settings.

Windows key + K

Open the Connect quick action.

Windows key + L

Lock your PC or switch accounts.

Windows key + M

Minimize all windows.

Windows key + R

Open Run dialog box.

Windows key + S

Open Search.

Windows key + U

Open Ease of Access Center.

Windows key + X

Open Quick Link menu.

Windows key + Number

Open the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the

number.

Windows key + Left arrow key

Snap app windows left.

Windows key + Right arrow key

Snap app windows right.

Windows key + Up arrow key

Maximize app windows.

Windows key + Down arrow key

Minimize app windows.

Windows key + Comma

Temporarily peek at the desktop.

Windows key + Ctrl +D

Add a virtual desktop.

Windows key + Ctrl + Left or Right

arrow

Switch between virtual desktops.

Windows key + Ctrl + F4

Close current virtual desktop.

Windows key + Enter

Open Narrator.

Windows key + Home

Minimize all but the active desktop window (restores all windows on

second stroke).

Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcut

Action

Windows key + PrtScn

Capture a screenshot and save in Screenshots folder.

Windows key + Shift + Up arrow

Stretch the desktop window to the top and bottom of the screen.

Windows key + Tab

Open Task view.

Windows key + "+" key

Zoom in using the magnifier.

Windows key + "-" key

Zoom out using the magnifier.

Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Open Task Manager.

Alt + Tab

Switch between open apps.

Alt + Left arrow key

Go back.

Alt + Right arrow key

Go foward.

Alt + Page Up

Move up one screen.

Alt + Page down

Move down one screen.

Ctrl + Alt +Tab

View open apps

Ctrl + C

Copy selected items to clipboard.

Ctrl + X

Cut selected items.

Ctrl + V

Paste content from clipboard.

Ctrl + A

Select all content.

Ctrl + Z

Undo an action.

Ctrl + Y

Redo an action.

Ctrl + D

Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin.

Ctrl + Esc

Open the Start Menu.

Ctrl + Shift

Switch the keyboard layout.

Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Open Task Manager.

Ctrl + F4

Close the active window.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Microsoft Word

Shortcut

Description

Ctrl+0

Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.

Ctrl+A

Select all contents of the page.

Ctrl+B

Bold highlighted selection.

Ctrl+C

Copy selected text.

Ctrl+D

Open the font preferences window.

Ctrl+E

Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.

Ctrl+F

Open find box.

Ctrl+I

Italic highlighted selection.

Ctrl+J

Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.

Ctrl+K

Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl+L

Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.

Ctrl+M

Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl+N

Opens new, blank document window.

Ctrl+O

Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.

Ctrl+P

Open the print window.

Ctrl+R

Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.

Ctrl+S

Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12.

Alt, F, A

Save the document under a different file name.

Ctrl+T

Create a hanging indent.

Ctrl+U

Underline the selected text.

Ctrl+V

Paste.

Ctrl+W

Close the currently open document.

Ctrl+X

Cut selected text.

Ctrl+Y

Redo the last action performed.

Ctrl+Z

Undo last action.

Ctrl+Shift+L

Quickly create a bullet point.

Ctrl+Shift+F

Change the font.

Ctrl+Shift+>

Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.

Ctrl+]

Increase selected font +1pts.

Ctrl+Shift+<

Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if above 12, decreases font by +2pt.

Ctrl+[

Decrease selected font -1pts.

Ctrl+/+c

Insert a cent sign (¢).

Ctrl+'+<char>

Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want.

For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl+'+eas your shortcut key. To

reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key.

Ctrl+Shift+*

View or hide non printing characters.

Ctrl+<left arrow>

Moves one word to the left.

Ctrl+<right arrow>

Moves one word to the right.

Ctrl+<up arrow>

Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Ctrl+<down arrow>

Moves to the end of the paragraph.

Ctrl+Del

Deletes word to right of cursor.

Ctrl+Backspace

Deletes word to left of cursor.

Ctrl+End

Moves the cursor to the end of the document.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut

Description

Ctrl+Home

Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl+Spacebar

Reset highlighted text to the default font.

Ctrl+1

Single-space lines.

Ctrl+2

Double-space lines.

Ctrl+5

1.5-line spacing.

Ctrl+Alt+1

Changes text to heading 1.

Ctrl+Alt+2

Changes text to heading 2.

Ctrl+Alt+3

Changes text to heading 3.

Alt+Ctrl+F2

Open new document.

Ctrl+F1

Open the Task Pane.

Ctrl+F2

Display the print preview.

Ctrl+Shift+>

Increases the selected text size by one font size.

Ctrl+Shift+<

Decreases the selected text size by one font size.

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.

Ctrl+Shift+F12

Prints the document.

Open Help.

Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).

Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.

Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.

F12

Save As.

Shift+F3

Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the

beginning of every word.

Shift+F7

Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.

Shift+F12

Save the open document. Just like Ctrl+S.

Shift+Enter

Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.

Shift+Insert

Paste.

Shift+Alt+D

Insert the current date.

Shift+Alt+T

Insert the current time.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Microsoft Excel

Shortcut

Description

Tab

Move to the next cell, to the right of the currently selected cell.

Ctrl+A

Select all contents of a worksheet.

Ctrl+B

Bold all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+C

Copy all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+D

Fill down. Fills the cell beneath with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than one

cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Down to select multiple cells. Then

press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the original cell.

Ctrl+F

Search current sheet.

Ctrl+G

Go to a certain area.

Ctrl+H

Find and replace.

Ctrl+I

Puts italics on all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+K

Inserts a hyperlink.

Ctrl+N

Creates a new workbook.

Ctrl+O

Opens a workbook.

Ctrl+P

Print the current sheet.

Ctrl+R

Fill right. Fills the cell to the right with the contents of the selected cell. To fill more than

one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Right to select multiple cells. Then

press Ctrl+R to fill them with the contents of the original cell.

Ctrl+S

Saves the open worksheet.

Ctrl+U

Underlines all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+V

Pastes everything copied onto the clipboard.

Ctrl+W

Closes the current workbook.

Ctrl+X

Cuts all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+Y

Repeats the last entry.

Ctrl+Z

Undo the last action.

Ctrl+1

Changes the format of the selected cells.

Ctrl+2

Bolds all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+3

Puts italics all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+4

Underlines all cells in highlighted section.

Ctrl+5

Puts a strikethrough all cells in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+6

Shows or hides objects.

Ctrl+7

Shows or hides the toolbar.

Ctrl+8

Toggles the outline symbols.

Ctrl+9

Hides rows.

Ctrl+0

Hides columns.

Ctrl+Shift+:

Enters the current time.

Ctrl+;

Enters the current date.

Ctrl+`

Changes between displaying cell values or formulas in the worksheet.

Ctrl+'

Copies a formula from the cell above.

Ctrl+Shift+"

Copies value from cell above.

Ctrl+-

Deletes the selected column or row.

Ctrl+Shift+=

Inserts a new column or row.

Ctrl+Shift+~

Switches between showing Excel formulas or their values in cells.

Ctrl+Shift+@

Applies time formatting.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut

Description

Ctrl+Shift+!

Applies comma formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+$

Applies currency formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+#

Applies date formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+%

Applies percentage formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+^

Applies exponential formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+*

Selects the current region around the active cell.

Ctrl+Shift+&

Places border around selected cells.

Ctrl+Shift+_

Removes a border.

Ctrl++

Insert.

Ctrl+-

Delete.

Ctrl+Shift+(

Unhide rows.

Ctrl+Shift+)

Unhide columns.

Ctrl+/

Selects the array containing the active cell.

Ctrl+\

Selects the cells that have a static value or don’t match the formula in the active cell.

Ctrl+[

Selects all cells referenced by formulas in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+]

Selects cells that contain formulas that reference the active cell.

Ctrl+Shift+{

Selects all cells directly or indirectly referenced by formulas in the highlighted section.

Ctrl+Shift+}

Selects cells which contain formulas that directly or indirectly reference the active cell.

Ctrl+Shift+| (pipe)

Selects the cells within a column that don’t match the formula or static value in the active

cell.

Ctrl+Enter

Fills the selected cells with the current entry.

Ctrl+Spacebar

Selects the entire column.

Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar

Selects the entire worksheet.

Ctrl+Home

Move to cell A1.

Ctrl+End

Move to last cell on worksheet.

Ctrl+Tab

Move between Two or more open Excel files.

Ctrl+Shift+Tab

Activates the previous workbook.

Ctrl+Shift+A

Inserts argument names into a formula.

Ctrl+Shift+F

Opens the drop-down menu for fonts.

Ctrl+Shift+O

Selects all of the cells that contain comments.

Ctrl+Shift+P

Opens the drop-down menu for point size.

Shift+Insert

Pastes what is stored on the clipboard.

Shift+Page Up

In a single column, highlights all cells above that are selected.

Shift+Page Down

In a single column, highlights all cells above that are selected.

Shift+Home

Highlights all text to the left of the cursor.

Shift+End

Highlights all text to the right of the cursor.

Shift+Up Arrow

Extends the highlighted area up one cell.

Shift+Down Arrow

Extends the highlighted area down one cell.

Shift+Left Arrow

Extends the highlighted area left one character.

Shift +Right Arrow

Extends the highlighted area right one character.

Alt+Tab

Cycles through applications.

Alt+Spacebar

Opens the system menu.

Alt+Backspace

Undo.

Alt+Enter

While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter will move to the next line, allowing for

multiple lines of text in one cell.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut

Description

Alt+=

Creates a formula to sum all of the above cells.

Alt+'

Allows formatting on a dialog box.

Opens the help menu.

Edits the selected cell.

After a name has been created, F3 will paste names.

Repeats last action. For example, if you changed the color of text in another cell, pressing

F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.

Goes to a specific cell. For example, C6.

Move to the next pane.

Spell check selected text or document.

Enters Extend Mode.

Recalculates every workbook.

F10

Activates the menu bar.

F11

Creates a chart from selected data.

F12

Save As option.

Shift+F1

Opens the "What's This?" window.

Shift+F2

Allows the user to edit a cell comment.

Shift+F3

Opens the Excel formula window.

Shift+F5

Brings up a search box.

Shift+F6

Move to previous pane.

Shift+F8

Add to selection.

Shift+F9

Performs calculate function on active sheet.

Ctrl+F3

Open Excel Name Manager.

Ctrl+F4

Closes current Window.

Ctrl+F5

Restores window size.

Ctrl+F6

Next workbook.

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Previous workbook.

Ctrl+F7

Moves the window.

Ctrl+F8

Resizes the window.

Ctrl+F9

Minimize current window.

Ctrl+F10

Maximize currently selected window.

Ctrl+F11

Inserts a macro sheet.

Ctrl+F12

Opens a file.

Ctrl+Shift+F3

Creates names by using those of either row or column labels.

Ctrl+Shift+F6

Moves to the previous worksheet window.

Ctrl+Shift+F12

Prints the current worksheet.

Alt+F1

Inserts a chart.

Alt+F2

Save As option.

Alt+F4

Exits Excel.

Alt+F8

Opens the macro dialog box.

Alt+F11

Opens the Visual Basic editor.

Alt+Shift+F1

Creates a new worksheet.

Alt+Shift+F2

Saves the current worksheet.