Microsoft Word Useful Short Cuts Keys

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Microsoft Office basics

Display and use windows

To do this	Press
Switch to the next window.	ALT+TAB
Switch to the previous window.	ALT+SHIFT+TAB
Close the active window.	CTRL+W or CTRL+F4
Restore the size of the active window after you maximize it.	ALT+F5
Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window (clockwise direction). You may need to press F6 more than once.	F6
Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window (counterclockwise direction).	SHIFT+F6
When more than one window is open, switch to the next window.	CTRL+F6
Switch to the previous window.	CTRL+SHIFT+F6
Maximize or restore a selected window.	CTRL+F10
Copy a picture of the screen to the Clipboard.	PRINT SCREEN
Copy a picture of the selected window to the Clipboard. Use dialog boxes To do this Press Move to the next option or option group. TAB Move to the previous option or option group. SHIFT+TAB Switch to the next tab in a dialog box. CTRL+TAB Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move between options in an open drop-down list, or between options in a group of options. Arrow keys Perform the action assigned to the selected button; select or clear the selected check box. SPACEBAR Select an option; select or clear a check box. ALT+ the letter underlined in an option Open a selected drop-down list. ALT+DOWN ARROW Select an option from a drop-down list. First letter of an option in a drop-down list Close a selected drop-down list; cancel a command and close a dialog box. ESC Run the selected command. ENTER Use edit boxes within dialog boxes An edit box is a blank in which you type or paste an entry, such as your user name or the path of a folder. To do this Press Move to the beginning of the entry. HOME Move to the end of the entry. END Move one character to the left or right. LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW Move one word to the left. CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move one word to the right. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Select or unselect one character to the left. SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select or unselect one character to the right. SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select or unselect one word to the left. CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Select or unselect one word to the right. CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry. SHIFT+HOME Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry. SHIFT+END Use the Open and Save As dialog boxes To do this Press Display the Open dialog box. CTRL+F12 or CTRL+O Display the Save As dialog box. F12 Open the selected folder or file. ENTER Open the folder one level above the selected folder. BACKSPACE Delete the selected folder or file. DELETE Display a shortcut menu for a selected item such as a folder or file. SHIFT+F10 Move forward through options. TAB Move back through options. SHIFT+TAB Open the Look in list. F4 or ALT+I Undo and redo actions To do this Press Cancel an action. ESC Undo an action. CTRL+Z Redo or repeat an action. CTRL+Y Access and use task panes and galleries To do this Press Move to a task pane from another pane in the program window. (You may need to press F6 more than once.) F6 When a menu is active, move to a task pane. (You may need to press CTRL+TAB more than once.) CTRL+TAB When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane. TAB or SHIFT+TAB Display the full set of commands on the task pane menu. CTRL+SPACEBAR Perform the action assigned to the selected button. SPACEBAR or ENTER Open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item. SHIFT+F10 Select the first or last item in a gallery. HOME or END Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Close a task pane Press F6 to move to the task pane, if necessary. Press CTRL+SPACEBAR. Use the arrow keys to select Close, and then press ENTER. Move a task pane Press F6 to move to the task pane, if necessary. Press CTRL+SPACEBAR. Use the arrow keys to select Move, and then press ENTER. Use the arrow keys to move the task pane, and then press ENTER. Resize a task pane Press F6 to move to the task pane, if necessary. Press CTRL+SPACEBAR. Use the arrow keys to select Size, and then press ENTER. Use the arrow keys to resize the task pane, and then press ENTER. Access and use available actions To do this Press Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. SHIFT+F10 Display the menu or message for an available action or for the AutoCorrect Options button or the Paste options button . If more than one action is present, switch to the next action and display its menu or message. ALT+SHIFT+F10 Move between options in a menu of available actions. Arrow keys Perform the action for the selected item on a menu of available actions. ENTER Close the available actions menu or message. ESC Tips You can ask to be notified by a sound whenever an action is available (not available in Word Starter). To hear audio cues, you must have a sound card. You must also have Microsoft Office Sounds installed on your computer. If you have access to the Internet, you can download Microsoft Office Sounds from Office.com. After you install the sound files, do the following: Press ALT+F, T to open Word Options. Press A to select Advanced, and then press TAB to move to the Advanced Options for working with Word . Press ALT+S twice to move to the Provide feedback with sound check box, which is under General, and then press SPACEBAR. Press TAB repeatedly to select OK, and then press ENTER. Note   When you select or clear this check box, the setting affects all Office programs that support sound. Top of Page Navigating the Ribbon Access any command with a few keystrokes Access keys let you quickly use a command by pressing a few keys, regardless of where you are in the program. Every command in Word 2010 can be accessed by using an access key. You can get to most commands by using two to five keystrokes. To use an access key: Press ALT. The KeyTips are displayed over each feature that is available in the current view. Press the letter shown in the KeyTip over the feature that you want to use. Depending on which letter you press, you may be shown additional KeyTips. For example, if the Home tab is active and you press N, the Insert tab is displayed, along with the KeyTips for the groups on that tab. Continue pressing letters until you press the letter of the command or control that you want to use. In some cases, you must first press the letter of the group that contains the command. Note   To cancel the action that you are taking and hide the KeyTips, press ALT. Change the keyboard focus without using the mouse Another way to use the keyboard to work with programs that feature the Office Ribbon is to move the focus among the tabs and commands until you find the feature that you want to use. The following table lists some ways to move the keyboard focus without using the mouse. To do this Press Select the active tab of the Ribbon and activate the access keys. ALT or F10. Press either of these keys again to move back to the document and cancel the access keys. Move to another tab of the Ribbon. F10 to select the active tab, and then LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW Expand or collapse the Ribbon. CTRL+F1 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. SHIFT+F10 Move the focus to select each of the following areas of the window: Active tab of the Ribbon Any open task panes Status bar at the bottom of the window Your document F6 Move the focus to each command on the Ribbon, forward or backward, respectively. TAB or SHIFT+TAB Move down, up, left, or right, respectively, among the items on the Ribbon. DOWN ARROW, UP ARROW, LEFT ARROW, or RIGHT ARROW Activate the selected command or control on the Ribbon. SPACEBAR or ENTER Open the selected menu or gallery on the Ribbon. SPACEBAR or ENTER Activate a command or control on the Ribbon so you can modify a value. ENTER Finish modifying a value in a control on the Ribbon, and move focus back to the document. ENTER Get help on the selected command or control on the Ribbon. (If no Help topic is associated with the selected command, a general Help topic about the program is shown instead.) F1 Top of Page Quick reference for Microsoft Word Common tasks in Microsoft Word To do this Press Create a nonbreaking space. CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR Create a nonbreaking hyphen. CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN Make letters bold. CTRL+B Make letters italic. CTRL+I Make letters underline. CTRL+U Decrease font size one value. CTRL+SHIFT+< Increase font size one value. CTRL+SHIFT+> Decrease font size 1 point. CTRL+[ Increase font size 1 point. CTRL+] Remove paragraph or character formatting. CTRL+SPACEBAR Copy the selected text or object. CTRL+C Cut the selected text or object. CTRL+X Paste text or an object. CTRL+V Paste special CTRL+ALT+V Paste formatting only CTRL+SHIFT+V Undo the last action. CTRL+Z Redo the last action. CTRL+Y Open the Word Count dialog box. CTRL+SHIFT+G Working with documents and Web pages Create, view, and save documents To do this Press Create a new document. CTRL+N Open a document. CTRL+O Close a document. CTRL+W Split the document window. ALT+CTRL+S Remove the document window split. ALT+SHIFT+C or ALT+CTRL+S Save a document. CTRL+S Find, replace, and browse through text To do this Press Open the Navigation task pane (to search document). CTRL+F Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window). ALT+CTRL+Y Replace text, specific formatting, and special items. CTRL+H Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location. CTRL+G Switch between the last four places that you have edited. ALT+CTRL+Z Open a list of browse options. Press the arrow keys to select an option, and then press ENTER to browse through a document by using the selected option. ALT+CTRL+HOME Move to the previous browse object (set in browse options). CTRL+PAGE UP Move to the next browse object (set in browse options). CTRL+PAGE DOWN Switch to another view To do this Press Switch to Print Layout view. ALT+CTRL+P Switch to Outline view. ALT+CTRL+O Switch to Draft view. ALT+CTRL+N Outline view To do this Press Promote a paragraph. ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Demote a paragraph. ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Demote to body text. CTRL+SHIFT+N Move selected paragraphs up. ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW Move selected paragraphs down. ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Expand text under a heading. ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN Collapse text under a heading. ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN Expand or collapse all text or headings. ALT+SHIFT+A Hide or display character formatting. The slash (/) key on the numeric keypad Show the first line of body text or all body text. ALT+SHIFT+L Show all headings with the Heading 1 style. ALT+SHIFT+1 Show all headings up to Heading n. ALT+SHIFT+n Insert a tab character. CTRL+TAB Print and preview documents To do this Press Print a document. CTRL+P Switch to print preview. ALT+CTRL+I Move around the preview page when zoomed in. Arrow keys Move by one preview page when zoomed out. PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN Move to the first preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+HOME Move to the last preview page when zoomed out. CTRL+END Review documents To do this Press Insert a comment. ALT+CTRL+M Turn change tracking on or off. CTRL+SHIFT+E Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open. ALT+SHIFT+C Full Screen Reading view Note   Some screen readers may not be compatible with Full Screen Reading view. To do this Press Go to beginning of document. HOME Go to end of document. END Go to page n. n, ENTER Exit reading layout view. ESC References, footnotes, and endnotes To do this Press Mark a table of contents entry. ALT+SHIFT+O Mark a table of authorities entry (citation). ALT+SHIFT+I Mark an index entry. ALT+SHIFT+X Insert a footnote. ALT+CTRL+F Insert an endnote. ALT+CTRL+D Work with Web pages To do this Press Insert a hyperlink. CTRL+K Go back one page. ALT+LEFT ARROW Go forward one page. ALT+RIGHT ARROW Refresh. F9 Edit and move text and graphics Delete text and graphics To do this Press Delete one character to the left. BACKSPACE Delete one word to the left. CTRL+BACKSPACE Delete one character to the right. DELETE Delete one word to the right. CTRL+DELETE Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard. CTRL+X Undo the last action. CTRL+Z Cut to the Spike. CTRL+F3 Copy and move text and graphics To do this Press Open the Office Clipboard Press ALT+H to move to the Home tab, and then press F,O. Copy selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard. CTRL+C Cut selected text or graphics to the Office Clipboard. CTRL+X Paste the most recent addition or pasted item from the Office Clipboard. CTRL+V Move text or graphics once. F2 (then move the cursor and press ENTER) Copy text or graphics once. SHIFT+F2 (then move the cursor and press ENTER) When text or an object is selected, open the Create New Building Block dialog box. ALT+F3 When the building block — for example, a SmartArt graphic — is selected, display the shortcut menu that is associated with it. SHIFT+F10 Cut to the Spike. CTRL+F3 Paste the Spike contents. CTRL+SHIFT+F3 Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document. ALT+SHIFT+R Insert special characters To insert this Press A field CTRL+F9 A line break SHIFT+ENTER A page break CTRL+ENTER A column break CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER An em dash ALT+CTRL+MINUS SIGN An en dash CTRL+MINUS SIGN An optional hyphen CTRL+HYPHEN A nonbreaking hyphen CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN A nonbreaking space CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR The copyright symbol ALT+CTRL+C The registered trademark symbol ALT+CTRL+R The trademark symbol ALT+CTRL+T An ellipsis ALT+CTRL+PERIOD A single opening quotation mark CTRL+`(single quotation mark), `(single quotation mark) A single closing quotation mark CTRL+' (single quotation mark), ' (single quotation mark) Double opening quotation marks CTRL+` (single quotation mark), SHIFT+' (single quotation mark) Double closing quotation marks CTRL+' (single quotation mark), SHIFT+' (single quotation mark) An AutoText entry ENTER (after you type the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears) Insert characters by using character codes To do this Press Insert the Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol (), type 20AC, and then hold down ALT and press X. The character code, ALT+X Find out the Unicode character code for the selected character ALT+X Insert the ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down ALT and press 0128 on the numeric keypad. ALT+the character code (on the numeric keypad) Select text and graphics Select text by holding down SHIFT and using the arrow keys to move the cursor. Extend a selection To do this Press Turn extend mode on. F8 Select the nearest character. F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW Increase the size of a selection. F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so on) Reduce the size of a selection. SHIFT+F8 Turn extend mode off. ESC Extend a selection one character to the right. SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Extend a selection one character to the left. SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Extend a selection to the end of a word. CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW Extend a selection to the beginning of a word. CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW Extend a selection to the end of a line. SHIFT+END Extend a selection to the beginning of a line. SHIFT+HOME Extend a selection one line down. SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Extend a selection one line up. SHIFT+UP ARROW Extend a selection to the end of a paragraph. CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Extend a selection to the beginning of a paragraph. CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW Extend a selection one screen down. SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Extend a selection one screen up. SHIFT+PAGE UP Extend a selection to the beginning of a document. CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Extend a selection to the end of a document. CTRL+SHIFT+END Extend a selection to the end of a window. ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Extend a selection to include the entire document. CTRL+A Select a vertical block of text. CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode Extend a selection to a specific location in a document. F8+arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode Select text and graphics in a table To do this Press Select the next cell's contents. TAB Select the preceding cell's contents. SHIFT+TAB Extend a selection to adjacent cells. Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly Select a column. Use the arrow keys to move to the column's top or bottom cell, and then do one of the following: Press SHIFT+ALT+PAGE DOWN to select the column from top to bottom. Press SHIFT+ALT+PAGE UP to select the column from bottom to top. Extend a selection (or block). CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel selection mode Select an entire table. ALT+5 on the numeric keypad (with NUM LOCK off) Move through your document To move Press One character to the left LEFT ARROW One character to the right RIGHT ARROW One word to the left CTRL+LEFT ARROW One word to the right CTRL+RIGHT ARROW One paragraph up CTRL+UP ARROW One paragraph down CTRL+DOWN ARROW One cell to the left (in a table) SHIFT+TAB One cell to the right (in a table) TAB Up one line UP ARROW Down one line DOWN ARROW To the end of a line END To the beginning of a line HOME To the top of the window ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP To the end of the window ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN Up one screen (scrolling) PAGE UP Down one screen (scrolling) PAGE DOWN To the top of the next page CTRL+PAGE DOWN To the top of the previous page CTRL+PAGE UP To the end of a document CTRL+END To the beginning of a document CTRL+HOME To a previous revision SHIFT+F5 After opening a document, to the location you were working in when the document was last closed SHIFT+F5 Move around in a table To move Press To the next cell in a row TAB To the previous cell in a row SHIFT+TAB To the first cell in a row ALT+HOME To the last cell in a row ALT+END To the first cell in a column ALT+PAGE UP To the last cell in a column ALT+PAGE DOWN To the previous row UP ARROW To the next row DOWN ARROW Row up ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW Row down ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table To insert Press New paragraphs in a cell ENTER Tab characters in a cell CTRL+TAB Use overtype mode To change the overtype settings so that you can access overtype mode by pressing INSERT, do the following: Press ALT+F, T to open Word Options. Press A to select ADVANCED, and then press TAB. Press ALT+O to move to the Use the Insert key to control overtype mode check box. Press SPACEBAR to select the check box, and then press ENTER. To turn Overtype mode on or off, press INSERT. Character and paragraph formatting Copy formatting To do this Press Copy formatting from text. CTRL+SHIFT+C Apply copied formatting to text. CTRL+SHIFT+V Change or resize the font Note   The following keyboard shortcuts do not work in Full Screen Reading mode. To do this Press Open the Font dialog box to change the font. CTRL+SHIFT+F Increase the font size. CTRL+SHIFT+> Decrease the font size. CTRL+SHIFT+< Increase the font size by 1 point. CTRL+] Decrease the font size by 1 point. CTRL+[ Apply character formats To do this Press Open the Font dialog box to change the formatting of characters. CTRL+D Change the case of letters. SHIFT+F3 Format all letters as capitals. CTRL+SHIFT+A Apply bold formatting. CTRL+B Apply an underline. CTRL+U Underline words but not spaces. CTRL+SHIFT+W Double-underline text. CTRL+SHIFT+D Apply hidden text formatting. CTRL+SHIFT+H Apply italic formatting. CTRL+I Format letters as small capitals. CTRL+SHIFT+K Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing). CTRL+EQUAL SIGN Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing). CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN Remove manual character formatting. CTRL+SPACEBAR Change the selection to the Symbol font. CTRL+SHIFT+Q View and copy text formats To do this Press Display nonprinting characters. CTRL+SHIFT+* (asterisk on numeric keypad does not work) Review text formatting. SHIFT+F1 (then click the text with the formatting you want to review) Copy formats. CTRL+SHIFT+C Paste formats. CTRL+SHIFT+V Set the line spacing To do this Press Single-space lines. CTRL+1 Double-space lines. CTRL+2 Set 1.5-line spacing. CTRL+5 Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph. CTRL+0 (zero) Align paragraphs To do this Press Switch a paragraph between centered and left-aligned. CTRL+E Switch a paragraph between justified and left-aligned. CTRL+J Switch a paragraph between right-aligned and left-aligned. CTRL+R Left align a paragraph. CTRL+L Indent a paragraph from the left. CTRL+M Remove a paragraph indent from the left. CTRL+SHIFT+M Create a hanging indent. CTRL+T Reduce a hanging indent. CTRL+SHIFT+T Remove paragraph formatting. CTRL+Q Apply paragraph styles To do this Press Open Apply Styles task pane. CTRL+SHIFT+S Open Styles task pane. ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+S Start AutoFormat. ALT+CTRL+K Apply the Normal style. CTRL+SHIFT+N Apply the Heading 1 style. ALT+CTRL+1 Apply the Heading 2 style. ALT+CTRL+2 Apply the Heading 3 style. ALT+CTRL+3 Close the Styles task pane If the Styles task pane is not selected, press F6 to select it. Press CTRL+SPACEBAR. Use the arrow keys to select Close, and then press ENTER. Insert and edit objects Insert an object Press ALT, N, J, and then J to open the Object dialog box. Do one of the following. Press DOWN ARROW to select an object type, and then press ENTER to create an object. Press CTRL+TAB to switch to the Create from File tab, press TAB, and then type the file name of the object that you want to insert or browse to the file. Edit an object With the cursor positioned to the left of the object in your document, select the object by pressing SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW. Press SHIFT+F10. Press the TAB key to get to Object name, press ENTER, and then press ENTER again. Insert SmartArt graphics Press and release ALT, N, and then M to select SmartArt. Press the arrow keys to select the type of graphic that you want. Press TAB, and then press the arrow keys to select the graphic that you want to insert. Press ENTER. Insert WordArt Press and release ALT, N, and then W to select WordArt. Press the arrow keys to select the WordArt style that you want, and then press ENTER. Type the text that you want. Press ESC to select the WordArt object, and then use the arrow keys to move the object. Press ESC again to return to return to the document. Mail merge and fields Perform a mail merge Note   You must be on the Mailings tab to use these keyboard shortcuts. To do this Press Preview a mail merge. ALT+SHIFT+K Merge a document. ALT+SHIFT+N Print the merged document. ALT+SHIFT+M Edit a mail-merge data document. ALT+SHIFT+E Insert a merge field. ALT+SHIFT+F Work with fields To do this Press Insert a DATE field. ALT+SHIFT+D Insert a LISTNUM field. ALT+CTRL+L Insert a PAGE field. ALT+SHIFT+P Insert a TIME field. ALT+SHIFT+T Insert an empty field. CTRL+F9 Update linked information in a Microsoft Word source document. CTRL+SHIFT+F7 Update selected fields. F9 Unlink a field. CTRL+SHIFT+F9 Switch between a selected field code and its result. SHIFT+F9 Switch between all field codes and their results. ALT+F9 Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results. ALT+SHIFT+F9 Go to the next field. F11 Go to the previous field. SHIFT+F11 Lock a field. CTRL+F11 Unlock a field. CTRL+SHIFT+F11 Language bar Handwriting recognition To do this Press Switch between languages or keyboard layouts. Left ALT+SHIFT Display a list of correction alternatives. +C Turn handwriting on or off. +H Turn Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) on 101 keyboard on or off. ALT+~ Turn Korean IME on 101 keyboard on or off. Right ALT Turn Chinese IME on 101 keyboard on or off. CTRL+SPACEBAR Tips You can choose the key combination for switching between languages or keyboard layouts in the Advanced Key Setting dialog box. To open the Advanced Key Setting dialog box, right-click the Language bar, and then click Settings. Under Preferences, click Key Settings. The Windows logo key is available on the bottom row of keys on most keyboards. Top of Page Function key reference Function keys To do this Press Get Help or visit Microsoft Office.com. F1 Move text or graphics. F2 Repeat the last action. F4 Choose the Go To command (Home tab). F5 Go to the next pane or frame. F6 Choose the Spelling command (Review tab). F7 Extend a selection. F8 Update the selected fields. F9 Show KeyTips. F10 Go to the next field. F11 Choose the Save As command. F12 SHIFT+Function key To do this Press Start context-sensitive Help or reveal formatting. SHIFT+F1 Copy text. SHIFT+F2 Change the case of letters. SHIFT+F3 Repeat a Find or Go To action. SHIFT+F4 Move to the last change. SHIFT+F5 Go to the previous pane or frame (after pressing F6). SHIFT+F6 Choose the Thesaurus command (Review tab, Proofing group). SHIFT+F7 Reduce the size of a selection. SHIFT+F8 Switch between a field code and its result. SHIFT+F9 Display a shortcut menu. SHIFT+F10 Go to the previous field. SHIFT+F11 Choose the Save command. SHIFT+F12 CTRL+Function key To do this Press Expand or collapse the Ribbon. CTRL+F1 Choose the Print Preview command. CTRL+F2 Cut to the Spike. CTRL+F3 Close the window. CTRL+F4 Go to the next window. CTRL+F6 Insert an empty field. CTRL+F9 Maximize the document window. CTRL+F10 Lock a field. CTRL+F11 Choose the Open command. CTRL+F12 CTRL+SHIFT+Function key To do this Press Insert the contents of the Spike. CTRL+SHIFT+F3 Edit a bookmark. CTRL+SHIFT+F5 Go to the previous window. CTRL+SHIFT+F6 Update linked information in an Word 2010 source document. CTRL+SHIFT+F7 Extend a selection or block. CTRL+SHIFT+F8, and then press an arrow key Unlink a field. CTRL+SHIFT+F9 Unlock a field. CTRL+SHIFT+F11 Choose the Print command. CTRL+SHIFT+F12 ALT+Function key To do this Press Go to the next field. ALT+F1 Create a new Building Block. ALT+F3 Exit Word 2010. ALT+F4 Restore the program window size. ALT+F5 Move from an open dialog box back to the document, for dialog boxes that support this behavior. ALT+F6 Find the next misspelling or grammatical error. ALT+F7 Run a macro. ALT+F8 Switch between all field codes and their results. ALT+F9 Display the Selection and Visibility task pane. ALT+F10 Display Microsoft Visual Basic code. ALT+F11 ALT+SHIFT+Function key To do this Press Go to the previous field. ALT+SHIFT+F1 Choose the Save command. ALT+SHIFT+F2 Display the Research task pane. ALT+SHIFT+F7 Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from the field that displays the field results. ALT+SHIFT+F9 Display a menu or message for an available action. ALT+SHIFT+F10 Choose Table of Contents button in the Table of Contents container when the container is active. ALT+SHIFT+F12 CTRL+ALT+Function key To do this Press Display Microsoft System Information. CTRL+ALT+F1 Choose the Open command. CTRL+ALT+F2	ALT+PRINT SCREEN