Word 2010 Shortcut Keys and Special Characters

The following table for the many shortcuts Microsoft Word 2010 offers.
Moving around in a document

Press This	To Move Insertion Pointer Here
↑	Up one line of text
↓	Down one line of text
→	Right one character
←	Left one character
Ctrl+↑	Up one paragraph
Ctrl+↓	Down one paragraph
Ctrl+→	Right one word
Ctrl+←	Left one word
PgUp	Up one screen
PgDn	Down one screen
End	To end of current line
Home	To start of current line
Ctrl+Home	To top of document
Ctrl+End	To bottom of document

The most common key commands

Press This	To Do This
Ctrl+C	Copy
Ctrl+X	Cut
Ctrl+V	Paste
Ctrl+Z	Undo

Text-formatting key commands

To Do This	Press This
Bold	Ctrl+B
Italic	Ctrl+I
Underline	Ctrl+U
Double Underline	Ctrl+Shift+D
Word Underline	Ctrl+Shift+W
Small Caps	Ctrl+Shift+K
Superscript	Ctrl+Shift++
Subscript	Ctrl+=
Erase Formatting	Ctrl+spacebar
Grow Font Size	Ctrl+Shift+>
Shrink Font Size	Ctrl+Shift+<
ALL CAPS	Ctrl+Shift+A
Font	Ctrl+Shift+F
Point Size	Ctrl+Shift+P
Font Dialog Box	Ctrl+D

Paragraph-formatting key commands

To Do This	Press This
Center Text	Ctrl+E
Left Align	Ctrl+L
Right Align	Ctrl+R
One Line Spacing	Ctrl+1
1½ Line spacing	Ctrl+5
Two Line Spacing	Ctrl+2
Justify	Ctrl+J
Indent Paragraph	Ctrl+M
Unindent	Ctrl+Shift+M
Hanging indent	Ctrl+T
Unhang indent	Ctrl+Shift+T

Common Word key commands

Feature/Action	Press This
Help	F1
Cancel	Escape
Go Back	Shift+F5
New Document	Ctrl+N
Open	Ctrl+O
Print	Ctrl+P
Close	Ctrl+W
Quick Save	Ctrl+S
Repeat	Ctrl+Y
Find	Ctrl+F
Find and Replace	Ctrl+H
Manual Page Break	Ctrl+Enter

Uncommon (but useful) Word key commands

Feature/Action	Press This
Go To	F5
Show/Hide	Ctrl+Shift+8
Office Button Menu	Alt+F
Styles Task Pane	Ctrl+Shift+Alt+S
Print Preview	Ctrl+Alt+I
Word Count	Ctrl+Shift+G
Symbol Font	Ctrl+Shift+Q
Print Layout View	Ctrl+Alt+P
Draft (Normal) Mode	Ctrl+Alt+N
Outline Mode	Ctrl+Alt+O
Split Window	Alt+Ctrl+S

Handy insert key commands

To Insert This	Press This
Today’s Date	Alt+Shift+D
Current Time	Alt+Shift+T
Paste Special	Alt+Ctrl+V
Footnote	Alt+Ctrl+F
Endnote	Alt+Ctrl+D
Comment	Ctrl+Alt+M
New Page	Ctrl+Enter
Insert a soft return, which is useful for breaking a line of text, such as in a document title or an address.	Shift+Enter

Inserting Special Characters in Word 2010

You might need to insert an unusual character or symbol into your Word 2010 document.
Here is the refer to the following table.

Character	Symbol Produced	Key Combination
Euro	€	Ctrl+Alt+E
Trademark	™	Ctrl+Alt+T
Copyright	©	Ctrl+Alt+C
Registered mark	®	Ctrl+Alt+R
En dash	–	Ctrl+minus sign (on numeric keypad)
Em dash	—	Alt+Ctrl+minus sign (on numeric keypad)
Unbreakable space		Ctrl+Shift+spacebar
Unbreakable hyphen		Ctrl+Shift+- (hyphen