Now a days every one is looking for fastest way to make their work easy. In this modern era MS Word has proven to be a very useful tool in every field. To make it more fast and user friendly Microsoft has created many short keys which boost up you work. Here are some useful short keys of MS word.
Ctrl+N
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Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document.
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Ctrl+O
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Open a document.
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Ctrl+W
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Close a document.
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Alt+Ctrl+S
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Split the document window.
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Alt+Shift+C
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Remove the document window split.
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Ctrl+S
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Save a document.
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Ctrl+N
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Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document.
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Ctrl+O
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Open a document.
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Ctrl+W
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Close a document.
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Alt+Ctrl+S
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Split the document window.
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Alt+Shift+C
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Remove the document window split.
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Ctrl+S
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Save a document.
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Ctrl+N
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Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document.
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Ctrl+O
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Open a document.
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Ctrl+W
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Close a document.
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Alt+Ctrl+S
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Split the document window.
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Alt+Shift+C
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Remove the document window split.
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Ctrl+S
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Save a document.
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Ctrl+Shift+Space
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Create a Non-breaking Space
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Ctrl+- (Hyphen)
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Create a Non-breaking Hyphen
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Ctrl+B
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Make letters BOLD
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Ctrl+I
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Make letters ITALIC
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Ctrl+U
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Make letters UNDERLINED
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Ctrl+Shift+<
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Decrease font size one value
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Ctrl+Shift+>
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Increase font size one value
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Ctrl+[
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Increase the font size by 1 point.
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Ctrl+]
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Decrease the font size by 1 point.
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Ctrl+Space
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Remove paragraph or character formatting.
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Ctrl+C
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Copy the selected text or object.
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Ctrl+X
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Cut the selected text or object.
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Ctrl+V
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Paste text or an object.
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Ctrl+Alt+V
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Paste special
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Ctrl+Shift+V
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Paste formatting only
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Ctrl+Z
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Undo the last action.
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Ctrl+Y
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Redo the last action.
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Ctrl+Shift+G
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Open the Word Count dialog box.
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Alt+Shift+Arrow Left
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Promote a paragraph.
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Alt+Shift+Arrow Right
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Demote a paragraph.
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Ctrl+Shift+N
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Demote to body text.
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Alt+Shift+Arrow Up
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Move selected paragraphs up.
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Alt+Shift+Arrow Down
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Move selected paragraphs down.
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Alt+Shift+[+ (Plus Sign)
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Expand text under a heading.
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Alt+Shift+- (Minus Sign)
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Collapse text under a heading.
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Alt+Shift+A
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Expand or collapse all text or headings.
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The slash (/) key on the numeric keypad
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Hide or display character formatting.
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Alt+Shift+L
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Show the first line of body text or all body text.
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Alt+Shift+1
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Show all headings with the Heading 1 style.
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Alt+Shift+N
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Show all headings up to Heading n.
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Ctrl+Tab
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Insert a tab character.
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Ctrl+F
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Find text, formatting, and special items.
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Alt+Ctrl+Y
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Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window).
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Ctrl+H
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Replace text, specific formatting, and special items.
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Ctrl+G
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Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location.
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Alt+Ctrl+Z
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Switch between the last four places that you have edited.
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Alt+Ctrl+Home
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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.
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Ctrl+Page Up
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Move to the previous edit location.
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Ctrl+Page Down
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Move to the next edit location.
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Alt+Ctrl+P
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Switch to Print Layout view.
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Alt+Ctrl+O
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Switch to Outline view.
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Alt+Ctrl+N
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Switch to Draft view.
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Ctrl+P
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Print a document.
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Alt+Ctrl+I
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Switch in or out of print preview.
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arrow up, arrow down, arrow left, arrow right
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Move around the preview page when zoomed in.
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Page Up/Page Down
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Move by one preview page when zoomed out.
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Ctrl+Home
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Move to the first preview page when zoomed out.
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Ctrl+End
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Move to the last preview page when zoomed out.
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Alt+Shift+O
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Mark a table of contents entry.
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Alt+Shift+I
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Mark a table of authorities entry (citation).
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Alt+Shift+X
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Mark an index entry.
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Alt+Ctrl+F
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Insert a footnote.
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Alt+Ctrl+
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Insert an end note.
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Backspace
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Delete one character to the left.
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Ctrl+Backspace
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Delete one word to the left.
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Delete
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Delete one character to the right.
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Ctrl+Delete
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Delete one word to the right.
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Ctrl+X
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Cut selected text to the Office Clipboard.
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Ctrl+Z
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Undo the last action.
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Ctrl+F3
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Cut to the Spike.
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Ctrl+D
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Open the Font dialog box to change the formatting of characters.
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Shift+F3
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Change the case of letters.
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Ctrl+Shift+A
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Format all letters as capitals.
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Ctrl+B
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Apply bold formatting.
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Ctrl+U
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Apply an underline.
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Ctrl+Shift+W
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Underline words but not spaces.
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Ctrl+Shift+D
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Double-underline text.
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Ctrl+Shift+H
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Apply hidden text formatting.
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Ctrl+I
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Apply italic formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+K
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Format letters as small capitals.
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Ctrl+=
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Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing).
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Ctrl+Shift+[+ (Plus Sign)
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Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing).
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Ctrl+Space
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Remove manual character formatting.
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Ctrl+Shift+Q
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Change the selection to the Symbol font.
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Ctrl+E
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Switch a paragraph between centered and left-aligned.
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Ctrl+J
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Switch a paragraph between justified and left-aligned.
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Ctrl+R
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Switch a paragraph between right-aligned and left-aligned.
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Ctrl+L
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Left align a paragraph.
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Ctrl+M
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Indent a paragraph from the left.
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Ctrl+Shift+M
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Remove a paragraph indent from the left.
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Ctrl+T
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Create a hanging indent.
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Ctrl+Shift+T
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Reduce a hanging indent.
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Ctrl+Q
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Remove paragraph formatting.
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F1
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Get Help or visit Microsoft Office Online.
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F2
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Move text or graphics.
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F4
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Repeat the last action.
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F5
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Choose the Go To command (Home tab).
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F6
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Go to the next pane or frame.
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F8
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Extend a selection.
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F7
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Choose the Spelling command (Review tab).
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F9
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Update the selected fields.
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F10
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Show KeyTips.
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F11
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Go to the next field.
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F12
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Choose the Save As command (Microsoft Office Button ).
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Shift+F1
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Start context-sensitive Help or reveal formatting.
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Shift+F2
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Copy text.
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Shift+F3
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Change the case of letters.
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Shift+F4
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Repeat a Find or Go To action.
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Shift+F5
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Move to the last change.
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Shift+F6
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Go to the previous pane or frame (after pressing F6).
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Shift+F7
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Choose the Thesaurus command (Review tab, Proofing group).
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Shift+F8
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Shrink a selection.
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Shift+F9
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Switch between a field code and its result.
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Shift+F10
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Display a shortcut menu.
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Shift+F11
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Go to the previous field.
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Shift+F12
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Choose the Save command (Microsoft Office Button ).
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Ctrl+F2
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Choose the Print Preview command (Microsoft Office Button ).
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Ctrl+F3
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Cut to the Spike.
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Ctrl+F4
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Close the window.
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Ctrl+F6
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Go to the next window.
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Ctrl+F9
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Insert an empty field.
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Ctrl+F10
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Maximize the document window.
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Ctrl+F11
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Lock a field.
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Ctrl+F12
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Choose the Open command (Microsoft Office Button ).
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Ctrl+Shift+F3
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Insert the contents of the Spike.
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Ctrl+Shift+F5
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Edit a bookmark.
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Ctrl+Shift+F6
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Go to the previous window.
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Ctrl+Shift+F7
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Update linked information in an Office Word 2007 source document.
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Ctrl+Shift+f8, and arrow keys
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Extend a selection or block.
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Ctrl+Shift+F9
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Un-link a field.
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Ctrl+Shift+F11
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Unlock a field.
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Ctrl+Shift+F12
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Choose the Print command (Microsoft Office Button ).
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Alt+F1
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Go to the next field.
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Alt+F3
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Create a new Building Block.
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Alt+F4
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Exit Office Word 2007.
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Alt+F5
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Restore the program window size.
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Alt+F6
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Move from an open dialog box back to the document, for dialog boxes such as Find and Replace that support this behavior.
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Alt+F7
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Find the next misspelling or grammatical error.
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Alt+F8
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Run a macro.
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Alt+F9
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Switch between all field codes and their results.
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Alt+f10
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Maximize the program window.
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Alt+F11
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Display Microsoft Visual Basic code.
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Alt+Shift+F1
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Go to the previous field.
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Alt+Shift+F2
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Choose the Save command (Microsoft Office Button ).
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Alt+Shift+F7
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Display the Research task pane.
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Alt+Shift+F9
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Run GO-TO BUTTON or MACRO-BUTTON from the field that displays the field results.
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Alt+Shift+F10
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Display a menu or message for a smart tag.
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Ctrl+Alt+F1
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Display Microsoft System Information.
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Ctrl+Alt+F2
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Choose the Open command (Microsoft Office Button ).
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