Change the keyboard focus by using the keyboard without using the mouse
The following table lists some ways to move the keyboard focus when using only the keyboard.
| To do this
| Press
| | Select the active tab of the ribbon and activate the access keys.
| Alt or F10. Use access keys or arrow keys to move to a different tab.
| | Move the focus to commands on the ribbon.
| Tab or Shift+Tab
| | 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
| | Expand or collapse the ribbon.
| Ctrl+F1
| | Display the shortcut menu for a selected item.
| Shift+F10
| | Move the focus to a different pane of the window, such as the Format Picture pane, the Grammar pane, or the Selection pane.
| F6
| | Activate a selected command or control on the ribbon.
| Spacebar or Enter
| | Open a selected menu or gallery on the ribbon.
| Spacebar or Enter
| | Finish modifying a value in a control on the ribbon, and move focus back to the document.
| Enter
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Keyboard shortcut reference for Microsoft Word
Create and edit documents
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
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Work with web content and hyperlinks
| 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
|
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
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Check spelling and review changes in a document
| To do this
| Press
| | Insert a comment (in the Revision task pane).
| Alt+R, C
| | Turn change tracking on or off.
| Ctrl+Shift+E
| | Close the Reviewing Pane if it is open.
| Alt+Shift+C
| | Select Review tab on ribbon.
| Alt+R, then Down Arrow to move to commands on this tab.
| | Select Spelling & Grammar
| Alt+R, S
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Find, replace, and go to specific items in the document
| To do this
| Press
| | Open the search box in the Navigation task pane.
| Ctrl+F
| | 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
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Move around in a document using the keyboard
| 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
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Insert or mark Table of Contents, footnotes, and citations
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