You don’t want your Word document to look unprofessional because of this quirk, so in this article I'll show you how to delete blank and extra pages in Word. These extra pages could be caused by tables, hitting the ENTER key too many times, unnecessary section breaks, unintentional page breaks, extra paragraph markers, and more. Triple-click = Selects the line or paragraph of the text that the mouse triple-clicked on.Ĭtrl+Mouse wheel = ZOOMS in and out of document.If you're using Microsoft Word, you don't want blank pages appearing in the middle of your document, or extra pages at the end. The following section contains examples of mouse shortcuts.Ĭlick, hold, and drag Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.ĭouble-click = If double-clicking a word, selects the complete word.ĭouble-click = Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line makes the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned.ĭouble-click = Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop. You can also utilize the mouse to perform some common actions. Shift+Enter = Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
Shift+F7 = Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word. Shift+F3 = Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key.Ĭtrl+Shift+* = View or hide non printing characters.Ĭtrl+ = Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.Ĭtrl+ = Moves to the end of the paragraph.Ĭtrl+Del = Deletes word to right of cursor.Ĭtrl+Backspace = Deletes word to left of cursor.Ĭtrl+End = Moves the cursor to the end of the document.Ĭtrl+Home = Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.Ĭtrl+Spacebar = Reset highlighted text to the default font.Ĭtrl+Shift+> Increases the selected text size by one font size.Ĭtrl+ = Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.Ĭtrl+End = Moves the cursor to the end of the document.Ĭtrl+Shift+> = Increases the selected text size by one font size.Ĭtrl+Shift+< = Decreases the selected text size by one font size.Ĭtrl+Shift+F6 = Switches to another open Microsoft Word document.į4 =Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)į5 = Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft Word.į7 = Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document. For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use Ctrl+’+e as your shortcut key. Just like Shift+F12.Ĭtrl+W = Close the currently open document.Ĭtrl+Shift+L = Quickly create a bullet point.Ĭtrl+Shift+> = Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increase font +2pts.Ĭtrl+Shift+ = Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where is the character you want. Note 2: If the device you are using does not have function keys (F1-F12) on its keyboard, like a Chromebook, certain shortcuts will be unavailable to you.Ĭtrl+0 = Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.Ĭtrl+A = Select all contents of the page.Ĭtrl+D = Open the font preferences window.Ĭtrl+E = Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.Ĭtrl+J = Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.Ĭtrl+L = Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.Ĭtrl+N = Opens new, blank document window.Ĭtrl+O = Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.Ĭtrl+Q = Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screenĬtrl+R = Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.Ĭtrl+S = Save the open document.
Note:Please be aware that some of these shortcuts may not work in all versions of Microsoft Word. It also has many advanced features that enable you to create documents with graphics, borders, links to document on the internet and much more.īelow is a listing of the more commonly used shortcut keys in Microsoft Word.
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