Documents keyboard shortcuts
You can use keyboard shortcuts to perform tasks in documents. All shortcuts are valid on Windows™ operating systems. On Mac OS, press Command instead of Ctrl.
| Action | Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
| Highlight the whole editing area | Ctrl+A |
| Apply bold to the selection | Ctrl+B |
| Italicize the selection | Ctrl+I |
| Save the document | Ctrl+S |
| Underline the selection | Ctrl+U |
| Start the redo function | Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z |
| Start the undo function | Ctrl+Z |
| Go to the top of the document | Ctrl+Home |
| Go to the bottom of the document | Ctrl+End |
| Align a paragraph to the center | Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Align a paragraph to the left | Ctrl+Shift+L |
| Align a paragraph to the right | Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Align a paragraph so that it is justified | Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Indent the line | Ctrl+M |
| Decrease the line indentation | Ctrl+Shift+M |
| Select an object or submit an action | Enter |
| Move up one window | Page Up |
| Move down one window | Page Down |
| Move to the next cell in a table | Tab Note: When
the cursor is in the last cell of a table, the Tab key adds row to
the table. |
| Move forward in tab order | Tab (when the focus is not on the editing area) |
| Move to the previous cell in a table | Shift+Tab |
| Move backward in tab order | Shift+Tab (when the focus is not on the editing area) |
| When the focus is on the menu, navigate the menu. | Left and right arrow |
| Move down a menu | Down arrow |
| Move backward one level on the expanded menu tree | Left arrow or Esc |
| Expand the selection to the right by a character | Shift+Right arrow |
| Expand the selection to the left by a character | Shift+Left arrow |
| Expand the selection up by one line | Shift+Up arrow |
| Expand the selection down by one line | Shift+Down arrow |
| Insert a new line in the same paragraph | Shift+Enter |
| Open the File menu. This shortcut is not supported on Mac OS. | Alt+Shift+F |
| Navigate the toolbar from the editing area | Alt+F10 adds focus to the toolbar. Press the right arrow or left arrow to navigate the toolbar items. Press Enter or the spacebar to select an item. For combined toolbar, press the down arrow to open the list. |
| Print the document | Ctrl+P |
| Apply superscript to the selection | Ctrl+. |
| Apply subscript to the selection | Ctrl+, |
| Insert a link | Ctrl+K |
| Navigate to the editing area or navigate to the sidebar | Shift+F2 |
| Navigate between editor icons in the editor pane | Tab |
| Show editor's business card information | Ctrl+Enter when hovering over icon or when icon is selected |
| Move the cursor that is in the Comments panel to the editing area | Esc |
| For JAWS to read editor information of the current cursor | Ctrl+Shift+1 |