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Basic MS Word short cut keys you should know

There are many of short cut keys in MS Word. To remember all of them can be a hard job. And because of this our ms word tutorial today will show you the basic MS Word short cut keys you should know.

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Make letters bold. Press CTRL+B

Make letters italic. Press CTRL+I

Make letters underline. Press CTRL+U


Create a nonbreaking space. Press CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

Create a nonbreaking hyphen. Press CTRL+HYPHEN

Decrease font size one value. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ <

Increase font size one value. Press CTRL+SHIFT+>

Decrease font size 1 point. Press CTRL+[

Increase font size 1 point. Press CTRL+]

Open the Word Count dialog box. Press CTRL+SHIFT+G

Remove paragraph or character formatting. Press CTRL+SPACEBAR

Copy the selected text or object. Press CTRL+C

Cut the selected text or object. Press CTRL+X

Paste text or an object. Press CTRL+V

Paste special CTRL+ALT+V

Paste formatting only CTRL+SHIFT+V

Redo the last action. Press CTRL+Y

Undo the last action. Press CTRL+Z

 

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