How to create a desktop shortcut for Microsoft Word

Actually while you are installing Microsoft Word the program will ask you if you want to create a desktop shortcut or not. Of course, if you created that time you don’t need to create it again. But if you didn’t and you want to create a desktop shortcut for Microsoft Word you can create it easily by follow these steps.

1. Click ‘Start’
2. Point to ‘All Programs’
3. Point to ‘Microsoft Office’
4. Point to ‘Microsoft Office Word 2007’.

1. Right-click ‘Microsoft Office Word 2007’.
2. Point to ‘Send To’
3. Click ‘Desktop (Create shortcut)’.

After you followed the steps above I believe now your shortcut already put on your desktop, check it up??.

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Hotkeys for the outline view when working with documents and web pages

When you work with a document or web page sometime you may need Hotkeys to help you finish your task quicker. In your computer keyboard there are a lot of function keys you need to remember. Yes, sometime it is too much to memorize all the shortcut keys in your head. But from now on, you don't need to memorize all shortcuts in ms word because we list many short cut keys for word on this website, howto-word.com!!

Our ms word tutorial on this page will talk about the hotkeys for the outline view when you have to work with documents and web pages.

All the shortcut keys are already listed for you below. If you need to..

Show the first line of body text or all body text. Press ALT+SHIFT+L

Hide or display character formatting. The slash (/) key on the numeric keypad

Move selected paragraphs up. Press ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW

Move selected paragraphs down. Press ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style. Press ALT+SHIFT+1

Show all headings up to Heading n. Press ALT+SHIFT+n

Promote a paragraph. Press ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Demote a paragraph. Press ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Demote to body text. Press CTRL+SHIFT+N

Expand text under a heading. Press ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

Collapse text under a heading. Press ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN

Expand or collapse all text or headings. Press ALT+SHIFT+A

Insert a tab character. Press CTRL+TAB

That's all for the Hotkeys of the outline view when you have to work with a document or web page. I hope the shortcut keys listed on this page will has any useful for you.^^

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MS Word Hotkeys you must know when working with a text

Function keys in MS Word are many. Our MS Word tutorial on this page will show you the Word shortcuts that mostly use when we have to work with a text. This page will list hotkeys to find, repeat find, replace text and other activities in MS Word.

If you love to use PC shortcuts and now you are working on MS Word. The Microsoft Word shortcut keys provided on this page might be useful for you!!

Some of useful microsoft word hotkeys

Find text, formatting, and special items. Press CTRL+F

Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window). Press CTRL+ALT+Y

Replace text, specific formatting, and special items. Press CTRL+H

Move to the previous edit location. Press CTRL+PAGE UP

Move to the next edit location. Press CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Go to a Page, Section, Line, Bookmark, Comment, Footnote, Endnote, Field, Table, Graphic, Equation, Object, Heading. Press CTRL+G

Switch between the last four places that you have edited. Press CTRL+ALT+Z

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. Press CTRL+ALT+HOME

There are many of Microsoft Word Hotkeys if you use them more often you will be able to use them easier.

Short cut keys to create, open, close, save and do more in MS Word

If you love to use the pc shortcuts and if you are looking for the shortcut keys in MS Word. These are the hotkeys we provided to you. Whether you will create, open, close, save or more  you can do it easily via our MS Word tutorial as details below.

If you want to..


Close a document. Press CTRL+W 

Create a new document of the same type as the current or most recent document. Press CTRL+N

Open a document. Press CTRL+O

Save a document. Press CTRL+S

Remove the document window split. Press ALT+SHIFT+C 

Split the document window. Press CTRL+ALT+S