Word 2003 Shortcut Keys
[Keys for General Use] [Keys for Working with
Views] [Keys for Navigating Documents]
[Keys for Selecting Text and Graphics] [Keys for
Editing Text and Graphics] [Keys for Formatting Text]
[Keys for Printing and Previewing Documents] [Keys for
Working with Tables] [Keys for working with Objects]
[Keys for Reviewing Documents] [Keys for
Working with References, Footnotes, and
Endnotes] [Keys for Performing a Mail Merge] [Keys for
Working with Fields]
Keys for Selecting Text and Graphics
All shortcut keys are based on the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.
For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys together, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign,
like this: SHIFT+F10.
For shortcuts in which you press keys one after the other, the keys to press are separated by a comma,
like this: ALT, F, X.
Selecting Text and Graphics
Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing a keystroke that moves the
insertion point. (See our table of Keys for Moving
the Insertion Point.)
To perform this
action... |
Press... |
To select one
character to the right |
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
|
To select one
character to the left |
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
|
To select to the end
of a word |
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT
ARROW |
To select to the
beginning of a word |
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT
ARROW |
To select to the end
of a line |
SHIFT+END
|
To select to the
beginning of a line |
SHIFT+HOME
|
To select one line
down |
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
|
To select one line
up |
SHIFT+UP ARROW
|
To select to the end
of a paragraph |
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN
ARROW |
To select to the
beginning of a paragraph |
CTRL+SHIFT+UP
ARROW |
To select one screen
down |
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
|
To select one screen
up |
SHIFT+PAGE UP
|
To select to the
beginning of a document |
CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
|
To select to the end
of a document |
CTRL+SHIFT+END
|
To select to the end
of a window |
ALT+CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN |
To select the entire
document |
CTRL+A
|
Tip: If you know the key combination to move the insertion point, you can generally select text by using the same key combination while holding down
SHIFT.
For example, CTRL+RIGHT ARROW moves the insertion point to the next word, and
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects the text from the insertion point to the beginning of the next word. Using Extend (EXT) Mode
In extend mode, EXT appears in the status line.
To perform this
action... |
Press... |
To turn extend mode
on |
F8
|
To select the
nearest character |
F8,
and then press LEFT ARROW
or RIGHT ARROW |
To increase the size
of a selection |
F8
(press once to turn extend mode on, twice to select a word, three times
select a sentence, four times to select a paragraph, five times to
select the whole document) |
To reduce the size
of a selection |
SHIFT+F8
|
To select a vertical
block of text |
CTRL+SHIFT+F8,
and then use the arrow keys; press ESC to cancel
selection mode |
To select to a
specific location in a document |
F8+arrow keys;
press ESC to cancel selection mode
|
To select to a specific character |
F8, and then type the character |
To turn extend mode
off |
ESC
|
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