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Word 2003 Shortcut Keys

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Keys for Editing 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.

Inserting Special Characters

To perform this action...

Press...

To insert a field

CTRL+F9

To insert an AutoText entry

ENTER (after typing the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)

To insert a line break

SHIFT+ENTER

To insert a page break

CTRL+ENTER

To insert a section break

CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER

To insert an em dash

ALT+CTRL+MINUS SIGN

To insert an en dash

CTRL+MINUS SIGN

To insert an optional hyphen

CTRL+HYPHEN

To insert a nonbreaking hyphen

CTRL+SHIFT+HYPHEN

To insert a nonbreaking space

CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR

To insert the copyright symbol

ALT+CTRL+C

To insert the registered trademark symbol

ALT+CTRL+R

To insert the trademark symbol

ALT+CTRL+T

To insert an ellipsis

ALT+CTRL+PERIOD

To insert a single opening quotation mark

CTRL+`, `

To insert a single closing quotation mark

CTRL+', '

To insert double opening quotation marks

CTRL+`, SHIFT+'

To insert double closing quotation marks

CTRL+', SHIFT+'

Inserting Characters by Using Character Codes

To perform this action...

Press...

To insert the Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code

The character code, ALT+X (For example, to insert the euro currency symbol [�], type 20AC; hold down the ALT key; press X.)

To insert the ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code.

ALT+the character code (on the numeric keypad) (For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down the ALT key and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.)

Copying and Moving Text and Graphics

To perform this action...

Press...

To copy text or graphics

CTRL+C

To display the Office Clipboard

CTRL+C, CTRL+C

To move text or graphics

F2; move the insertion point; press ENTER

To create AutoText

ALT+F3

To paste the Office Clipboard contents

CTRL+V

To paste the Spike contents

CTRL+SHIFT+F3

To copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document

ALT+SHIFT+R

Deleting Text and Graphics

To perform this action...

Press...

To delete one character to the left

BACKSPACE

To delete one word to the left

CTRL+BACKSPACE

To delete one character to the right

DELETE

To delete one word to the right

CTRL+DELETE

To cut selected text to the Office Clipboard

CTRL+X

To undo the last action

CTRL+Z

To cut to the Spike

CTRL+F3

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