Shortcut Keys I Use The Most While Writing

Shortcut Keys I Use the Most While Writing

In General

Ctrl + S = save (Don’t care if the document I’m on autosaves. I am too much in the habit of doing this and don’t plan to ever fall out of practice.)

Ctrl + Z = undo last action

Ctrl + Y = undo last undo action

Ctrl + End = jump to the end of the document

Ctrl + Home = jump to the start of the document

Ctrl + Left Arrow = jump text cursor one word over to the left

Ctrl + Right Arrow = jump text cursor one word over to the right

Ctrl + A = select all text in document

Shift + Directional Arrows = select a segment of text

Ctrl + Backspace = delete word to the left of the text cursor

Ctrl + Delete = delete word to the right of the text cursor

Ctrl + X = cut selected text from document and place in clipboard

Ctrl + C = copy selected text from document and place in clipboard

Ctrl + V = paste cut/copied text from clipboard into designated section of document

Ctrl + B = bold

Ctrl + I = italics

Ctrl + U = underline

Ctrl + F = find certain text

Ctrl + Down Arrow = jump text cursor to start of next paragraph

Ctrl + Up  Arrow = jump text cursor to start of current/previous paragraph

In Google Docs

Ctrl + Shift + Y = dictionary

Ctrl + Shift + C = word count

Alt + Shift + 5 = strikethrough

Ctrl + Shift + 7 = numbered list

Ctrl + Shift + 8 = bullet point list

Ctrl + K = insert/edit link (can be applied to highlighted text)

In Microsoft Word

F7 = spellcheck

Shift + F7 = thesaurus

Shift + F3 = cycle selected text through ALL CAPITALS, Initial Capitals, and no capitals

Ctrl + E = justify center (align text to the center of the line)

Ctrl + L = justify left (align text to the left margin)

Ctrl + R = justify right (align text to the right margin)

In Microsoft OneNote

Ctrl + Hyphen = strikethrough (not applicable on browser version)

Ctrl + Period = bulletpoint

Ctrl + N = new page in current tab

Shortcut key equivalents for keys that may be excluded on your keyboard

Alt + Backspace = Delete

Alt + Up Arrow = Page Up

Alt + Down Arrow = Page Down