There is nothing more satisfying than being able to speed up your work with a few keyboard shortcuts. Ok, I am talking kak now, there are a lot of things a hell of a lot more satisfying than a couple of lousy shortcuts but I can’t list them here ’cause sometimes children may visit this site. Anyway as I was saying we all know the basic ones, CTRL+C for COPY and CTRL+V for PASTE etc… here are a few you might not know that can make life a whole lot easier.

A few Word shortcuts you may not know:

* CTRL+[ – Decrease font size 1 point
* CTRL+] – Increase font size 1 point
* CTRL+SPACEBAR – Remove paragraph or character formatting
* ALT+CTRL+C – The copyright symbol
* ALT+CTRL+R – The registered trademark symbol
* ALT+CTRL+T – The trademark symbol
* CTRL+PAGE UP – Move to the previous edit location
* CTRL+PAGE DOWN – Move to the next edit location
* ALT+CTRL+I – Switch in or out of print preview
* CTRL+K – Insert a hyperlink
* SHFT+ENTER – A line break
* CTRL+ENTER – A page break
* CTRL+BACKSPACE – Delete one word to the
* CTRL+DELETE – Delete one word to the right
* CTRL+SHFT+K – Format letters as small capitals
* CTRL+EQUAL SIGN – Apply subscript formatting
* CTRL+SHFT+PLUS SIGN – Apply superscript formatting
* CTRL+SHFT+W – Underline words but not spaces
* CTRL+SHFT+D – Double-underline text

To use all Word 2007 shortcuts without remembering them, press the ALT key when you have a word document open, and the shortcut keys appear over the button they apply to.

To add your own shortcuts, click the Microsoft Office button and choose Word Options. Click Customize and then click the Keyboard Shortcuts button at the bottom of the window. In the Customize Keyboard dialog box, select the command you want to apply shortcut to. Press the shortcut key you want to assign to the command and click Assign to store the new shortcut key. Click OK.

And you thought you were never going to learn anything of any use on this site! Ha, just goes to show.

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