Keyboard shortcuts

Edit content

Ctrl+X

Shift+Delete

⌘Cmd+X

Cut

Ctrl+C

Ctrl+Insert

⌘Cmd+C

Copy

Ctrl+V

Shift+Insert

⌘Cmd+V

Paste

Ctrl+S

⌘Cmd+S

Save

F12 (Windows)

Ctrl+Shift+S (Linux)

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+S

Save as

Ctrl+Z

Alt+Backspace

⌘Cmd+Z

Undo the last action

Ctrl+Y

Ctrl+Shift+Z

Shift+Alt+Backspace

⌘Cmd+Y

Redo the result of the undone action

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V (Windows)

Win+V (Linux)

⌥Option+⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+V

Open the clipboard history

Backspace

Delete

Delete one character to the left of the cursor

Delete

Fn+Delete

Delete one character to the right of the cursor

Ctrl+Backspace

⌘Cmd+Delete

⌥Option+Delete

Delete part of a word, the entire word or object to the left of the cursor

Ctrl+Delete

⌘Cmd+Fn+Delete

⌥Option+Fn+Delete

Delete part of a word, the entire word or object to the right of the cursor

Enter

⌤Enter

Begin a new paragraph

Ctrl+Shift+Space

⌥Option+⇧Shift+Space

Insert a non‑breaking space

Ctrl+Shift+–

⌘Cmd+⇧Shift+–

Insert a non‑breaking hyphen

Ctrl+Num –

⌥Option+–

Insert an en dash

Ctrl+Alt+Num –

⌥Option+⇧Shift+–

Insert an em dash

Shift+Enter

⇧Shift+⌤Enter

Insert a line break

Ctrl+Enter

⌘Cmd+⌤Enter

Insert a page break if the cursor is in the document text.

Save a comment or answer to a comment if the cursor is in the Review pane

F9

F9

Update a field

Shift+F9

⇧Shift+F9

Show or hide the field code

Alt+F9

⌥Option+F9

Show or hide codes of all fields in the document

Ctrl+Shift+F9

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+F9

Convert a field to text

Format content

Ctrl+B

⌘Cmd+B

Bold

Ctrl+I

⌘Cmd+I

Italic

Ctrl+U

⌘Cmd+U

Underline

Ctrl+Shift+=

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+=

Superscript

Ctrl+=

⌘Cmd+=

Subscript

Ctrl+Shift+A

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+A

All caps

Ctrl+L

⌘Cmd+L

Align text to the left

Ctrl+E

⌘Cmd+E

Center the text

Ctrl+R

⌘Cmd+R

Align text to the right

Ctrl+J

⌘Cmd+J

Justify the text

Tab

⇥Tab

Increase indentation of a list item

Shift+Tab

Backspace

⇧Shift+⇥Tab

Delete

Decrease indentation of a list item

Ctrl+Shift+8

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+8

Create a bulleted list in the style of the previous one

Ctrl+Shift+9

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+9

Create a numbered list in the style of the previous one

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

⌘Cmd+⌥Option+⇧Shift+S

Open the Styles pane

Ctrl+Shift+C

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+C

Copy formatting

Ctrl+Shift+V

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+V

Apply formatting

Ctrl+Space

⌃Ctrl+\

Clear custom formatting

Select the content

Ctrl+A

⌘Cmd+A

Select all the content of the document

Shift+←

⇧Shift+←

Select one character to the left of the cursor

Shift+→

⇧Shift+→

Select one character to the right of the cursor

Ctrl+Shift+←

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+←

Select one word to the left of the cursor

Ctrl+Shift+→

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+→

Select one word to the right of the cursor

Shift+Home

Fn+⇧Shift+←

Select the content from the cursor to the beginning of the line

Shift+End

Fn+⇧Shift+→

Select the content from the cursor to the end of the line

Ctrl+Shift+↑

⇧Shift+⌃Ctrl+⌘Cmd+↑

Expand the selection till the beginning of the paragraph

Ctrl+Shift+↓

⇧Shift+⌃Ctrl+⌘Cmd+↓

Extend the selection to the end of the paragraph

Shift+↑

⇧Shift+↑

Expand the selection by one table row or cell up

Shift+↓

⇧Shift+↓

Expand the selection by one table row or cell down

Left double-click

Select a word

Left triple-click

Select a paragraph

Left-click and move the cursor up

Select the text located above the cursor

Left-click and move the cursor down

Select the text located below the cursor

Move through a document

←

←

Move one character to the left

→

→

Move one character to the right

Ctrl+←

⌘Cmd+←

Move one word to the left

Ctrl+→

⌘Cmd+→

Move one word to the right

↑

↑

Move one line up

↓

↓

Move one line down

Ctrl+↑

⌘Cmd+↑

Move to the beginning of the previous paragraph

Ctrl+↓

⌘Cmd+↓

Move to the beginning of the next paragraph

Page Up

Fn+↑

Move one screen up

Page Down

Fn+↓

Move one screen down

Ctrl+End

—

Move to the end of the document

Ctrl+Home

—

Move to the beginning of the document

Work with tables

Tab

⇥Tab

Select the next table cell

Shift+Tab

⇧Shift+⇥Tab

Select the previous cell in the table

→, ←, ↑, ↓

→, ←, ↑, ↓

If the cursor is in the cell: Place the cursor in the cell to the right, left, above, or below

If a cell is selected: Select the cell to the right, left, above, or below

Enter

⌤Enter

If a cell is selected: Select the cell below it

Home

Fn+←

If any cell in the row is selected except for the first one: Select the first cell in the row

End

Fn+→

If any cell in the row is selected except for the last one: Select the last cell in the row

Shift+↑, ↓, ←, →

⇧Shift+↑, ↓, ←, →

If a cell is selected: Select a range of cells starting from the current one

Alt+A

⌥Option+A

Insert a row above

Alt+B

⌥Option+B

Insert a row below

Alt+L

⌥Option+L

Insert a column to the left

Alt+R

⌥Option+R

Insert a column to the right

Ctrl+Alt+M

⌥Option+⌘Cmd+M

Merge cells

Alt+Shift+M

⌥Option+⇧Shift+M

Split cell

Ctrl+Alt+R

Ctrl+ –

⌥Option+⌘Cmd+R

⌘Cmd+–

Delete a row

Ctrl+Alt+U

Ctrl+–

⌥Option+⌘Cmd+U

⌘Cmd+–

Delete a column

Ctrl+Shift+T

Ctrl+–

⌥Option+⇧Shift+M

⌘Cmd+–

Delete a table

Ctrl+Alt+P

⌥Option+⌘Cmd+P

Paste a table as an image

Other keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl+N

⌘Cmd+N

New file

Ctrl+O

⌘Cmd+O

Open a file

Ctrl+Shift+O

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+O

Open a file in the Cloud

Ctrl+Shift+P

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+P

Open the page parameters setting window

Alt+P

⌥Option+P (in English keyboard layout)

Open the header and footer settings pane on the Page numbers tab

Ctrl+P

⌘Cmd+P

Open the preview and print window

Ctrl+0 (zero)

⌘Cmd+0 (zero)

Set the actual page size (100%)

Ctrl+Shift+R

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+R

Hide or display rulers

Ctrl+Alt+F

⌥Option+⌘Cmd+F

Insert a regular footnote

Ctrl+Alt+E

⌥Option+⌘Cmd+E

Insert an endnote

Ctrl+K

⌘Cmd+K

Insert a link

Ctrl+Shift+V

⇧Shift+⌘Cmd+V

Insert a link from the clipboard

Ctrl+F

Ctrl+H

⌘Cmd+F

Open the Find and replace pane

Ctrl+/

⌘Cmd+/

Open the Quick actions pane

F1

Fn+F1

Open the Help

Alt+Space

—

Open the context menu of the active window of the application

Alt+F4

⌘Cmd+Q

Close the active window of the application

Left-click

Set the cursor in the document

Right-click

Open the context menu of the selected element