Formatting Related Shortcut Keys in MS Word

जब आप किसी Document पर कार्य करते हैं तो उसमे लिखे गए Matter में आपको कई प्रकार की Formatting करनी पड़ती हैं जैसे – Page Formatting और Text Formatting| Page Formatting के अंतर्गत paper Size, Layout, Orientation, Margin आप आते हैं | और Paragraph Formatting के अंतर्गत Alignment, margin, line spacing आदि आते हैं| वैसे तो यह सारी Formatting आप Tools से कर सकते हो परन्तु अपने कार्य को तेजी से करने के लिए हम Shortcut Keys का प्रयोग करते हैं जो निम्न हैं-

Format Character

To do this	Press
Open the Font dialog box to change the formatting of characters.	Ctrl+D
Change the case of letters.	Shift+F3
Format all letters as capitals.	Ctrl+Shift+A
Apply bold formatting.	Ctrl+B
Apply an underline.	Ctrl+U
Underline words but not spaces.	Ctrl+Shift+W
Double-underline text.	Ctrl+Shift+D
Apply hidden text formatting.	Ctrl+Shift+H
Apply italic formatting.	Ctrl+I
Format letters as small capitals.	Ctrl+Shift+K
Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing).	Ctrl+Equal Sign
Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing).	Ctrl+Shift+Plus Sign
Remove manual character formatting.	Ctrl+Space bar
Change the selection to the Symbol font.	Ctrl+Shift+Q

Change and Resize Font Size

To do this	Press
Open the Font dialog box to change the font.	Ctrl+Shift+F
Increase the font size.	Ctrl+Shift+>
Decrease the font size.	Ctrl+Shift+<
Increase the font size by 1 point.	Ctrl+]
Decrease the font size by 1 point.	Ctrl+[

Copy Formatting

To do this	Press
Copy formatting from text.	Ctrl+Shift+C
Apply copied formatting to text.	Ctrl+Shift+V

Change Paragraph Alignment

To do this	Press
Switch a paragraph between centered and left-aligned.	Ctrl+E
Switch a paragraph between justified and left-aligned.	Ctrl+J
Switch a paragraph between right-aligned and left-aligned.	Ctrl+R
Left align a paragraph.	Ctrl+L
Indent a paragraph from the left.	Ctrl+M
Remove a paragraph indent from the left.	Ctrl+Shift+M
Create a hanging indent.	Ctrl+T
Reduce a hanging indent.	Ctrl+Shift+T
Remove paragraph formatting.	Ctrl+Q

Copy and Review Text Format

To do this	Press
Display non printing characters.	Ctrl+Shift+* (asterisk on numeric keypad does not work)
Review text formatting.	Shift+F1 (then click the text with the formatting you want to review)
Copy formats.	Ctrl+Shift+C
Paste formats.	Ctrl+Shift+V

Set Line Spacing

To do this	Press
Single-space lines.	Ctrl+1
Double-space lines.	Ctrl+2
Set 1.5-line spacing.	Ctrl+5
Add or remove one line space preceding a paragraph.	Ctrl+0 (zero)

Apply Style to Paragraphs

To do this	Press
Open Apply Styles task pane.	Ctrl+Shift+S
Open Styles task pane.	Alt+Ctrl+Shift+S
Start Auto Format.	Alt+Ctrl+K
Apply the Normal style.	Ctrl+Shift+N
Apply the Heading 1 style.	Alt+Ctrl+1
Apply the Heading 2 style.	Alt+Ctrl+2
Apply the Heading 3 style.	Alt+Ctrl+3

Insert Special Character

To insert this	Press
A field	Ctrl+F9
A line break	Shift+Enter
A page break	Ctrl+Enter
A column break	Ctrl+Shift+Enter
An em dash	Alt+Ctrl+Minus Sign (on the numeric keypad)
An en dash	Ctrl+Minus Sign (on the numeric keypad)
An optional hyphen	Ctrl+Hyphen
A non breaking hyphen	Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen
A non breaking space	Ctrl+Shift+Space bar
The copyright symbol	Alt+Ctrl+C
The registered trademark symbol	Alt+Ctrl+R
The trademark symbol	Alt+Ctrl+T
An ellipsis	Alt+Ctrl+Period
A single opening quotation mark	Ctrl+`(single quotation mark), `(single quotation mark)
A single closing quotation mark	Ctrl+’ (single quotation mark), ‘ (single quotation mark)
Double opening quotation marks	Ctrl+` (single quotation mark), Shift+’ (single quotation mark)
Double closing quotation marks	Ctrl+’ (single quotation mark), Shift+’ (single quotation mark)
An Auto Text entry	Enter (after you type the first few characters of the Auto Text entry name and when the Screen Tip appears)