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.