Microsoft Word 2016 – Keyboard shortcuts

With keyboard shortcuts, Word allows you to collect groups of text from different locations, then paste those groups in another location. Or, jump to the beginning or end of a document using keyboard navigation. You can even save or print a document just by using keyboard shortcuts.

To see the various shortcut lists in Help:

Start typing “shortcuts” in the Tell Me box.

Click Get Help on “shortcuts”.

Click on Keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft Word 2016 for Windows.

Click Frequently used shortcuts, or any other the other shortcut lists.

Examples of quick navigation and quick editing shortcuts...

Cut to the Spike:

Spike is a feature that allows you to collect groups of text from different locations and paste them in another location:

First, highlight a group of text with the mouse (or Shift + the right Arrow key) and then press the Ctrl+F3 keys, repeat this to collect each group,

Then, to paste the Spike contents (the groups of text that you collected in the last step), go to the new location and press Ctrl+Shift+F3 keys.

Jump to the beginning or end of a document:

To jump to the beginning of document, press Ctrl + Home keys.

To jump to the end of a document, press Ctrl + End keys.

Quickly save a document:

Press Ctrl + S keys.

Quick Print:

To quickly get to the print preview/settings menu, press Ctrl + P keys.