Newer versionsOffice 2011

For users with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts are an essential alternative to using a mouse.

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Notes:

The shortcuts in this topic refer to the US keyboard layout. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a US keyboard.
Commands that require you to press and release multiple keys together are indicated with a plus sign (+). Commands that require you to press multiple keys in order are indicated by a comma sign (,).
The settings in some versions of the Mac operating system (OS) and some utility applications might conflict with keyboard shortcuts and function key operations in Office for Mac. For information about changing the key assignment of a keyboard shortcut, see Mac Help for your version of the Mac OS or see your utility application. Also see Shortcut conflicts later in this topic.

In this topic

Frequently used shortcuts

This table provides the frequently used shortcuts in Word 2016 for Mac.

To do this	Press
Undo the last action	+ Z or Control + Z
Cut selected text or graphics	+ X or Control + X
Copy selected text or graphics to the Clipboard	+ C or Control + C
Paste the Clipboard contents	+ V or Control + V
Choose the Go To command (Edit menu)	Option + + G
Open the Spelling and Grammar dialog box	Option + + L
Extend a selection	F8
Go to the next window	+ Grave accent ( ` )
Choose the Save As command (File menu).	+ Shift + S
Copy selected text	Shift + F2
Change letters to uppercase, lowercase, or mixed case	Shift + F3
Find or Find and Replace	Control+F for Find; places the focus in the Search box Control+H for Find and Replace
Print a document	+ P or Control + P
Move to the previous insertion point	Shift + F5
Go to the previous window	+ Shift + `
Open the Thesaurus pane	Shift+ F7
Shrink a selection	Shift+ F8
Switch between a field code and its result	Shift + F9
Cut the selection to the Spike	+ F3
Close the window	+ F4
Expand or minimize the ribbon	Option + + R
Edit a bookmark	+ Shift + F5
Find the next misspelling or grammatical error. The Check spelling as you type check box must be selected (Word menu, Preferences command, Spelling and Grammar).	Option + F7
Look up selected text on the Internet	+ Shift + L

Get started

For the best experience using your keyboard with the ribbon, try switching your keyboard settings to All Controls, as follows:

Open System Preferences ( + Space, type system preference, and hit Enter).
Go to Keyboard Settings (type keyboard and hit Enter).
Go to Shortcuts (press Tab, then Right-arrow three times, and then Space).
Change the Full Keyboard Access setting from Text boxes and lists only to All Controls (Control + F7)

Many keyboards assign special functions to function keys, by default. To use the function key for other purposes, you have to press Fn+the function key. For more information about how to enable and use function keys without having to press Fn, see Use function key shortcuts later in this topic.

Shortcut conflicts

Some Windows keyboard shortcuts conflict with the corresponding default Mac OS keyboard shortcuts. To use these shortcuts, you may have to change your Mac keyboard settings to change the Show Desktop shortcut for the key.

Change system preferences for keyboard shortcuts with the mouse

On the Apple menu, press System Preferences.
Click Keyboard.
Press the Shortcuts tab.
Click Mission Control.
Clear the check box for the keyboard shortcut that you want to use.

Move the cursor

To do this	Press
Move one character to the left	Left arrow
Move one character to the right	Right arrow
Move one word to the left	Option + Left arrow
Move one word to the right	Option + Right arrow
Move one paragraph up	+ Up arrow
Move one paragraph down	+ Down arrow
Move one cell to the left (in a table)	Shift + Tab
Move one cell to the right (in a table)	Tab
Move up one line	Up arrow
Move down one line	Down arrow
Move to the end of a line	+ Right arrow or End
Move to the beginning of a line	+ Left arrow or Home
Move up one screen (scrolling)	Page Up
Move down one screen (scrolling)	Page Down
Move to the top of the next page	+ Page Down
Move to the top of the previous page	+ Page Up
To the end of a document	+ End On a MacBook keyboard: + FN + Right arrow
To the beginning of a document	+ Home On a MacBook keyboard: + FN + Left arrow
To the previous insertion point	Shift + F5

Select text and graphics

Tip: If you know the key combination to move the cursor, you can generally select the text by using the same key combination while holding down Shift. For example, + Right arrow moves the cursor to the next word, and + Shift + Right arrow selects the text from the cursor to the beginning of the next word.

To do this	Press
Select multiple items not next to each other	Select the first item that you want, hold down , and then select any additional items
Select one character to the right	Shift + Right arrow
Select one character to the left	Shift + Left arrow
Select one word to the right	Shift + Option + Right arrow
Select one word to the left	Shift + Option + Left arrow
Select to the end of a line	+ Shift + Right arrow or Shift

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