Once there, navigate to the 'Customize Ribbon' menu item and click on the 'Customize' button right next to 'Keyboard shortcuts'.Ī new window will appear where you can view all of the available keyboard shortcuts (or commands) sorted by category. To do that, you will have to access the 'Word Options' window by either clicking on 'File' and 'Options' or by simply pressing the 'Alt + F + T' key combination. Access and customize keyboard shortcutsĪs I have mentioned before, MS Word 2016 allows you to access, view and even customize your own hotkeys. You can always access and view the list of available key combinations in the application itself. Of course, there are many other keyboard shortcuts that you might find extremely useful, but I don't think that you want to scroll through multiple pages just for viewing a never-ending list of hotkeys. Ctrl + 1 and Ctrl + 2 - Quickly sets single or double line spacing between paragraphs.This is useful for setting titles or headers for each page from your file. Ctrl + Enter - Puts a page break in your document.Ctrl + E - Puts the selected text in the centre of the row.You can use this keyboard shortcut to quickly underline entire paragraphs without having to go back and change the style when encountering spaces between words. Alt + Shift + W - Underlines the selected words, but without any spaces.This can be quite useful if you want to instantly delete entire words, not just letters. Ctrl + Backspace - Deletes the word to the left of your pointer.Alt + Ctrl + S - Splits the document window in two or, if it is already split, reverts it back to a single page.Ctrl + F - Opens a quick search box that you can use to find any desired word from your document.Ctrl + F1 - This hotkey will instantly hide the ribbon menu.For example, you can press Alt+F to bring up the 'File' menu or Alt+N to show the options in the 'Insert' tab. Alt + corresponding letter - Pressing the Alt key will bring up the letters you will have to press to quickly open items from the menu bar and 'the ribbon' - the place right under the menu bar that provides you with a multitude of functions.Ctrl + K - Allows you to insert a hyperlink into your selected text.Here, you can view a list of some of the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts: Aside from the standard hotkeys such as 'Ctrl + S' for saving the current document, 'Ctrl + O' for opening a new file, 'Ctrl + Z' for undoing your latest actions or the famous 'Ctrl + C' and 'Ctrl + V' for copy and paste actions, Word 2016 provides you with key combinations that specific to this application. Download Microsoft Office 2016 Default keyboard shortcutsĪs you might already know, Microsoft Word 2016 (and its earlier versions) comes with multiple keyboard shortcuts set by default.

Microsoft word 2016 shortcut keys