Bold in word for mac

Mac keyboard shortcuts for text formatting

  1. Bold text: Command + B.
  2. Underline text: Command + U.
  3. Italicize text: Command + i.
  4. Add superscript: Ctrl + Shift + Command + +
  5. Add subscript: Ctrl + Command + –
  6. Make highlighted text larger or smaller: Command + Shift + > or Command + Shift + <
  7. Insert line break: Command + Return.

Contents

  • 1 What is the shortcut for bold on a Mac?
  • 2 How do you do bold on a keyboard?
  • 3 How do I insert bullet points in Apple Mail?
  • 4 What is the shortcut key for bullet points?
  • 5 How do you italicize on a Mac?
  • 6 How do you italicize on a Mac keyboard?
  • 7 What is the shortcut key to redo?
  • 8 How do you add Bullets in numbers on a Mac?
  • 9 How do I insert bullet points in Apple Mail on IPAD?
  • 10 How do you insert a bullet in Excel on a Mac?
  • 11 How do you make a bullet on a Mac?
  • 12 How do you make bullet points on Mac Word keyboard?
  • 13 How do you bold and italicize in Imessage?
  • 14 What is Command key on Mac?
  • 15 How do you highlight on a Mac?
  • 16 How do you italicize in Safari?
  • 17 How do you bold in pages on IPAD?
  • 18 How do you make text bold in pages?
  • 19 How do you use Ctrl Z?
  • 20 What is Ctrl +F?

What is the shortcut for bold on a Mac?

Command-B
Command-B: Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off. Command-I: Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off.

How do you do bold on a keyboard?

Bold text: Ctrl + B — “B” is for “bold.” This shortcut works for new text you type after using it, or you can highlight existing text and then bold it via the shortcut. You can also use the shortcut to turn bolding off.

How do I insert bullet points in Apple Mail?

Formatting Lists in Mac Mail
To insert a list directly in email using Mac Mail, select Format > Lists from the Mail menu while composing an email, and select either ​Insert Bulleted List or Insert Numbered List on the menu that appears.

What is the shortcut key for bullet points?

Press CTRL + Shift + L. Word will automatically apply bullet points and insert indents to the paragraphs.

How do you italicize on a Mac?

Command-I Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off. Command-U Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off.

How do you italicize on a Mac keyboard?

Mac keyboard shortcuts for text formatting

  1. Bold text: Command + B.
  2. Underline text: Command + U.
  3. Italicize text: Command + i.
  4. Add superscript: Ctrl + Shift + Command + +
  5. Add subscript: Ctrl + Command + –
  6. Make highlighted text larger or smaller: Command + Shift + > or Command + Shift + <
  7. Insert line break: Command + Return.

What is the shortcut key to redo?

Redo an action
To redo something you’ve undone, press Ctrl+Y or F4.

How do you add Bullets in numbers on a Mac?

Customize bullets
In the Format sidebar, click the Text tab, then click the Style button. Click the disclosure arrow next to Bullets & Lists, then click the pop-up menu below Bullets & Lists and choose a bullet style (text bullets, image bullets, or numbers).

How do I insert bullet points in Apple Mail on IPAD?

next to the bullet style you want to change. Tap Text Bullet or Image Bullet, then do one of the following: For text bullets: Tap a bullet style to apply it. To use a different character, tap “Tap to add” next to Custom Bullet, tap the character or emoji you want to use, then tap Return.

How do you insert a bullet in Excel on a Mac?

Insert Bullet Points on Excel for Mac

  1. Open Microsoft Excel on your macOS device.
  2. Click on a blank cell on a new or existing spreadsheet.
  3. Choose Insert on the menu bar.
  4. Select Symbol.
  5. Choose Bullets/Stars in the Character Viewer.
  6. Double-click on the bullet you’d like to use.

How do you make a bullet on a Mac?

For text bullets: Click the Bullet pop-up menu and choose a bullet style (scroll to see all of them). To use your own text or character for the bullet, double-click in the Bullet field, then type your own text or character.

How do you make bullet points on Mac Word keyboard?

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  1. To start the bulleted list, type an asterisk (*), press either the Spacebar or the Tab key & then type your list item.
  2. When you then press return the line will indent, the * will change to a solid bullet & the new line will be at the same level.

How do you bold and italicize in Imessage?

How to italicize text on an iPhone in Mail

  1. Open the Mail app.
  2. Create a new message or reply to an email and type your text into the body of the email.
  3. Select the word you want to italicize by double tapping the word.
  4. Tap “BIU,” which stands for bold, italics, and underline.
  5. Tap “Italic.”

What is Command key on Mac?

The Command key is the most common modifier key in Mac OS X. Many menu items, such as Quit, Close, and Save, have a keystroke shortcut using the Command key. To use such a shortcut, hold down one of the Command keys and press the letter key for that item.

How do you highlight on a Mac?

Here’s how to highlight in Pages on a Mac:

  1. Open a Pages text document.
  2. Select the text you want to highlight. Not sure how to select text on a Mac?
  3. Click Insert > Highlight on the menu bar.
  4. Your text is now highlighted. The Review Toolbar will now appear at the top of the document.

How do you italicize in Safari?

— Text can now be formatted in Italics, properly, by pressing Command+i in Safari!

How do you bold in pages on IPAD?

Do any of the following:

  1. Apply a different paragraph style: Tap the style name below Paragraph Style, then tap a new paragraph style (scroll to see more).
  2. Change the font: Tap Font, then tap a new font.
  3. Apply bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough: Tap any of the buttons below Font.
  4. Change the size: Tap.

How do you make text bold in pages?

  1. If you can’t add or delete a page.
  2. If you can’t remove something from a document.
  3. If you can’t find a button or control.
  4. If page formatting keeps changing.

How do you use Ctrl Z?

Alternatively referred to as Control Z and C-z, Ctrl+Z is a shortcut key most often used to undo. Most programs that support Ctrl+Z also support the ability to undo multiple changes. For example, you can press and hold Ctrl and while still holding the key, press “Z” three times to undo the last three changes.

What is Ctrl +F?

Control+F, or Command+F on a Mac, is the keyboard shortcut for the Find command. If you’re in a web browser and want to search text on a web page, pressing Control+F will bring up a search box.

This article describes the keyboard shortcuts and function keys in Word for Windows.

Notes: 

  • To quickly find a shortcut in this article, you can use Search. Press Ctrl+F, and then type your search words.

  • If an action that you use often does not have a shortcut key, you can record a macro to create one. For instructions, go to Create or run a macro or Use a screen reader to create a macro in Word.

  • If you are using Microsoft Word Starter, be aware that not all the features listed for Word are supported in Word Starter. For more information about the features available in Word Starter, go to Word features that are not fully supported in Word Starter.

  • Get these keyboard shortcuts in a Word document at this link: Word 2016 for Windows keyboard shortcuts.

In this topic

  • Frequently used shortcuts

  • Ribbon keyboard shortcuts

  • Navigate the document

  • Preview and print documents

  • Select text and graphics

  • Edit text and graphics

  • Work with web content

  • Work with tables

  • Review a document

  • Work with references, citations, and indexing

  • Work with mail merge and fields

  • Work with text in other languages

  • Work with document views

  • Use function key shortcuts

Frequently used shortcuts

This table shows the most frequently used shortcuts in Microsoft Word.

To do this

Press

Open a document.

Ctrl+O

Create a new document.

Ctrl+N

Save the document.

Ctrl+S

Close the document.

Ctrl+W

Cut the selected content to the Clipboard.

Ctrl+X

Copy the selected content to the Clipboard.

Ctrl+C

Paste the contents of the Clipboard.

Ctrl+V

Select all document content.

Ctrl+A

Apply bold formatting to text.

Ctrl+B

Apply italic formatting to text.

Ctrl+I

Apply underline formatting to text.

Ctrl+U

Decrease the font size by 1 point.

Ctrl+Left bracket ([)

Increase the font size by 1 point.

Ctrl+Right bracket (])

Center the text.

Ctrl+E

Align the text to the left.

Ctrl+L

Align the text to the right.

Ctrl+R

Cancel a command.

Esc

Undo the previous action.

Ctrl+Z

Redo the previous action, if possible.

Ctrl+Y

Adjust the zoom magnification.

Alt+W, Q, then use the Tab key in the Zoom dialog box to go to the value you want.

Split the document window.

Ctrl+Alt+S

Remove the document window split.

Alt+Shift+C or Ctrl+Alt+S

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Close a task pane

To close a task pane using the keyboard:

  1. Press F6 until the task pane is selected.

  2. Press Ctrl+Spacebar.

  3. Use the arrow keys to select Close, and then press Enter.

Ribbon keyboard shortcuts

The ribbon groups related options on tabs. For example, on the Home tab, the Font group includes the Font Color option. Press the Alt key to display the ribbon shortcuts, called Key Tips, as letters in small images next to the tabs and options as shown in the image below.

Key Tips in the ribbon in Word 365

Note: Add-ins and other programs can add new tabs to the ribbon and might provide access keys for those tabs.

You can combine the Key Tips letters with the Alt key to make shortcuts called Access Keys for the ribbon options. For example, press Alt+H to open the Home tab, and Alt+Q to move to the Tell Me or Search field. Press Alt again to see Key Tips for the options for the selected tab.

Depending on the version of Microsoft 365 you are using, the Search text field at the top of the app window might be called Tell Me instead. Both offer a largely similar experience, but some options and search results can vary.

In Office 2013 and Office 2010, most of the old Alt key menu shortcuts still work, too. However, you need to know the full shortcut. For example, press Alt, and then press one of the old menu keys E (Edit), V (View), I (Insert), and so on. A notification pops up saying you’re using an access key from an earlier version of Microsoft 365. If you know the entire key sequence, go ahead and use it. If you don’t know the sequence, press Esc and use Key Tips instead.

Use the Access Keys for ribbon tabs

To go directly to a tab on the ribbon, press one of the following access keys. Additional tabs might appear depending on your selection in the document.

To do this

Press

Move to the Tell Me or Search field on the Ribbon to search for assistance or Help content.

Alt+Q, then enter the search term.

Open the File page to use Backstage view.

Alt+F

Open the Home tab to use common formatting commands, paragraph styles, and the Find tool.

Alt+H

Open the Insert tab to insert tables, pictures and shapes, headers, or text boxes.

Alt+N

Open the Design tab to use themes, colors, and effects, such as page borders.

Alt+G

Open the Layout tab to work with page margins, page orientation, indentation, and spacing.

Alt+P

Open the References tab to add a table of contents, footnotes, or a table of citations.

Alt+S

Open the Mailings tab to manage Mail Merge tasks and to work with envelopes and labels.

Alt+M

Open the Review tab to use Spell Check, set proofing languages, and to track and review changes to your document.

Alt+R

Open the View tab to choose a document view or mode, such as Read Mode or Outline view. You can also set the zoom magnification and manage multiple document windows.

Alt+W

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Work in the ribbon with the keyboard

To do this

Press

Select the active tab on the ribbon and activate the access keys.

Alt or F10. To move to a different tab, use access keys or the arrow keys.

Move the focus to commands on the ribbon.

Tab key or Shift+Tab

Move between command groupings on the ribbon.

Ctrl+Left or Right arrow key

Move among the items on the ribbon.

Arrow keys

Show the tooltip for the ribbon element currently in focus.

Ctrl+Shift+F10

Activate the selected button.

Spacebar or Enter

Open the list for the selected command.

Down arrow key

Open the menu for the selected button.

Alt+Down arrow key

When a menu or submenu is open, move to the next command.

Down arrow key

Expand or collapse the ribbon.

Ctrl+F1

Open the context menu.

Shift+F10

Or, on a Windows keyboard, the Windows Menu key (between the right Alt and right Ctrl keys)

Move to the submenu when a main menu is open or selected.

Left arrow key

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Navigate the document

To do this

Press

Move the cursor one word to the left.

Ctrl+Left arrow key

Move the cursor one word to the right.

Ctrl+Right arrow key

Move the cursor up by one paragraph.

Ctrl+Up arrow key

Move the cursor down by one paragraph.

Ctrl+Down arrow key

Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

End

Move the cursor to the beginning the current line.

Home

Move the cursor to the top of the screen.

Ctrl+Alt+Page up

Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen.

Ctrl+Alt+Page down

Move the cursor by scrolling the document view up by one screen.

Page up

Move the cursor by scrolling the document view down by one screen.

Page down

Move the cursor to the top of the next page.

Ctrl+Page down

Move the cursor to the top of the previous page.

Ctrl+Page up

Move the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl+End

Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl+Home

Move the cursor to the location of the previous revision.

Shift+F5

Move the cursor to the location of the last revision made before the document was last closed.

Shift+F5, immediately after opening the document.

Cycle through floating shapes, such as text boxes or images.

Ctrl+Alt+5, and then the Tab key repeatedly

Exit the floating shape navigation and return to the normal navigation.

Esc

Display the Navigation task pane, to search within the document content.

Ctrl+F

Display the Go To dialog box, to navigate to a specific page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location.

Ctrl+G

Cycle through the locations of the four previous changes made to the document.

Ctrl+Alt+Z

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Navigate the document using the browse options in Word 2007 and 2010

In Word 2007 and 2010, you can browse the document by various types of objects, such as fields, footnotes, headings, and graphics.

To do this

Press

Open the list of browse options to define the type of object to browse by.

Ctrl+Alt+Home

Move to the previous object of the defined type.

Ctrl+Page up

Move to the next object of the defined type.

Ctrl+Page down

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Preview and print documents

To do this

Press

Print the document.

Ctrl+P

Switch to print preview.

Ctrl+Alt+I

Move around the preview page when zoomed in.

Arrow keys

Move by one preview page when zoomed out.

Page up or Page down

Move to the first preview page when zoomed out.

Ctrl+Home

Move to the last preview page when zoomed out.

Ctrl+End

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Select text and graphics

To do this

Press

Select text.

Shift+Arrow keys

Select the word to the left.

Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow key

Select the word to the right.

Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow key

Select from the current position to the beginning of the current line.

Shift+Home

Select from the current position to the end of the current line.

Shift+End

Select from the current position to the beginning of the current paragraph.

Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow key

Select from the current position to the end of the current paragraph.

Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow key

Select from the current position to the top of the screen.

Shift+Page up

Select from the current position to the bottom of the screen.

Shift+Page down

Select from the current position to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl+Shift+Home

Select from the current position to the end of the document.

Ctrl+Shift+End

Select from the current position to the bottom of the window.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Page down

Select all document content.

Ctrl+A

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Extend a selection

To do this

Press

Start extending the selection.

F8

In the extend selection mode, clicking a location in the document extends the current selection to that location.

Select the nearest character to the left or right.

F8, Left or Right arrow key

Expand the selection.

F8 repeatedly to expand the selection to the entire word, sentence, paragraph, section, and document.

Reduce the selection.

Shift+F8

Select a vertical block of text.

Ctrl+Shift+F8, then press the arrow keys

Stop extending the selection.

Esc

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Edit text and graphics

To do this

Press

Delete one word to the left.

Ctrl+Backspace

Delete one word to the right.

Ctrl+Delete

Open the Clipboard task pane and enable the Office Clipboard, which allows you to copy and paste content between Microsoft 365 apps.

Alt+H, F, O

Cut the selected content to the Clipboard.

Ctrl+X

Copy the selected content to the Clipboard.

Ctrl+C

Paste the contents of the Clipboard.

Ctrl+V

Move the selected content to a specific location.

F2, move the cursor to the destination, and then press Enter.

Copy the selected content to a specific location.

Shift+F2, move the cursor to the destination, and then press Enter.

Define an AutoText block with the selected content.

Alt+F3

Insert an AutoText block.

The first few characters of the AutoText block, and then press Enter when the ScreenTip appears.

Cut the selected content to the Spike.

Ctrl+F3

Paste the contents of the Spike.

Ctrl+Shift+F3

Copy the selected formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+C

Paste the selected formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+V

Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document.

Alt+Shift+R

Display the Replace dialog box, to find and replace text, specific formatting, or special items.

Ctrl+H

Display the Object dialog box, to insert a file object into the document.

Alt+N, J, J

Insert a SmartArt graphic.

Alt+N, M

Insert a WordArt graphic.

Alt+N, W

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Align and format paragraphs

To do this

Press

Center the paragraph.

Ctrl+E

Justify the paragraph.

Ctrl+J

Align the paragraph to the left.

Ctrl+L

Align the paragraph to the right.

Ctrl+R

Indent the paragraph.

Ctrl+M

Remove a paragraph indent.

Ctrl+Shift+M

Create a hanging indent.

Ctrl+T

Remove a hanging indent.

Ctrl+Shift+T

Remove paragraph formatting.

Ctrl+Q

Apply single spacing to the paragraph.

Ctrl+1

Apply double spacing to the paragraph.

Ctrl+2

Apply 1.5-line spacing to the paragraph.

Ctrl+5

Add or remove space before the paragraph.

Ctrl+0 (zero)

Enable AutoFormat.

Ctrl+Alt+K

Apply the Normal style.

Ctrl+Shift+N

Apply the Heading 1 style.

Ctrl+Alt+1

Apply the Heading 2 style.

Ctrl+Alt+2

Apply the Heading 3 style.

Ctrl+Alt+3

Display the Apply Styles task pane.

Ctrl+Shift+S

Display the Styles task pane.

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

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Format characters

To do this

Press

Display the Font dialog box.

Ctrl+D or Ctrl+Shift+F

Increase the font size.

Ctrl+Shift+Right angle bracket (>)

Decrease the font size.

Ctrl+Shift+Left angle bracket (<)

Increase the font size by 1 point.

Ctrl+Right bracket (])

Decrease the font size by 1 point.

Ctrl+Left bracket ([)

Switch the text between upper case, lower case, and title case.

Shift+F3

Change the text to all upper case.

Ctrl+Shift+A

Hide the selected text.

Ctrl+Shift+H

Apply bold formatting.

Ctrl+B

Add a bulleted list.

Ctrl+Shift+L

Apply underline formatting.

Ctrl+U

Apply underline formatting to the words, but not the spaces.

Ctrl+Shift+W

Apply double-underline formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+D

Apply italic formatting.

Ctrl+I

Apply small caps formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+K

Apply subscript formatting.

Ctrl+Equal sign ( = )

Apply superscript formatting.

Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (+)

Remove manual character formatting.

Ctrl+Spacebar

Change the selected text to the Symbol font.

Ctrl+Shift+Q

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Manage text formatting

To do this

Press

Display all nonprinting characters.

Ctrl+Shift+8 (do not use the numeric keypad)

Display the Reveal Formatting task pane.

Shift+F1

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Insert special characters

To do this

Press

Insert a line break.

Shift+Enter

Insert a page break.

Ctrl+Enter

Insert a column break.

Ctrl+Shift+Enter

Insert an em dash (—).

Ctrl+Alt+Minus sign (on the numeric keypad)

Insert an en dash (–).

Ctrl+Minus sign (on the numeric keypad)

Insert an optional hyphen.

Ctrl+Hyphen (-)

Insert a nonbreaking hyphen.

Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen (-)

Insert a nonbreaking space.

Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar

Insert a copyright symbol (©).

Ctrl+Alt+C

Insert a registered trademark symbol (®).

Ctrl+Alt+R

Insert a trademark symbol (™).

Ctrl+Alt+T

Insert an ellipsis (…)

Ctrl+Alt+Period (.)

Insert the Unicode character for the specified Unicode (hexadecimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol (Euro currency symbol), type 20AC, and then hold down Alt and press X.

Tip: To find out the Unicode character code for a selected character, press Alt+X.

The character code, then press Alt+X

Insert the ANSI character for the specified ANSI (decimal) character code. For example, to insert the euro currency symbol, hold down Alt and press 0128 on the numeric keypad.

Alt+the character code (on the numeric keypad)

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Work with web content

To do this

Press

Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl+K

Go back one page.

Alt+Left arrow key

Go forward one page.

Alt+Right arrow key

Refresh the page.

F9

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Work with tables

Move around in a table

To do this

Press

Move to the next cell in the row and select its content.

Tab key

Move to the previous cell in the row and select its content.

Shift+Tab

Move to the first cell in the row.

Alt+Home

Move to the last cell in the row.

Alt+End

Move to the first cell in the column.

Alt+Page up

Move to the last cell in the column.

Alt+Page down

Move to the previous row.

Up arrow key

Move to the next row.

Down arrow key

Move one row up.

Alt+Shift+Up arrow key

Move one row down.

Alt+Shift+Down arrow key

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Select table content

To do this

Press

Select the content in the next cell.

Tab key

Select the content in the previous cell.

Shift+Tab

Extend a selection to adjacent cells.

Shift+Arrow keys

Select a column.

Select the top or bottom cell of the column, and then press Shift+Up or Down arrow key

Select a row.

Select the first or last cell in the row, and then press Shift+Alt+End or Home.

Select the whole table.

Alt+5 on the numeric keypad, with Num Lock switched off

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Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table

To do this

Press

Insert a new paragraph in a cell.

Enter

Insert a tab character in a cell.

Ctrl+Tab

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Review a document

To do this

Press

Insert a comment.

Ctrl+Alt+M

Turn change tracking on or off.

Ctrl+Shift+E

Close the Reviewing Pane.

Alt+Shift+C

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Work with references, citations, and indexing

Use the following shortcuts to add references to your document, such as a table of contents, footnotes, and citations.

To do this

Press

Mark a table of contents entry.

Alt+Shift+O

Mark a table of authorities entry (citation).

Alt+Shift+I

Choose citation options.

Alt+Shift+F12, Spacebar

Mark an index entry.

Alt+Shift+X

Insert a footnote.

Ctrl+Alt+F

Insert an endnote.

Ctrl+Alt+D

Go to the next footnote.

Alt+Shift+Right angle bracket (>)

Go to the previous footnote.

Alt+Shift+Left angle bracket (<)

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Work with mail merge and fields

To use the following keyboard shortcuts, the Mailings ribbon tab must be selected. To select the Mailings tab, press Alt+M.

Perform a mail merge

To do this

Press

Preview the mail merge.

Alt+Shift+K

Merge a document.

Alt+Shift+N

Print the merged document.

Alt+Shift+M

Edit a mail-merge data document.

Alt+Shift+E

Insert a merge field.

Alt+Shift+F

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Work with fields

To do this

Press

Insert a DATE field.

Alt+Shift+D

Insert a LISTNUM field.

Ctrl+Alt+L

Insert a PAGE field.

Alt+Shift+P

Insert a TIME field.

Alt+Shift+T

Insert an empty field.

Ctrl+F9

Update the linked information in a Word source document.

Ctrl+Shift+F7

Update the selected fields.

F9

Unlink a field.

Ctrl+Shift+F9

Switch between a selected field code and its result.

Shift+F9

Switch between all field codes and their results.

Alt+F9

Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from a field displaying field results.

Alt+Shift+F9

Go to the next field.

F11

Go to the previous field.

Shift+F11

Lock a field.

Ctrl+F11

Unlock a field.

Ctrl+Shift+F11

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Work with text in other languages

Set the proofing language

Every document has a default language, typically the same default language as your computer’s operating system. If your document also contains words or phrases in a different language, it’s a good idea to set the proofing language for those words. This not only makes it possible to check spelling and grammar for those phrases, but it also enables assistive technologies like screen readers to handle them appropriately.

To do this

Press

Display the Language dialog box to set the proofing language.

Alt+R, U, L

Set default languages.

Alt+R, L

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Insert international characters

To type a lowercase character by using a key combination that includes the Shift key, hold down the Ctrl+Shift+symbol keys simultaneously, and then release them before you type the letter.

Note: If you type extensively in another language, you might prefer to switch to a different keyboard instead.

To insert this

Press

à, è, ì, ò, ù,
À, È, Ì, Ò, Ù

Ctrl+Grave accent (`), the letter

á, é, í, ó, ú, ý
Á, É, Í, Ó, Ú, Ý

Ctrl+Single quotation mark (‘), the letter

â, ê, î, ô, û
Â, Ê, Î, Ô, Û

Ctrl+Shift+Caret (^), the letter

ã, ñ, õ
Ã, Ñ, Õ

Ctrl+Shift+Tilde (~), the letter

ä, ë, ï, ö, ü, ÿ,
Ä, Ë, Ï, Ö, Ü, Ÿ

Ctrl+Shift+Colon (:), the letter

å, Å

Ctrl+Shift+At sign (@), a or A

æ, Æ

Ctrl+Shift+Ampersand (&), a or A

œ, Œ

Ctrl+Shift+Ampersand (&), o or O

ç, Ç

Ctrl+Comma (,), c or C

ð, Ð

Ctrl+Single quotation mark (‘), d or D

ø, Ø

Ctrl+Forward slash (/), o or O

¿

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Question mark (?)

¡

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Exclamation point (!)

ß

Ctrl+Shift+Ampersand (&), s

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Use Input Method Editors for East Asian languages

To do this

Press

Switch to the Japanese Input Method Editor (IME) for a 101-key keyboard, if available.

Alt+Tilde (~)

Switch to the Korean Input Method Editor (IME) for a 101-key keyboard, if available.

Right Alt

Switch to the Chinese Input Method Editor (IME) for a 101-key keyboard, if available.

Ctrl+Spacebar

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Work with document views

Word offers several different views of a document. Each view makes it easier to do certain tasks. For example, Read Mode enables you view the document as a horizontal sequence of pages, which you can quickly browse using the Left and Right arrow keys.

Switch the document view

To do this

Press

Switch to the Read Mode view.

In Word 2007 and 2010, this is called Full Screen Reading view.

Alt+W, F

Switch to the Print Layout view.

Ctrl+Alt+P

Switch to the Outline view.

Ctrl+Alt+O

Switch to the Draft view.

Ctrl+Alt+N

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Outline a document

These shortcuts only apply when the document is in the Outline view.

To do this

Press

Promote a paragraph.

Alt+Shift+Left arrow key

Demote a paragraph.

Alt+Shift+Right arrow key

Demote the paragraph to body text.

Ctrl+Shift+N

Move the selected paragraphs up.

Alt+Shift+Up arrow key

Move the selected paragraphs down.

Alt+Shift+Down arrow key

Expand the text under a heading.

Alt+Shift+Plus sign (+)

Collapse the text under a heading.

Alt+Shift+Minus sign (-)

Expand or collapse all text or headings.

Alt+Shift+A

Hide or display the character formatting.

Forward slash (/) (on the numeric keypad)

Switch between showing the first line of body text and showing all body text.

Alt+Shift+L

Show all headings with the Heading 1 style.

Alt+Shift+1

Show all headings with the specified heading level.

Alt+Shift+Heading level number

Insert a tab character.

Ctrl+Tab

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Move through the document in Read Mode

To do this

Press

Move to the beginning of the document.

Home

Move to the end of the document.

End

Go to a specific page.

Type the page number, then press Enter

Exit Read Mode.

Esc

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Use function key shortcuts

Key

Description

F1

  • F1 alone: displays the Word help task pane.

  • Shift+F1: displays or hides context-sensitive help or the Reveal Formatting task pane.

  • Ctrl+F1: displays or hides the ribbon.

  • Alt+F1: moves to the next field.

  • Alt+Shift+F1: moves to the previous field.

F2

  • F2 alone: moves the selected text or graphic. Use the arrow keys to place the cursor where you want to move the text or graphic, and then press Enter to move, or press Esc to cancel.

  • Shift+F2: copies the selected text or graphic. Use the arrow keys to place the cursor where you want to copy the text or graphic, and then press Enter to copy, or press Esc to cancel.

  • Ctrl+F2: displays the print preview area on the Print tab in the Backstage view.

  • Alt+Shift+F2: saves the document.

  • Ctrl+Alt+F2: displays the Open dialog box.

F3

  • Shift+F3: switches the selected text between upper case, lower case, and title case.

  • Ctrl+F3: cuts the selected content to the Spike. You can cut multiple texts and graphics to the Spike, and paste them as a group to another location.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F3: pastes the contents of the Spike.

  • Alt+F3: creates a new Building Block.

F4

  • F4 alone: repeats the last command or action, if possible.

  • Shift+F4: repeats the last Find or Go To action.

  • Ctrl+F4: closes the current document.

  • Alt+F4: closes Word.

F5

  • F5 alone: displays the Go To dialog box.

  • Shift+F5: moves the cursor to the last change.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F5: displays the Bookmark dialog box.

  • Alt+F5: restores the document window size.

F6

  • F6 alone: switch between the document, task pane, status bar, and ribbon. In a document that has been split, F6 includes the split panes when switching between panes and the task pane.

  • Shift+F6: switches between the document, ribbon, status bar, and task pane.

  • Ctrl+F6: switches to the next document window when more than one document is open.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F6: switches to the previous document window when more than one document is open.

  • Alt+F6: moves from an open dialog box back to the document, for dialog boxes that support this behavior.

F7

  • F7 alone: displays the Editor task pane to check spelling and grammar in the document or the selected text.

  • Shift+F7: displays the Thesaurus task pane.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F7: updates the linked information in a Word source document.

  • Alt+F7: finds the next spelling or grammatical error.

  • Alt+Shift+F7: in Word 2013 and newer, displays the Translator task pane. In Word 2007 and 2010, displays the Research task pane.

F8

  • F8 alone: extends the selection. For example, if a word is selected, the selection size is extended to one sentence.

  • Shift+F8: reduces the selection. For example, if a paragraph is selected, the selection size is reduced to one sentence.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F8: turns extend selection mode on and off. In the extend selection mode, the arrow keys extend the selection.

  • Alt+F8: displays the Macro dialog box to create, run, edit, or delete a macro.

F9

  • F9 alone: updates the selected fields.

  • Shift+F9: switches between a field code and its result.

  • Ctrl+F9: inserts an empty field.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F9: unlinks the current field.

  • Alt+F9: switches between all field codes and their results.

  • Alt+Shift+F9: runs GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from a field displaying field results.

F10

  • F10 alone: turns KeyTips on or off.

  • Shift+F10: displays the shortcut menu for the selected item.

  • Ctrl+F10: maximizes or restores the document window size.

  • Alt+F10: displays the Selection task pane.

  • Alt+Shift+F10: displays the menu or message for available actions, for example, for pasted text or an AutoCorrect change.

F11

  • F11 alone: moves to the next field.

  • Shift+F11: moves to the previous field.

  • Ctrl+F11: locks the current field.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F11: unlocks the current field.

  • Alt+F11: opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications editor, in which you can create a macro using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

F12

  • F12 alone: displays the Save As dialog box.

  • Shift+F12: saves the document.

  • Ctrl+F12: displays the Open dialog box.

  • Ctrl+Shift+F12: displays the Print tab in the Backstage view.

  • Alt+Shift+F12: selects the Table of Contents button in the Table of Contents container when the container is active.

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See also

Word help center

Basic tasks using a screen reader with Word

Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Word

Screen reader support for Word

This article describes the keyboard shortcuts and function keys in Word for Mac.

Notes: 

  • 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 Microsoft 365 for Mac. For information about changing the key assignment for a keyboard shortcut, see Mac Help for your version of macOS, your utility application, or refer to Shortcut conflicts.

  • If you don’t find a keyboard shortcut here that meets your needs, you can create a custom keyboard shortcut. For instructions, go to Create a custom keyboard shortcut for Office for Mac.

  • Many of the shortcuts that use the Ctrl key on a Windows keyboard also work with the Control key in Word for Mac. However, not all do.

  • To quickly find a shortcut in this article, you can use Search. Press Command+F, and then type your search words.

For the best experience using your keyboard with the ribbon, enable your keyboard to access all controls.

  1. To open the System Preferences, press The Command button.+Spacebar, type system preferences, and press Return.

  2. To go to Keyboard Settings, type keyboard and press Return.

  3. In the Shortcuts tab, press Control+F7 to change the Full Keyboard Access setting from Text boxes and lists only to All Controls.

In this topic

  • Frequently used shortcuts

  • Shortcut conflicts

  • Navigate the document

  • Select text and graphics

  • Edit text and graphics

  • Work with tables

  • Drawing

  • Work with fields

  • Outline a document

  • Review a document

  • Use footnotes and endnotes

  • Work with right-to-left languages

  • Use function key shortcuts

Frequently used shortcuts

This table lists frequently used shortcuts in Word for Mac.

To do this

Press

Undo the previous action.

The Command button.+Z or F1

Redo the previous action, if possible.

The Command button.+Y

Cut the selected content to the Clipboard.

The Command button.+X or F2

Copy the selected content to the Clipboard.

The Command button.+C or F3

Paste the contents of the Clipboard.

The Command button.+V or F4

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. *

Shift+F10

Display the Go To dialog box.

The Command button.+Option+G or F5

Display the Spelling and Grammar dialog box.

The Command button.+Option+L or F7

Enable extended selection mode.

F8

Switch to the next window.

The Command button.+Grave accent ( ` )

Switch to the previous window.

The Command button.+Shift+Grave accent (`)

Display the Save As dialog box.

The Command button.+Shift+S

Find text (move focus to the Search in Document box).

The Command button.+F

Display the Find and Replace pane.

Control+H

Display the Print dialog box.

The Command button.+P

Close the current document.

The Command button.+F4

Expand or minimize the ribbon.

The Command button.+Option+R

Find the next spelling or grammatical error. The Check spelling as you type feature must be enabled.

Option+F7

Open the Dictionary.

In Word 2011, Option+Shift+F7

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Shortcut conflicts

Some Word for Mac keyboard shortcuts conflict with default macOS keyboard shortcuts. This topic flags such shortcuts with an asterisk ( * ). To use these shortcuts, you may have to change your Mac keyboard settings to change the shortcut for the key.

Change system preferences for keyboard shortcuts

  1. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences.

  2. Select Keyboard.

  3. Select the Shortcuts tab.

  4. Select Mission Control.

  5. Clear the check box for the keyboard shortcut conflicting with the Word for Mac shortcut that you want to use.

Navigate the document

To do this

Press

Move the cursor one word to the left.

Option+Left arrow key

Move the cursor one word to the right.

Option+Right arrow key

Move the cursor up by one paragraph.

The Command button.+Up arrow key

Move the cursor down by one paragraph.

The Command button.+Down arrow key

Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

The Command button.+Left arrow

Home

Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

The Command button.+Right arrow key

End

Move the cursor to the top of the previous page.

The Command button.+Page up

On a MacBook, press The Command button.+Fn+Up arrow key

Move the cursor to the top of the next page.

The Command button.+Page down

On a MacBook, press The Command button.+Fn+Down arrow key

Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.

The Command button.+Home

On a MacBook, press The Command button.+Fn+Left arrow key

Move the cursor to the end of the document.

The Command button.+End

On a MacBook, press The Command button.+Fn+Right arrow key

Move the cursor to the previous insertion point.

Shift+F5

Move the cursor by scrolling the document view up by one screen.

Page up

Move the cursor by scrolling the document view down by one screen.

Page down

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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, The Command button.+Right arrow moves the cursor to the next word, and The Command button.+Shift+Right arrow selects the text from the cursor to the beginning of the next word.

To do this

Press

Select multiple items that are not next to each other.

Select the first item that you want, hold down The Command button., and then mouse click the additional items.

Select text.

Shift+Arrow keys

Select the word to the left.

Shift+Option+Left arrow key

Select the word to the right.

Shift+Option+Right arrow key

Select from the current position to the beginning of the current line.

The Command button.+Shift+Left arrow key

Shift+Home

Select from the current position to the end of the current line.

The Command button.+Shift+Right arrow key

Shift+End

Select from the current position to the beginning of the current paragraph.

The Command button.+Shift+Up arrow key

Select from the current position to the end of the current paragraph.

The Command button.+Shift+Down arrow key

Select from the current position to the top of the screen.

Shift+Page up

Select from the current position to the bottom of the screen.

Shift+Page down

Select from the current position to the beginning of the document.

The Command button.+Shift+Home

Select from the current position to the end of the document.

The Command button.+Shift+End

Select from the current position to the bottom of the window.

The Command button.+Shift+Option+Page down

Select all document content.

The Command button.+A

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Extend a selection

To do this

Press

Start extending the selection. *

F8

In the extend selection mode, clicking a location in the document extends the current selection to that location.

Select the nearest character to the left.

F8, Left arrow key

Select the nearest character to the right.

F8, Right arrow key

Expand the selection.

F8 repeatedly to expand the selection to the entire word, sentence, paragraph, section, and document.

Reduce the selection. *

Shift+F8

Select a vertical block of text.

The Command button.+Shift+F8, then press the arrow keys

Stop extending the selection.

Esc

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Edit text and graphics

To do this

Press

Cut the selected content to the Clipboard.

The Command button.+X

F2

Copy the selected content to the Clipboard.

The Command button.+C

F3

Paste the contents of the Clipboard.

The Command button.+V

F4

Display the Paste Special dialog box.

The Command button.+Control+V

Cut the selected content to the Spike.

The Command button.+F3

Paste the contents of the Spike.

The Command button.+Shift+F3

Copy the selected formatting.

The Command button.+Shift+C

Paste the copied formatting.

The Command button.+Shift+V

Create an AutoText entry.

Option+F3

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Align and format paragraphs

To do this

Press

Center the paragraph.

The Command button.+E

Justify the paragraph.

The Command button.+J

Align the paragraph to the left.

The Command button.+L

Align the paragraph to the right.

The Command button.+R

Indent the paragraph.

Control+Shift+M

Remove a paragraph indent.

The Command button.+Shift+M

Create a hanging indent.

The Command button.+T

Remove a hanging indent.

The Command button.+Shift+T

Apply single-spacing to the paragraph.

The Command button.+1

Apply double-spacing to the paragraph.

The Command button.+2

Apply 1.5-line spacing to the paragraph.

The Command button.+5

Enable AutoFormat.

The Command button.+Option+K

Apply the Normal style.

The Command button.+Shift+N

Apply the Heading 1 style.

The Command button.+Option+1

Apply the Heading 2 style.

The Command button.+Option+2

Apply the Heading 3 style.

The Command button.+Option+3

Apply the List style.

The Command button.+Shift+L, when the cursor is at the beginning of a line

Insert a nonbreaking space.

Option+Spacebar

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Format characters

To do this

Press

Increase the font size.

The Command button.+Shift+Right angle bracket (>)

Decrease the font size.

The Command button.+Shift+Left angle bracket (<)

Increase the font size by 1 point.

The Command button.+Right bracket (])

Decrease the font size by 1 point.

The Command button.+Left bracket ([)

Display the Font dialog box.

The Command button.+D

Switch the text between upper case, lower case, and title case.

Shift+F3

Change the text to all upper case.

The Command button.+Shift+A

Apply bold formatting.

The Command button.+B

Add a bulleted list.

The Command button.+Shift+L

Apply underline formatting.

The Command button.+U

Apply underline formatting to the words, but not the spaces.

The Command button.+Shift+W

Apply double-underline formatting.

The Command button.+Shift+D

Apply italics formatting.

The Command button.+I

Apply small caps formatting.

The Command button.+Shift+K

Apply strike-through formatting.

The Command button.+Shift+X

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Insert special characters

To do this

Press

Insert an empty field.

The Command button.+F9

Insert a line break.

Shift+Return

Insert a page break.

The Command button.+Return

Insert a column break.

The Command button.+Shift+Return

Insert a nonbreaking hyphen.

The Command button.+Shift+Hyphen (-)

Insert a registered trademark symbol (®).

Option+R

Insert a trademark symbol (™).

Option+2

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Work with tables

Move around in a table

To do this

Press

Move to the next cell and select its content.

Tab key

Move to the previous cell and select its content.

Shift+Tab

Move to the next row.

Down arrow key

Move to the previous row.

Up arrow key

Move to the first cell in the row.

Control+Home

Move to the last cell in the row.

Control+End

Move to the first cell in the column.

Control+Page up

Move to the last cell in the column.

Control+Page down

Add a new row to the bottom of the table.

Tab key, at the end of the last row

Insert a row.

The Command button.+Control+I

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Select table content

To do this

Press

Select the content in the next cell.

Tab key

Select the content in the previous cell.

Shift+Tab

Extend a selection to adjacent cells.

Shift+Arrow keys

Select a row.

Select the first or last cell in the row, and then press Shift+Alt+End or Home.

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Resize table columns with the ruler

To do this

Press

Retain the column sizes to the right and change the table width.

Drag the column boundary in the ruler

Move a single column line and retain the table width.

Shift+Drag the column boundary in the ruler

Equally resize all columns to the right and retain the table width.

The Command button.+Shift+Drag the column boundary in the ruler

Proportionally resize all columns to the right and retain the table width.

The Command button.+Drag the column boundary in the ruler

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Resize table columns directly in a table

Tip: To finely adjust the column width and display the column’s measurements in the ruler when you resize the column, turn off the snap-to functionality by pressing Option with the shortcut keys.

To do this

Press

Move a single column line and retain the table width.

Drag the column boundary

Retain column sizes to the right and change the table width.

Shift+Drag the column boundary

Equally resize all columns to the right and retain the table width.

The Command button.+Shift+Drag the column boundary

Proportionally resize all columns to the right and retain the table width.

The Command button.+Drag the column boundary

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Insert paragraphs and tab characters in a table

To do this

Press

Insert a new paragraph in a cell.

Return

Insert a Tab character in a cell.

Option+Tab

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Drawing

To do this

Press

Toggle drawing mode.

The Command button.+Control+Z

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Work with fields

To do this

Press

Insert a DATE field.

Control+Shift+D

Insert a LISTNUM field.

The Command button.+Option+Shift+L

Insert a PAGE field.

Control+Shift+P

Insert a TIME field.

Control+Shift+T

Insert an empty field.

The Command button.+F9

Update the selected fields. *

F9

Switch between a field code and its result. *

Shift+F9

Switch between all field codes and their results.

Option+F9

Run GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from a field displaying field results.

Option+Shift+F9

Lock a field.

The Command button.+F11

Unlock a field.

The Command button.+Shift+F11

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Outline a document

These shortcuts only apply when the document is in the Outline view.

To do this

Press

Promote a paragraph.

Control+Shift+Left arrow key

Demote a paragraph.

Control+Shift+Right arrow key

Demote the paragraph to body text.

The Command button.+Shift+N

Move the selected paragraphs up. *

Control+Shift+Up arrow key

Move the selected paragraphs down. *

Control+Shift+Down arrow key

Expand the text under a heading.

Control+Shift+Plus sign (+)

Collapse text under a heading. *

Control+Shift+Minus sign (-)

Expand all body text and headings, or collapse all body text.

Control+Shift+A

Switch between showing the first line of body text and showing all body text.

Control+Shift+L

Show all headings with the specified heading level.

Control+Shift+Heading level number

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Review a document

To do this

Press

Insert a comment.

The Command button.+Option+A

Turn change tracking on or off.

The Command button.+Shift+E

Move to the beginning of a comment.

Home

Move to the end of a comment.

End

(The End key is not available on all keyboards.)

Move to the beginning of the list of comments.

The Command button.+Home, in the Reviewing Pane.

Move to the end of the list of comments.

The Command button.+End, in the Reviewing Pane.

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Use footnotes and endnotes

To do this

Press

Insert a footnote.

The Command button.+Option+F

Insert an endnote.

The Command button.+Option+E

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Work with right-to-left languages

Word supports right-to-left functionality for languages that work in a right-to-left or a combined right-to-left, left-to-right environment for writing, editing, and displaying text. In this context, right-to-left languages refers to any writing system that is written from right to left and includes languages that require contextual shaping, such as Arabic, and languages that do not.

Before you can use these keyboard shortcuts, you need to ensure keyboard shortcuts are enabled for the language you are using:

  1. Go to Apple > System Preferences > Keyboard.

  2. On the Input Sources tab, select the language for which you want to enable shortcuts.

  3. On the right side of the tab, select the check box for Enable keyboard shortcuts.

To do this

Press

Switch the writing direction to right-to-left.

Control+The Command button.+ Left arrow key

Switch the writing direction to left-to-right.

Control+The Command button.+ Right arrow key

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Use function key shortcuts

Word for Mac uses the function keys for common commands, including Copy and Paste. For quick access to these shortcuts, you can change your Apple system preferences so you don’t have to press the Fn key every time you use a function key shortcut.

Note: Changing system function key preferences affects how the function keys work on your Mac, not just in Word. After changing this setting, you can still perform the special features printed on a function key. Just press the Fn key. For example, to use the F12 key to change your volume, press Fn+F12.

If a function key doesn’t work as you expect it to, press the Fn key in addition to the function key. If you don’t want to press the Fn key each time, you can change your Apple system preferences. For instructions, go to Change function key preferences.

The following table provides the function key shortcuts for Word for Mac.

Key

Description

F1

  • F1 alone: undoes the previous action.

F2

  • F2 alone: cuts the selected content to the Clipboard.

  • Shift+F2: copies the selected text or graphic. Use the arrow keys to place the cursor where you want to copy the text or graphic, and then press Return to copy, or press Esc to cancel.

F3

  • F3 alone: copies the selected content to the Clipboard.

  • Shift+F3: switches the selected text between upper case, lower case, and title case.

  • The Command button.+F3: cuts the selected content to the Spike. You can cut multiple texts and graphics to the Spike, and paste them as a group to another location.

  • The Command button.+Shift+F3: pastes the contents of the Spike.

  • Option+F3: creates an AutoText entry.

F4

  • F4 alone: pastes the content from the Clipboard.

  • Shift+F4: repeats the last Find or Go To action.

  • The Command button. Shift+F4: repeats the last Find or Go To action.

F5

  • F5 alone: displays the Go To dialog box.

  • Shift+F5: moves the cursor to the last change.

  • The Command button.+Shift+F5: displays the Bookmark dialog.

F6

  • F6 alone: switch between the document, task pane, status bar, and ribbon. In a document that has been split, F6 includes the split panes when switching between panes and the task pane.

  • Shift+F6: switches between the document, ribbon, status bar, and task pane.

  • The Command button.+F6: switches to the next document window when more than one document is open.

  • The Command button.+Shift+F6: switches to the previous document window when more than one document is open.

F7

  • F7 alone: displays the Spelling and Grammar dialog box.

  • Shift+F7: displays the Thesaurus task pane.

  • The Command button.+Shift+F7: updates the linked information in a Word source document.

  • Option+F7: finds the next spelling or grammatical error.

  • Option+Shift+F7: opens the Dictionary.

F8

  • F8 alone *: extends the selection. For example, if a word is selected, the selection size is extended to one sentence.

  • Shift+F8 *: reduces the selection. For example, if a paragraph is selected, the selection size is reduced to one sentence.

  • The Command button.+Shift+F8: turns extend selection mode on and off. In the extend selection mode, the arrow keys extend the selection.

  • Option+F8: displays the Macro dialog box to create, run, edit, or delete a macro.

F9

  • F9 alone *: updates the selected fields.

  • Shift+F9 *: switches between a field code and its result.

  • The Command button.+F9: inserts an empty field.

  • The Command button.+Shift+F9: unlinks the current field.

  • Option+F9: switches between all field codes and their results.

  • Option+Shift+F9: runs GOTOBUTTON or MACROBUTTON from a field displaying field results.

F10

  • Shift+F10 *: displays the shortcut menu for the selected item.

F11

  • F11 alone *: moves to the next field.

  • Shift+F11 *: moves to the previous field.

  • The Command button.+F11: locks the current field.

  • The Command button.+Shift+F11: unlocks the current field.

  • Option+F11: opens the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications editor, in which you can create a macro using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).

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Change function key preferences

  1. In the Apple menu, select System Preferences.

  2. Select Keyboard.

  3. On the Keyboard tab, select the check box for Use all F1, F2, etc. keys as standard function keys.

See also

Word help center

Basic tasks using a screen reader with Word

Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Word

Screen reader support for Word

This article describes the keyboard shortcuts in Word for the web.

Notes: 

  • If you use Narrator with the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, you have to turn off scan mode in order to edit documents, spreadsheets, or presentations with Microsoft 365 for the web. For more information, refer to Turn off virtual or browse mode in screen readers in Windows 10 Fall Creators Update.

  • To quickly find a shortcut in this article, you can use Search. Press Ctrl+F and then type your search words.

  • When you use Word for the web, we recommend that you use Microsoft Edge as your web browser. Because Word for the web runs in your web browser, the keyboard shortcuts are different from those in the desktop program. For example, you’ll use Ctrl+F6 instead of F6 for jumping in and out of the commands. Also, common shortcuts like F1 (Help) and Ctrl+O (Open) apply to the web browser – not Word for the web.

In this topic

  • Frequently used shortcuts

  • Ribbon keyboard shortcuts

  • Navigate the document

  • Edit and format the document

  • Work with comments

Frequently used shortcuts

This table lists the most frequently used shortcuts in Word for the web.

Tip: To quickly create a new document in Word for the web, open your browser, type Word.new in the address bar, and then press Enter.

To do this

Press

In the Reading view, open a PDF-based view tagged to work with screen readers.

Press the Tab key until you reach the Accessibility Mode button, and then press Enter

Find text in the Reading view.

Ctrl+F or F3

Find text in the Editing view.

Ctrl+F or Ctrl+G

Find and replace text in the Editing view.

Ctrl+H

Hide the task pane, if one is open.

Esc

Switch to the Zoom control.

Alt+Period, W, then Q or Alt+Windows logo key, W, then Q

Print the document.

Ctrl+P

Move to the next landmark region.

Ctrl+F6

Go to the Tell Me or Search text field.

Alt+Q

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Ribbon keyboard shortcuts

Word for the web offers shortcuts called access keys to navigate the ribbon. If you’ve used access keys to save time on Word for desktop computers, you’ll find access keys very similar in Word for the web.

On a Windows computer, access keys all start with Alt+Period (.) or Alt+Windows logo key, then add a letter for the ribbon tab. For example, to go to the Review tab, press Alt+Period, R or Alt+Windows logo key, R.

If you’re using Word for the web on a Mac computer, press Control+Period (.) to start.

The ribbon with the access keys in  Word for Web

  • To get to the ribbon, press Alt+Period or Alt+Windows logo key. You can alternatively press Ctrl+F6 until you reach the Home tab.

  • To move between tabs on the ribbon, press the Tab key.

  • To hide the ribbon so you have more room to work, press Ctrl+F3. Repeat to display the ribbon again.

Go to the access keys for the ribbon

To go directly to a tab on the ribbon, press one of the following access keys:

To do this

Press

Open the Tell Me or Search text field on the ribbon to type a search term.

Alt+Period, Q or Alt+Windows logo key, Q

Open the File tab to use the Backstage view.

Alt+Period, F or Alt+Windows logo key, F

Open the Home tab to format text and use the Find tool.

Alt+Period, H or Alt+Windows logo key, H

Open the Insert tab to insert a picture, link, comment, header or footer, or a page number. You can also access the Symbol gallery.

Alt+Period, N or Alt+Windows logo key, N

Open the Page Layout tab to set page margins, orientation, and size, and paragraph spacing.

Alt+Period, A or Alt+Windows logo key, A

Open the References tab to insert a table of contents, footnotes, or endnotes.

Alt+Period, S or Alt+Windows logo key, S

Open the Review tab to check spelling, add comments, or track and review changes to your document.

Alt+Period, R or Alt+Windows logo key, R

Open the View tab to choose a view, open the Navigation pane, edit the Header & Footer, and to Zoom the document view.

Alt+Period, W or Alt+Windows logo key, W

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Use Search

To find an option or perform an action quickly, use the Search text field. To learn more about the Search feature, go to Find what you need with Microsoft Search.

Note: Depending on the version of Microsoft 365 you are using, the Search text field at the top of the app window might be called Tell Me instead. Both offer a largely similar experience, but some options and search results can vary.

  1. Select the item or place in your document, presentation, or spreadsheet where you want to perform an action.

  2. To go to the Search text field, press Alt+Q.

  3. Type the search words for the action that you want to perform. For example, if you want to add a bulleted list, type bullets.

  4. Press the Down arrow key to browse through the search results.

  5. Once you’ve found the result that you want, press Enter to select it and to perform the action.

Work in the ribbon tabs and menus

The following shortcuts can save time when you work with the ribbon tabs and ribbon menus.

To do this

Press

Select the active tab on the ribbon, and activate the access keys.

Alt+Period or Alt+Windows logo key. To move to a different tab, use an access key or the Tab key.

When a Ribbon tab is selected, move the focus to the tab commands.

Enter, then Tab key or Shift+Tab

Activate a selected button.

Spacebar or Enter

Open the list for a selected command.

Spacebar or Enter

Open the menu for a selected button.

Alt+Down arrow key

When a menu or submenu is open, move to the next command.

Down arrow key

Collapse or expand the ribbon.

Ctrl+F3

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Navigate the document

To do this

Press

Move the cursor right by one word.

Ctrl+Right arrow key

Move the cursor left by one word.

Ctrl+Left arrow key

Move the cursor up by one paragraph.

Ctrl+Up arrow key

Move the cursor down by one paragraph.

Ctrl+Down arrow key

Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line.

Home

Move the cursor to the end of the current line.

End

Move the cursor to the beginning of the document.

Ctrl+Home

Move the cursor to the end of the document.

Ctrl+End

Select text.

Shift+Arrow keys

Select the word to the right.

Shift+Ctrl+Right arrow key

Select the word to the left.

Shift+Ctrl+Left arrow key

Select the paragraph above.

Shift+Ctrl+Up arrow key

Select the paragraph below.

Shift+Ctrl+Down arrow key

Select from the current position to the beginning of the line.

Shift+Home

Select from the current position to the end of the line.

Shift+End

Select from the current position to the beginning of the document.

Shift+Ctrl+Home

Select from the current position to the end of the document.

Shift+Ctrl+End

Select all document content.

Ctrl+A

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Edit and format the document

To do this

Press

Cut the selected content to the Clipboard.

Ctrl+X

Copy the selected content to the Clipboard.

Ctrl+C

Paste the content from the Clipboard.

Ctrl+V

Undo the previous action.

Ctrl+Z

Redo the previous action.

Ctrl+Y

Shrink the font size.

Ctrl+Left bracket ([)

Grow the font size.

Ctrl+Right bracket (])

Apply bold formatting to the selected text.

Ctrl+B

Apply italic formatting to the selected text.

Ctrl+I

Underline the selected text.

Ctrl+U

Align the paragraph to the left.

Ctrl+L

Align the paragraph to the right.

Ctrl+R

Center the paragraph.

Ctrl+E

Justify the paragraph.

Ctrl+J

Create a bulleted list.

Ctrl+Period (.)

Create a numbered list.

Ctrl+Slash (/)

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See also

Word help center

Basic tasks using a screen reader with Word

Use a screen reader to explore and navigate Word

Screen reader support for Word

  1. Bold text: Command + B.
  2. Underline text: Command + U.
  3. Italicize text: Command + i.
  4. Add superscript: Ctrl + Shift + Command + +
  5. Add subscript: Ctrl + Command + –
  6. Make highlighted text larger or smaller: Command + Shift + > or Command + Shift + <
  7. Insert line break: Command + Return.

Beside above, how do I make my text bold?

  1. Move your pointer to the Mini toolbar above your selection and click Bold .
  2. Click Bold in the Font group on the Home tab.
  3. Type the keyboard shortcut: CTRL+B.

Best answer for this question, how do you bold in Pages on a Mac?

  1. Select the text you want to change.
  2. In the Format sidebar, click the Style button near the top.

Also the question is, how do I make the font darker on my Macbook Pro? Answer: A: Answer: A: Go to Settings > Accessibility > Increase Contrast > Darken Colors, After this the text should be dark enough to read well.

Considering this, how do you do italics in text? To make text italic, select and highlight the text first. Then hold down Ctrl (the control key) on the keyboard and then press the I on the keyboard.You can do this for either the entire message or just certain words or phrases. If these seem like too many steps to remember, then alternatively, both Android and iPhone users can tap and hold the text they’re typing and select the ‘More’ option > and choose among bold, italic, strikethrough and monospace.

Contents

  • 1 What is the shortcut for bold on a Mac?
  • 2 Which is better word or pages?
  • 3 How do you cross out text on a Mac?
  • 4 How do you change the font on a Macbook Pro?
  • 5 How do I change the font size on Macbook Pro 2020?
  • 6 How do you print darker on a Mac?
  • 7 How do you italicize on a Mac?
  • 8 What is the shortcut to underline text?
  • 9 How do you emphasize a word in a text message?
  • 10 How do you send bold text?
  • 11 How do I underline a word in a text message?

What is the shortcut for bold on a Mac?

Command-B: Boldface the selected text, or turn boldfacing on or off. Command-I: Italicize the selected text, or turn italics on or off. Command-K: Add a web link. Command-U: Underline the selected text, or turn underlining on or off.

Which is better word or pages?

Word has a good selection of templates, but for our money the selection in Pages is better. Pages has 65 templates compared to Word’s 18 (a lot of Pages templates are slight variations, however). As with most things Apple, the design of its templates are just marginally better looking in all respects.

How do you cross out text on a Mac?

  1. Select the text you want to strike out in your Mac Word document.
  2. On your keyboard hold down Command + Shift + X.

How do you change the font on a Macbook Pro?

Choose Format > Font > Replace Fonts (from the Format menu at the top of the screen). Click the double arrows to the right of the font you want to replace, then choose a replacement. If the font is listed as a missing font, also choose a typeface.

How do I change the font size on Macbook Pro 2020?

  1. Click the Apple icon in the top left corner.
  2. Select System Preferences.
  3. Select a lower resolution.
  4. Click View in the menu bar.
  5. Select Show View Options.
  6. Click the number next to Text size.
  7. Select a larger number.
  8. 1 Click the Apple icon in the top left corner.

How do you print darker on a Mac?

  1. Select Color Options from the pop-up menu of the Print Dialog.
  2. Specify the brightness. Select Light, Normal, or Dark for Brightness.
  3. Click Print. When you execute print, the data is printed at the specified brightness.

How do you italicize on a Mac?

  1. Bold text: Command + B.
  2. Underline text: Command + U.
  3. Italicize text: Command + i.
  4. Add superscript: Ctrl + Shift + Command + +
  5. Add subscript: Ctrl + Command + –
  6. Make highlighted text larger or smaller: Command + Shift + > or Command + Shift + <
  7. Insert line break: Command + Return.

What is the shortcut to underline text?

The quickest way to underline text is to press Ctrl+U and start typing. When you want to stop underlining, press Ctrl+U again.

How do you emphasize a word in a text message?

  1. Italicize. Italics are a nice improvement from the days of the typewriter when underlining was the norm.
  2. Bold. Using bold text is more dramatic and easily recognizable than italics.
  3. Change Size.
  4. Use Space.
  5. Add Color.

How do you send bold text?

  1. Italic. To italicize your message, place an underscore on both sides of the text:
  2. Bold. To bold your message, place an asterisk on both sides of the text:
  3. Strikethrough. To strikethrough your message, place a tilde on both sides of the text:
  4. Monospace.

How do I underline a word in a text message?

  1. Open the ‘Docs’ app on your android phone.
  2. And you can open the document you want to underline.
  3. Now, tap and drag over the texts you want to underline to highlight or select them.
  4. Once you have selected the texts, tap on the underline (looks like a ‘U’) icon from the bottom of the screen.

This tutorial shows how to find and replace font formatting in Word for Mac. Font formatting includes style (i.e., italics or bold font), color, size, and underlining.

First, we will find and replace font formatting in the whole document. Then, we will find and replace font formatting applied to specific text. We will close with two important tips for finding and replacing font formatting.

Table of Contents:

  • How to Find and Replace Font Formatting in the Whole Document
  • How to Find and Replace Font Formatting Applied to Specific Text
  • Two Tips for Finding and Replacing Font Formatting

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The images below are from Word for Microsoft 365 for Mac. These steps are similar in Word 2021 for Mac, Word 2019 for Mac, and Word 2016 for Mac.

Are you on a PC? Please see “How to Find and Replace Font Formatting Microsoft Word.”

How to Find and Replace Font Formatting in the Whole Document

For this example, we will replace all bold text with regular text. Please modify these steps according to your own needs.

  1. Select the Edit menu.

Edit menu in Word for Mac 365

Figure 1. Edit menu
  1. Select Find from the drop-down menu.

Find option in the Edit menu in Word for Mac 365

Figure 2. Find option
  1. Select Advanced Find and Replace from the submenu.

Advanced Find and Replace option in the Edit Menu in Word for Mac 365

Figure 3. Advanced Find and Replace option
  1. Select the Replace tab in the Find and Replace dialog box.

Replace tab in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 4. Replace tab
  1. Insert your cursor into the Find what text box. (Be careful not to type anything.)

Find What text box in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 5. Find what text box
  1. Select the More button.

More button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 6. More button
  1. Select All in the Search menu.

Search menu in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 7. All search menu option
  1. Select the Format button.

Format button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 8. Format button
  1. Select Font from the drop-down menu.

Font option in the Format menu in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 9. Font option
  1. Select Bold (or another option) from the Font Style menu in the Find Font dialog box.

Bold font style in the Find Font dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 10. Bold font style
  1. Select the OK button.

OK button in the Find Font dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 11. OK button

The words Font: Bold should appear under the Find what text box.

Find what format in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac

Figure 12. Find what format
  1. Insert your cursor into the Replace with text box. (Be careful not to type anything.)

Replace with text box in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 13. Replace with text box
  1. Select the Format button (see figure 8).
  2. Select Font from the drop-down menu (see figure 9).
  3. Select Regular (or another option) from the Font Style menu in the Replace Font dialog box.

Regular font style in the Replace Font dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 14. Regular font style
  1. Select the OK button.

OK button in the Replace Font dialog box in Word for Mac

Figure 15. OK button

The words Font: Not Bold, Not Italic should appear under the Replace with text box.

Replace with format in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 16. Replace with format
  1. Select the Replace All button to make all the replacements at once. Or, select the Find Next and Replace buttons to make one replacement at a time.

Replace All, Replace, and Find Next buttons in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 17. Replace All, Replace, and Find Next buttons
  1. If you selected Replace All, select OK in the dialog box telling you how many replacements were made.

OK button in the replacement dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 18. OK button
  1. Select the Close button.

Close button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 19. Close button

Your font formatting should now be replaced.

How to Find and Replace Formatting Applied to Specific Text

For this example, we will find specific text formatted in red and replace that same text with green formatting. Please modify these steps according to your own needs.

  1. Select the Edit menu (see figure 1).
  2. Select Find from the drop-down menu (see figure 2).
  3. Select Advanced Find and Replace from the submenu (see figure 3).
  4. Select the Replace tab in the Find and Replace dialog box (see figure 4).
  5. Type the text you want to find into the Find what text box.

Text in the Find What text box in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 20. Text in the Find what text box
  1. Select the More button (see figure 6).
  2. Select All in the Search menu (see figure 7).
  3. Select the Format button (see figure 8).
  4. Select Font from the drop-down menu (see figure 9).
  5. Select red (or other formatting) from the Font color menu in the Find Font dialog box.

Red in the Font color menu in the Find Font dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 19. Find Font color menu
  1. Select the OK button (see figure 11).

The words Font color: Red should appear under the Find what text box.

Red format in the Find what text box in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 20. Find what format
  1. Type the same text (or different text if desired) into the Replace with text box.

Text in the Replace with text box in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 21. Text in the Replace with text box
  1. Select the Format button (see figure 6).
  2. Select Font from the drop-down menu (see figure 7).
  3. Select green (or another formatting) from the Font color menu in the Replace Font dialog box.

Green in the Font color menu in the Replace Font dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 22. Replace Font color menu
  1. Select the OK button (see figure15).

The words Font color: Green should appear under the Replace with text box.

Replace with format in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 23. Relace with format
  1. Select the Replace All button to make all the replacements at once. Or, use the Find Next and Replace buttons to make one replacement at a time (see figure 17).
  2. If you selected Replace All, select OK in the dialog box telling you how many replacements were made (see figure 18).
  3. Select the Close button to close the Find and Replace dialog box (see figure 19).

The font formatting for the specific text should now be replaced.

Two Tips for Finding and Replacing Font Formatting

Finding and replacing font formatting can be messy. Here are three tips to consider before your next formatting session.

Tip 1: Use the No Formatting button to clear formatting.

When you add formatting to the Find and Replace dialog box, Word will normally keep that selection in the dialog box until you close the software.

If you want to clear previously selected formatting from the Find and Replace dialog box before closing the software, place your cursor in the affected text box (Find what or Replace with) and then select the No Formatting button.

No Formatting button in the Find and Replace dialog box in Word for Mac 365

Figure 24. No Formatting button

Tip 2: Experiment with multiple replacement sequences.

Occasionally, the formatting options entered into the Replace with text box don’t replace the options in the Find what text box; instead, they are added to the options in the Find what text box. When this occurs, experiment with multiple replacement sequences to reach the formatting you need.

For example, if you put the italic format into the Find what text box and put the bold format into the Replace with text box, Word won’t replace the italic text with bold text as you might expect. Instead, it will add bold to the italic words. But you can still remove the italic format if you do a second replacement sequence, this time replacing the italic format with the Not Italic format option.

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You can use these keyboard shortcuts on your Mac or PC to quickly format text.

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  • Keyboard shortcuts for text formatting involve holding down two or three keys at a time to alter the appearance of text. 
  • Common commands like bolding, underlining, or italicizing text are similar on Windows and Mac operating systems.
  • Some keyboard shortcuts are exclusive to specific operating systems.

Keyboard shortcuts can be helpful in accomplishing a variety of tasks more quickly, and there are a handful of commands specifically for text formatting. These commands involve holding down two or three keys at once, and they differ slightly depending on what operating system you’re using. 

Some common commands, like bolding, underlining, or italicizing text, are essentially the same (just swap out the Control key for Windows with the Command key on Mac), while other commands are exclusive to specific operating systems.

Below, we’ve rounded up text formatting shortcuts for Windows and Mac. You can use these commands on text in any program, such as Microsoft Word, Google Docs, email, etc. 

Windows keyboard shortcuts for text formatting

  • Bold text: Ctrl + B
  • Underline text: Ctrl + U
  • Italicize text: Ctrl + i
  • Turn highlighted text into all capital or all lowercase letters: Ctrl + Shift + A
  • Add superscript: Ctrl + Shift + =
  • Add subscript: Ctrl + =
  • Make highlighted text larger or smaller: Ctrl + Shift + >, Ctrl + Shift + < or Ctrl + [, Ctrl + ]
  • Turn highlighted text into a bulleted or numbered list: Ctrl + Shift + L
  • Insert line break: Ctrl + Enter

Mac keyboard shortcuts for text formatting

  • Bold text: Command + B
  • Underline text: Command + U
  • Italicize text: Command + i
  • Add superscript: Ctrl + Shift + Command + +
  • Add subscript: Ctrl + Command + —
  • Make highlighted text larger or smaller: Command + Shift + > or Command + Shift + < 
  • Insert line break: Command + Return

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There are shortcuts that automatically format bold and italic text in Word.  The same shortcuts and more work in WhatsApp texting as well.

AutoFormatting Bold and Italics as you type

In Microsoft Word and Outlook  it’s possible to make words bold or italic as you’re typing.  For touch-typists that’s faster than stopping to highlight text and format it.

The options  *bold* and _italic_ with real formatting is available in both Windows and Mac versions of Word or Outlook.

The option is OFF as installed, you have to turn it from on the AutoCorrect settings in Word for Windows/Mac.

It works for multiple words and sentences in the same paragraph eg 
*This bold statement. And this bold statement.*
will all be formatted as bold.

WhatsApp text formatting

The same thing is possible in WhatsApp either on a device or the Windows/Mac desktop extensions.  It’s the only way to make text bold or italic because there’s no formatting toolbar or keyboard shortcuts.

The WhatsApp text formatting goes beyond the two options in Word.  As well as *bold* _italic_ there are two not in Word for strikethrough and monospace font.

The big difference from Word is that the formatting happens when you click Send.  In Word the format change happens right away, not in WhatsApp.

Bold – *

Stars  make bold eg  *bold*  *this is BOLD*

Underscore – _

Underscore for italics eg  _italic_    _all this is italic_

Strikethrough – ~

Tilde for strikethrough eg  ~Yes~    or  ~Don’t even think of it~

Monospace – “`

Three Backticks for monospace font  eg  ```<HTML>```  or  ```password```

Monospace is handy for sending passwords. The Courier-like fixed space font is less likely to be misread.

Source: Wikipedia

The ‘backtick’ isn’t the apostrophe symbol.  On most keyboards it’s top left, the lower case symbol ‘under’ where the tilde lives.

Underline has no shortcut in WhatsApp.

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Make the text bold

  1. Move your pointer to the Mini toolbar above your selection and click Bold .
  2. Click Bold in the Font group on the Home tab.
  3. Type the keyboard shortcut: CTRL+B.

Furthermore, How do I make font bold on Macbook Pro?

Apply a style: Select text, click the Paragraph Styles button in the toolbar, then choose a style. If your Mac has a Touch Bar, you can use it to apply bold, italic, or underline.

Simply so What is Ctrl cut?

Keyboard Command: Control (Ctrl) + X. Remember “X” as. The Cut command is used to remove text or images from the screen you are currently working on. “CUT” moves the information to your virtual clipboard, where it is stored until it is overwritten by the next “cut” or “copy” command.

Also, What is the CTRL D? Alternatively referred to as Control+D and C-d, Ctrl+D is a keyboard shortcut that varies depending on the program. For example, in most Internet browsers, it is used to add the current site to a bookmark or favorite. But, other programs, like Microsoft PowerPoint, use it to duplicate objects. … Ctrl+D in Microsoft Word.

How do I change my font size?

Change font size

  1. Open your device’s Settings app.
  2. Tap Accessibility Text and display.
  3. Tap Font size.
  4. Use the slider to choose your font size.

What is Apple’s system font? SF Pro. This neutral, flexible, sans-serif typeface is the system font for iOS, iPad OS, macOS and tvOS. SF Pro features nine weights, variable optical sizes for optimal legibility, and includes a rounded variant.

How do I change my font?

Changing Built-In Font Settings

  1. In the “Settings” menu, scroll down and tap the “Display” option.
  2. The “Display” menu may vary depending on your Android device. …
  3. In the “Font Size and Style” menu, tap the “Font Style” button.
  4. You’ll have a list of pre-installed font styles available for you to choose from.

What are 5 shortcuts?

Word shortcut keys

  • Ctrl + A — Select all contents of the page.
  • Ctrl + B — Bold highlighted selection.
  • Ctrl + C — Copy selected text.
  • Ctrl + X — Cut selected text.
  • Ctrl + N — Open new/blank document.
  • Ctrl + O — Open options.
  • Ctrl + P — Open the print window.
  • Ctrl + F — Open find box.

What does Ctrl P mean?

☆☛✅Ctrl+P is a shortcut key often used to print a document or page. … Also referred to as Control P and C-p, Ctrl+P is a shortcut key often used to print a document or page. Tip. On Apple computers, the shortcut to print may also be the Command key+P keys.

What does Ctrl V do?

In a Windows PC, holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the V key pastes the contents of the clipboard into the current cursor location. The Mac equivalent is Command-V.

What is the meaning of Ctrl A to Z?

Ctrl + A → Select all content. Ctrl + Z → Undo an action. Ctrl + Y → Redo an action.

What is Ctrl F?

Control-F is a handy computer shortcut for quickly locating specific words or phrases in a text-filled word document or a webpage. If you’ve wanted to use this search function while browsing the web on your smartphone, great news — you can.

What is Ctrl Q?

Also referred to as Control Q and C-q, Ctrl+Q is a shortcut key that varies depending on the program being used. In Microsoft Word, Ctrl+Q is used to remove the paragraph’s formatting. In many programs, the Ctrl+Q key may be used to quit the program or close the programs window.

How do I make font bigger than 72 in Word?

Make the font size larger than 72 points

  1. Select the text that you want to change.
  2. Click the Format tab under Text Box Tools, type a point size in the Font Size list. . For example, type 592.
  3. Press ENTER.

Why does my font size keep changing in Word?

If a document uses a font that is on your system, and then that document is opened on a system that doesn’t have the same font, Word will substitute a different font for the missing one. This can affect the appearance of the document, even when you subsequently open it back on your original system.

What tab must you be in if you want to change the size and font?

On the Home tab, click the font size you want in the Font Size box. You can also type in any size you want in multiples of .

Why does Apple use Helvetica?

Apple’s embrace of Helvetica Neue means that its third-party iOS app-makers will likely adopt the typeface if they want their apps to fit with Apple’s look. … Many companies use Helvetica Neue for branding. Some designers say that this font is much better on large displays than in small sizes, such as an iPhone.

What font does Apple use on their website 2021?

On Apple’s homepage and other web pages on the site, the San Francisco typeface is being used in many places where text is displayed, replacing the previous Myriad typeface. Bolder and easier to read, San Francisco has been used on iOS devices and Macs since iOS 9 and OS X 10.11 were introduced in 2015.

What font does Nike use?

Nike has nearly completed its transition to Trade Gothic as the primary typeface for the brand. There are still some areas of the site using Futura Extra Bold Condensed, but mostly it’s Trade Gothic Bold Condensed being used everywhere.

Why do some fonts show up as squares?

Whenever squares are shown instead of the desired characters, it is a sign that a required font is not been used. The right font may not be installed in the system or the wrong font, which does not contain the required characters, is assigned to the text.

How do I change the alphabet style on my keyboard?

Turn on Handwriting

  1. On your Android phone or tablet, open any app that you can type in, like Gmail or Keep.
  2. Tap where you can enter text. …
  3. At the top left of the keyboard, tap Open features menu .
  4. Tap Settings . …
  5. Tap Languages. …
  6. Swipe right and turn on the Handwriting layout. …
  7. Tap Done.

How do you get different fonts?

Go to Settings > Display > Font Size and Style.

Your newly installed font should appear on the list. Tap on the new font to use it as the system font. The font is applied immediately.

What are 10 shortcuts?

Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know

  • Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert and Ctrl+X. Both Ctrl + C and Ctrl + Insert will copy highlighted text or a selected item. …
  • Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert. …
  • Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Y. …
  • Ctrl+F and Ctrl+G. …
  • Alt+Tab or Ctrl+Tab. …
  • Ctrl+S. …
  • Ctrl+Home or Ctrl+End. …
  • Ctrl+P.

Useful Ms Word shortcut

Microsoft Word is the most popular and widely used word processor. Keyboard shortcut helps user do task quickly and efficiently. Ms Word provides keyboard shortcut for almost all tasks. Following list contains the Ms Word’s most useful and frequently used shortcut.

List of most useful and commonly used Ms Word shortcut.

You can get most of the Mac shortcut by simply replacing Ctrl (of Windows) with Command (of Mac)

To do this Windows Mac
Open a document. Ctrl+O ⌘+O
Create a new document. Ctrl+N ⌘+N
Save the document. Ctrl+S ⌘+S
Close the document. Ctrl+W ⌘+W
Cut the selected content to the Clipboard. Ctrl+X ⌘+X or F2
Copy the selected content to the Clipboard. Ctrl+C ⌘+C or F3
Paste the contents of the Clipboard. Ctrl+V ⌘+V or F4
Select all document content. Ctrl+A ⌘+ A
Apply bold formatting to text. Ctrl+B ⌘+B
Apply italic formatting to text. Ctrl+I ⌘+I
Apply underline formatting to text. Ctrl+U ⌘+U
Decrease the font size by 1 point. Ctrl+[ ⌘+ [
Increase the font size by 1 point. Ctrl+] ⌘+]
Center the text. Ctrl+E ⌘+E
Align the text to the left. Ctrl+L ⌘+L
Align the text to the right. Ctrl+R ⌘+R
Cancel a command. Esc Esc
Undo the previous action. Ctrl+Z ⌘+Z or F1
Redo the previous action, if possible. Ctrl+Y ⌘+Y
Adjust the zoom magnification. Alt+W, Q, then tab to desired zoom
Split the document window. Ctrl+Alt+S
Remove the document window split. Alt+Shift+C or Ctrl+Alt+S

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