Microsoft Word 2007 – Obscure Keyboard Shortcuts

All of us have our favorite keyboard shortcuts for formatting text, for example Ctrl + B for applying boldface, Ctrl + I for applying italics, Ctrl + U for underlining, and maybe Ctrl + L to left-align text.

Below are some obscure keyboard shortcuts. These will save you some time looking around the dialog boxes looking for the appropriate options.  Try them!

Keystroke Function

Ctrl + Shift + D      Double underline the selected text

Ctrl + ]                   Increase the size of selected text by 1 point

Ctrl + [                   Decrease the size of selected text by 1 point

Ctrl + =                  Toggle subscripting for selected text

Ctrl + +                  Toggle superscripting for selected text

Ctrl + Shift + Q      Apply Symbol font to selected text

Ctrl + Shift + N      Apply Normal style to current paragraph

Ctrl + Alt + 1         Apply Heading 1 style to current paragraph

Ctrl + Alt + 2         Apply Heading 2 style to current paragraph

Ctrl + Alt + 3         Apply Heading 3 style to current paragraph

Ctrl + Shift + L     Apply List Bullet style

Ctrl + 0 (zero)       Apply or remove space above current paragraph