Keyboard Commands

There is a table for each operating system:

Windows

 

IE

Firefox

Save document

Ctrl-S

Ctrl-S

Search document

Ctrl-F

Ctrl-F

Print

Ctrl-P

Ctrl-P

Insert a tab (outside a table)

Tab

Tab

Start new paragraph

Enter

Enter

Insert a line break

Shift-Enter

Shift-Enter

Insert a page break

Ctrl-Enter

Ctrl-Enter

Extend selection forward or backward one character at a time

Shift-Left or Right arrow

Shift-Left or Right arrow

Extend selection forward or backward one word at a time

Ctrl-Shift-Left or Right arrow

Ctrl-Shift-Left or Right arrow

Extend selection up or down one line at a time

Shift-Up or Down arrow

Shift-Up or Down arrow

Extend selection up/down by paragraph

Ctrl-Shift-Up or Down arrow

Ctrl-Shift-Up or Down arrow

Extend selection to beginning of line

Shift-Home

Shift-Home

Extend selection to end of line

Shift-End

Shift-End

Extend selection to beginning of a body of text (document, comment, header or footer)

Ctrl-Shift-Home

Ctrl-Shift-Home

Extend selection to end of a body of text

Ctrl-Shift-End

Ctrl-Shift-End

Extend selection up or down by a screen

Shift-Page Up or Page Down

Shift-Page Up or Page Down

Select the entire body of text (document, comment, or endnote)

Ctrl-A

Ctrl-A

Copy a selection

Ctrl-C

Ctrl-C

Cut a selection

Ctrl-X

Ctrl-X

Paste a selection

Ctrl-V

Ctrl-V

Delete backward one character at a time

Backspace

Backspace

Delete backward one word at a time

Ctrl-Backspace

Ctrl-Backspace

Delete forward one character at a time

Delete

Delete

Delete forward one word at a time

Ctrl-Delete

Ctrl-Delete

Undo an action

Ctrl-Z

Ctrl-Z

Redo an action

Ctrl-Y

Ctrl-Y

Change the font of a selection to bold (or remove bold from a selection)

Ctrl-B

Ctrl-B

Change the font of a selection to italic (or remove italic from a selection)

Ctrl-I

Ctrl-I

Add an underline to a selection (or remove the underline from a selection)

Ctrl-U

Ctrl-U

Navigate forward or backward one character at a time

Left or Right arrow

Left or Right arrow

Navigate backward or forward one word at a time

Ctrl-Left or Right arrow

Ctrl-Left or Right arrow

Navigate up or down one line at a time

Up or Down arrow

Up or Down arrow

Navigate up or down one paragraph at a time

Ctrl-Up or Down arrow

Ctrl-Up or Down arrow

Navigate to beginning of line

Home

Home

Navigate to end of line

End

End

Navigate to beginning of a body of text (document, comment, header or footer)

Ctrl-Home

Ctrl-Home

Navigate to end of a body of text

Ctrl-End

Ctrl-End

Scroll document up or down by a screen

Page Up or Page Down

Page Up or Page Down

Navigate to next cell inside a table

Tab

Tab

Navigate to previous cell inside a table

Shift-Tab

Shift-Tab

Macintosh

 

Safari

Firefox

Save document

Macintosh Cmd key-S

Ctrl-S

Search document

Macintosh Cmd key-F

Ctrl-F

Print

Macintosh Cmd key-P

Ctrl-P

Insert a tab (outside a table)

Tab

Tab

Start new paragraph

Return

Return

Insert a line break

Shift-Return

Shift-Return

Insert a page break

Ctrl-Return

Ctrl-Return

Extend selection forward or backward one character at a time

Shift-Left or Right arrow

Shift-Left or Right arrow

Extend selection forward or backward one word at a time

Ctrl-Shift-Left or Right arrow

Ctrl-Shift-Left or Right arrow

Extend selection up or down one line at a time

Shift-Up or Down arrow

Shift-Up or Down arrow

Extend selection up/down by paragraph

Macintosh Cmd key-Shift-Up or Down arrow

Ctrl-Shift-Up or Down arrow

Extend selection to beginning of line

(Fn)-Shift-Home

Shift-Home

Extend selection to end of line

(Fn)-Shift-End

(Fn)-Shift-End

Extend selection to beginning of a body of text (document, comment, header or footer)

Macintosh Cmd key-Shift-Home

(Fn)-Shift-Ctrl-Home

Extend selection to end of a body of text

Macintosh Cmd key-Shift-End

(Fn)-Shift-Ctrl-End

Extend selection up or down by a screen

(Fn)-Shift-Page Up or Page Down

Shift-Page Up or Page Down

Select the entire body of text (document, comment, or endnote)

Macintosh Cmd key-A

Ctrl-A

Copy a selection

Macintosh Cmd key-C

Macintosh Cmd key-C

Cut a selection

Macintosh Cmd key-X

Macintosh Cmd key-X

Paste a selection

Macintosh Cmd key-V

Macintosh Cmd key-V

Delete backward one character at a time

Delete

Delete

Delete backward one word at a time

Ctrl-Delete

Ctrl-Delete

Delete forward one character at a time

(Fn)-Delete

(Fn)-Delete

Delete forward one word at a time

Macintosh Cmd key-Delete

Macintosh Cmd key-Delete

Undo an action

Macintosh Cmd key-Z

Ctrl-Z

Redo an action

Macintosh Cmd key-Y

Ctrl-Y

Change the font of a selection to bold (or remove bold from a selection)

Ctrl-B

Ctrl-B

Change the font of a selection to italic (or remove italic from a selection)

Ctrl-I

Ctrl-I

Add an underline to a selection (or remove the underline from a selection)

Ctrl-U

Ctrl-U

Navigate forward or backward one character at a time

Left or Right arrow

Left or Right arrow

Navigate backward or forward one word at a time

Ctrl-Left or Right arrow

Ctrl-Left or Right arrow

Navigate up or down one line at a time

Up or Down arrow

Up or Down arrow

Navigate up or down one paragraph at a time

Ctrl-Up or Down arrow

Ctrl-Up or Down arrow

Navigate to beginning of line

Home

Home

Navigate to end of line

End

End

Navigate to beginning of a body of text (document, comment, header or footer)

Ctrl-Home

Ctrl-Home

Navigate to end of a body of text

Ctrl-End

Ctrl-End

Scroll document up or down by a screen

Page Up or Page Down

Page Up or Page Down

Navigate to next cell inside a table

Tab

Tab

Navigate to previous cell inside a table

Shift-Tab

Shift-Tab