Manage Word Documents Ctrl+ N Create new document Ctrl+ O Open d ocument Ctrl+ W Close document Ctrl+ S Save document F12 Save document as Ctrl+ P Print document/ print preview Ctrl+ F6 Switch between multiple Word documents Alt, then f, r Open Recent ( file, recent) ▲ up 2. Insert Special Characters Alt+ Ctrl+ C Insert copyright symbol Alt+ Ctrl+ R Insert registered trademark symbol Alt+ Ctrl+ T Insert trademark symbol Alt+ Ctrl+. (Period) Insert horizontal ellipsis () Alt+ Ctrl+ - Insert em dash Alt+ Ctrl+ [+ ] Insert en dash Alt, then n, u Insert Symbol (i nsert menu) '/ Ctrl+2x ` Insert single opening quotation mark Ctrl+2x ' Insert single closing quotation mark Type character code and press Alt+ X Insert Unicode character, e.g. 20ac Select character and press alt+ X Transform character to Unicode Alt+character code on numeric keyboard Insert ANSI character.
The Windows keyboard has two important keys to quickly complete tasks using shortcuts. One is alternate or ALT key and the other is control or CTRL key. We have listed out more than 450 useful alt code shortcuts under the article. And in this article we listed 100+ useful control key shortcuts for Microsoft word. These shortcuts are tested with Word 2010 and mostly work with many other office packages like PowerPoint and Excel.