Word 2010 All-in-One For Dummies

From Word 2010 All-in-One For Dummies by Doug Lowe [with Ryan C. Williams]

Word 2010 is the most powerful word processor available to create and edit documents for work, home, or school. Word 2010 is the ideal tool for creating just about any type of document imaginable, from a brief letter to your mom to a term paper to a feature-length book complete with a table of contents, appendixes, and an index. Although all of Word’s features are available from the easy-to-use Ribbon interface, it pays to learn a few keyboard shortcuts for the most commonly used editing and formatting tasks.

Word 2010 Keyboard Shortcuts

Word 2010 offers a number of helpful keyboard shortcuts for performing tasks quickly. Here are some shortcuts for common Word formatting, editing, and file and document tasks.

Word 2010 Formatting Shortcuts
Command	Shortcut	Ribbon Location
Bold	Ctrl+B	Home tab, Font group
Italic	Ctrl+I	Home tab, Font group
Underline	Ctrl+U	Home tab, Font group
Center	Ctrl+E	Home tab, Paragraph group
Left Align	Ctrl+L	Home tab, Paragraph group
Right Align	Ctrl+R	Home tab, Paragraph group
Justify	Ctrl+J	Home tab, Paragraph group
Clear Formatting	Ctrl+spacebar	Home tab, Font group

Word 2010 Editing Shortcuts
Command	Shortcut	Ribbon Location
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Quick Access toolbar
Cut	Ctrl+X	Home tab, Clipboard group
Copy	Ctrl+C	Home tab, Clipboard group
Paste	Ctrl+V	Home tab, Clipboard group
Select All	Ctrl+A	Home tab, Editing group
Find	Ctrl+F	Home tab, Editing group
Replace	Ctrl+H	Home tab, Editing group

Word 2010 File and Document Shortcuts
Command	Shortcut	Ribbon Location
New	Ctrl+N	File tab, New command
Open	Ctrl+O	File tab, Open command
Save	Ctrl+S	File tab, Save command
Print	Ctrl+P	File tab, Print command
Help	F1	Help button at top right of Ribbon
New Page	Ctrl+Enter	Insert tab, Pages group

Word 2010 Ribbon Commands

Are you lost in the Ribbon? If you’ve recently upgraded from Word 2003, using the Word 2010 Ribbon to perform common Word operations may be challenging at first. To make your transition easier, here are the Word 2010 equivalent commands for common Word 2003 menu commands.

Word 2003 Command	Equivalent Word 2010 Command
File→New	File tab, New
File→Save	File tab, Save
File→Page Setup	Page Layout tab, Page Setup group
Edit→Undo	Quick Access toolbar, Undo
Edit→Find	Home tab, Editing group, Find
Edit→Replace	Home tab, Editing group, Replace
Insert→Picture→Clip Art	Insert tab, Illustrations group, Clip Art
Insert→Picture→From File	Insert tab, Illustrations group, Picture
Insert→Diagram	Insert tab, Illustrations group, SmartArt
Format→Font	Home tab, Font group, dialog box launcher
Format→Paragraph	Home tab, Paragraph group, dialog box launcher
Format→Styles and Formatting	Home tab, Styles group, dialog box launcher
Tools→Spelling and Grammar	Review tab, Proofing group, Spelling & Grammar
Tools→Letters and Mailings	Mailings tab
Tools→Templates and Add-Ins	File tab, Options, Add-Ins tab, select Templates in the Manage drop-down list and click Go
Tools→Options	File tab, Options
Table→Draw Table	Insert tab, Tables group, Table