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Common Shortcuts in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2019

By: Faithe Wempen and

Updated: 10-09-2018

From The Book: Office For Seniors For Dummies

Office For Seniors For Dummies

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By touching a couple of keys in combination, you can save time with simple tasks in Office 2019, such as copying text from one place and pasting it somewhere else. The keyboard shortcuts included here work equally well in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2019. Both mouse and keyboard methods are provided here.

To do this	With the mouse	With the keyboard
Open a file	File→Open	Ctrl+O
Create a new file	File→New	Ctrl+N
Print active document	File→Print	Ctrl+P
Save your work (first time), or resave with same settings	File→Save	Ctrl+S
Save your work with different name, location, or type	File→Save As	F12
Copy selection to Clipboard	Home→ Copy	Ctrl+C
Cut selection to Clipboard	Home→ Cut	Ctrl+X
Paste selection to Clipboard	Home→ Paste	Ctrl+V
Open the Paste Special dialog box	Home→Paste→Paste Special	Ctrl+Shift+V
Display shortcut menu for selected item	Right-click item	Shift+F10
Left-align a paragraph	Home→ Left Align	Ctrl+L
Center a paragraph	Home→ Center	Ctrl+E
Right-align a paragraph	Home→ Right Align	Ctrl+R
Make text bold	Home→ Bold	Ctrl+B
Make text italicized	Home→ Italic	Ctrl+I
Make text underlined	Home→Underline	Ctrl+U
Make text larger	Home→Increase Font Size	Ctrl+>
Make text smaller	Home→Decrease Font Size	Ctrl+<
Undo previous action	Undo button on Quick Access toolbar	Ctrl+Z
Redo previous Undo	Redo button on Quick Access toolbar	Ctrl+Y
Insert hyperlink	Insert→Hyperlink	Ctrl+K
Get help	Type in Tellme what you want to do box	F1
Close the active file	File→Close	Ctrl+F4
Close the application	Close button on application window	Alt+F4
Check spelling	Review→Spelling	F7

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Office For Seniors For Dummies ,

About the book author:

Faithe Wempen is an adjunct instructor at Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis (IUPUI). She is the author of over 150 books on computer hardware and software, and an online technology courseware developer whose courses have educated over a quarter of a million people.

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