About keyboard shortcuts

For a full list of all keyboard shortcuts for each Office program, please refer to each program's Help topics.

There are three ways of using shortcuts:

• The menu bar
• The toolbars
• Knowing the specific shortcut

A menu will show the specific shortcut on the right hand side.

The menu bar

Switch the focus to the menu bar by pressing ALT.

ALT+ the underlined letter in the menu name will open that menu. For example, ALT+F opens the File menu.

When a menu is open, select a command by pressing the underlined letter in that command name.

From the menu bar or toolbars, pressing ALT will return the focus to the insertion point in the document.

The toolbars

Move the focus to the toolbars by pressing ALT to focus on the menu bar, and then press CTRL+TAB to move the focus from toolbar to toolbar.

Move along the toolbars by using TAB or the arrow keys.

When the focus is on the button you require, press ENTER to select it.

View the toolbar menu from the View menu on the menu bar, or put the focus on the menu bar by pressing ALT and then pressing SHIFT+F10.

Keystrokes to move the insertion point around text, or select text

Press SHIFT+ any of the following keystrokes to select text:

Common shortcuts