Formatting Text – Microsoft Word Shortcuts
99 Word Shortcuts for PC and Mac
So you think you’re fancy, huh? Just because you know how to copy and paste without the click of the mouse in Word. Well, get ready to be even fancier (and more productive) because we’ve curated 99 of the best Word keyboard shortcuts.
Formatting Text
Without proper formatting, even the best content in Word can look unorganized and unprofessional. Use the simple shortcuts in this section to format your text exactly the way you like with proper fonts, sizing and much more.
| Shortcut | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Increase font size by one unit Want to quickly change your text size without needing to use time-consuming format menus? This shortcut will help. Each time you use it the text size will increase by increments of one. | Ctrl ] | ⌘ ] |
| Decrease font size by one unit Want to quickly change the size of your text without having to use the format menu? This shortcut will help. Each time you use it the text will decrease by an increment of one. | Ctrl [ | Ctrl [ |
| Increase font size Need to quickly change the size of your text without using the format menu? This shortcut will help. Each time you use it the text will increase in exponentially larger increments. | Ctrl Shift > | ⌘ Shift > |
| Decrease font size If you want to quickly change the size of your text without using the format menu, this shortcut will help. Each time you use it the font size will decrease by increments that increase as the shortcut is used. | Ctrl Shift < | ⌘ Shift < |
| Toggle bold Add or remove the bold effect to or from your text. | Ctrl B | ⌘ B |
| Toggle italics Add or remove the italics effect to or from your text. | Ctrl I | ⌘ I |
| Toggle underscore Add or remove the underscore effect to or from you text. | Ctrl U | ⌘ U |
| Toggle underline for words not spaces This shortcut underlines selected text and conveniently leaves spaces as is. | Ctrl Shift W | ⌘ Shift W |
| Toggle strikethrough Add or remove the strikethrough effect to or from you text. | Ctrl 5 | ⌘ Shift X |
| Change letter case Toggle text from upper case to sentence case to lower case with ease using this simple shortcut. | Shift F3 | Fn Shift F3 |
| Format in all capital letters No matter what case your selected text is currently in, this shortcut will convert it all to capitalized format (all caps). | Ctrl Shift A | ⌘ Shift A |
| Apply subscript format Convert selected text to the subscript format in which the text becomes smaller than non-selected text. This is useful for scientific text and mathematics. | Ctrl = | ⌘ = |
| Apply superscript format Convert selected text to the superscript format in which the text becomes larger than non-selected text. This is useful for dates and exponential functions. | Ctrl Shift + | ⌘ Shift = |
| Center align text selection Move your selected text (word, sentence, paragraph, etc.) to center alignment. | Ctrl E | ⌘ E |
| Left align text selection Move your selected text (word, sentence, paragraph, etc.) to left-alignment. | Ctrl L | ⌘ L |
| Right align text selection Move your selected text (word, sentence, paragraph, etc.) to right-alignment. | Ctrl R | ⌘ R |