Great Microsoft Word Shortcuts
At Everon we’re always looking for ways to help our clients streamline their work flow and become more efficient. That said, I want to share some good Word shortcuts with you. Hopefully, this will allow you to zip through your work in Word just that much faster!
F4 - Repeats your most recent action. Typing, inserting rows and tables – it doesn’t matter what the action was. Simple but popular – a time efficiency favorite.
Ctrl + Shift + C - Copies the formatting of selected text. Then, simply use Ctrl + Shift + V to paste it somewhere else.
Ctrl + drag object or text – This not only allows you to copy an object, but also control where you drop it. This trick does require the use your mouse, but will prove extremely helpful for finicky pictures/objects that end up landing where you don’t want them – which can happen a lot when using the basic standard copy and paste functionality. Just be sure to drop the object/text… or whatever you are copying before you release Ctrl. If not you will end up moving the original instead of creating a copy of it.
Ctrl + Q – Removes paragraph formatting that is not a part of the style currently being used
Shift + F3 – Zips through capitalization options. This one can be tricky, as it may try to capitalize prepositions and articles among other things, but can still prove to be a great time saver overall.
Alt + drag your mouse vertically – Believe it or not, you can make a vertical text selection! Just make sure you’re pressing Alt BEFORE you begin pressing the mouse button to drag. Finally, also release the Alt key before releasing your mouse button.
Josh Clifford
Chief Service Officer
Everon Technology Services, LLC
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