Procurement Templates

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Word for Procurement Professionals

Key Board Shortcuts

To do thisPress
Open a document.Ctrl+O
Create a new document.Ctrl+N
Save the document.Ctrl+S
Close the document.Ctrl+W
Cut the selected content to the Clipboard.Ctrl+X
Copy the selected content to the Clipboard.Ctrl+C
Paste the contents of the Clipboard.Ctrl+V
Select all document content.Ctrl+A
Apply bold formatting to text.Ctrl+B
Apply italic formatting to text.Ctrl+I
Apply underline formatting to text.Ctrl+U
Decrease the font size by 1 point.Ctrl+Left bracket ([)
Increase the font size by 1 point.Ctrl+Right bracket (])
Center the text.Ctrl+E
Align the text to the left.Ctrl+L
Align the text to the right.Ctrl+R
Cancel a command.Esc
Undo the previous action.Ctrl+Z
Redo the previous action, if possible.Ctrl+Y
Adjust the zoom magnification.Alt+W, Q, then use the Tab key in the Zoom dialog box to go to the value you want.
Split the document window.Ctrl+Alt+S
Remove the document window split.Alt+Shift+C or Ctrl+Alt+S
  • Highlight a word, then Ctrl Shift+ 
  • Open a new blank page. Cntrl+N 
  • Create a bullet: Type an asterisk, press Tab, type your text. 
  • Select a single word. Double-click on any word.
  • Select a sentence. Ctrl + left click anywhere in a sentence.
  • Select a line of text. Put the cursor at the beginning of the line. Hit Shift+down arrow.
  • Select a paragraph. Put the cursor at the start of a paragraph. Hit Ctrl+Shift+down arrow.
  • Delete one word. Ctrl+ Backspace 
  • Find and replace. Ctrl+H 
  • Go to a specific page. Ctrl+G+the page number
  • Create a page break: Ctrl+Enter
  • Create a blank page: Ctrl+N

History of MS Word

Microsoft Word, word-processor software launched in 1983 by the Microsoft Corporation. Software developers Richard Brodie and Charles Simonyi joined the Microsoft team in 1981, and in 1983 they released Multi-Tool Word for computers that ran a version of the UNIX operating system (OS). Later that year, the program was rewritten to run on personal computers (PCs), such as the IBM PC, under Microsoft’s version of DOS (disk operating system), or MS-DOS, and was renamed Microsoft Word. The product was in direct competition with WordPerfect and WordStar, both of which were introduced for PCs in 1982.

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