Use keyboard shortcuts for navigation, to speed up the typing process, and to avoid repetitive stress injuries
When you're typing, try to avoid using the mouse as much as you can. Use the keyboard shortcuts for navigation, to speed up the typing process, and to avoid repetitive stress pains.
Provided below is a short list of MS Word shortcuts that you might find useful.
Text Editing and Navigation.
CTRL + Left Arrow - Moves one word to the left
CTRL + Right Arrow - Moves one word to the right
CTRL + Up Arrow - Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph
CTRL + Down Arrow - Moves to the end of the paragraph
CTRL + END - Go to the end of the document
CTRL + SHIFT + Down Arrow - Select text
CTRL + SHIFT + Up Arrow - Deselect text
CTRL + DEL - Deletes word to the right of cursor
CTRL + Backspace - Deletes word to the left of cursor
Formatting text in a document.
SHIFT + F3 - Capitalizes all letters/Capitalizes first letter/All letters in lowercase
CTRL + SHIFT + < - Decrease selected font
CTRL + SHIFT + > - Increase selected font
CTRL + B - Bold
CTRL + I - Italicize
CTRL + U - Underline
CTRL + SHIFT + L - Insert bullet point
CTRL + Apostrophe + E - Adds accented e
Searching through a document.
CTRL + F - Find
CTRL + H - Find + Replace, or jump to page number
Miscellaneous.
F12 - Save
CTRL + ALT + H - Highlights selected text
CTRL + A - Select all text
CTRL + Z - Undo
CTRL + Y - Redo
CTRL + W - Closes currently open document window
Left-click three times - Highlights paragraph