What Are the Most Commonly Used MS Word Hotkeys for Typists?

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