WD6X: Comparison of Shortcut Keys for MacWord 6 and WinWord 6

Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q119621
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
  • Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, version 6.0

SUMMARY

This article compares the shortcut keys in Word for the Macintosh and Word for Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

                             Word 6.0 for the Mac     Word 6.0 for Windows
Command Name                 Keys                     Keys
------------                 ----------------         ----------------

AllCaps                      COMMAND+SHIFT+A          CTRL+SHIFT+A
ApplyHeading1                COMMAND+OPTION+1         ALT+CTRL+1
ApplyHeading2                COMMAND+OPTION+2         ALT+CTRL+2
ApplyHeading3                COMMAND+OPTION+3         ALT+CTRL+3
ApplyListBullet              COMMAND+SHIFT+L          CTRL+SHIFT+L
AppMaximize                                           ALT+F10
AppRestore                                            ALT+F5
Bold                         COMMAND+B or             CTRL+B or
                             COMMAND+SHIFT+B          CTRL+SHIFT+B
Cancel                       COMMAND+.(period) or     ESC
                             ESC
CenterPara                   COMMAND+E                CTRL+E
ChangeCase                   SHIFT+F3 or              SHIFT+F3
                             COMMAND+OPTION+C
CharLeft                     LEFT ARROW               LEFT ARROW
CharLeftExtend               SHIFT+LEFT ARROW         SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
CharRight                    RIGHT ARROW              RIGHT ARROW
CharRightExtend              SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW        SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Close or CloseAll            COMMAND+W                CTRL+W
ClosePane                    CTRL+SHIFT+C             ALT+SHIFT+C
ColumnBreak                  COMMAND+SHIFT+RETURN     CTRL+SHIFT+ENTER
ColumnSelect                 COMMAND+SHIFT+F8         CTRL+SHIFT+F8
CopyAsPicture                COMMAND+OPTION+D
CopyFormat                   COMMAND+SHIFT+C          CTRL+SHIFT+C
CopyText                     SHIFT+F2                 SHIFT+F2
CustomizeAddMenuShortcut     COMMAND+OPTION+=         ALT+CTRL+=
CustomizeKeyboard            COMMAND+OPTION+NUM-
CustomizeKeyboardShortcut    COMMAND+OPTION+NUM+      ALT+CTRL+NUM+
CustomizeRemoveMenuShortcut  COMMAND+OPTION+Hyphen    ALT+CTRL+Hyphen
DeleteBackWord               COMMAND+DELETE           CTRL+BACKSPACE
DeleteRow                    COMMAND+CTRL+X
DeleteWord                   COMMAND+DELETE or        CTRL+DELETE
                             COMMAND+OPTION+G
DemotetoBodyText             COMMAND+SHIFT+N          CTRL+SHIFT+N
DocClose                     COMMAND+F4               CTRL+F4 or CTRL+W
DocMaximize                                           CTRL+F10
DocMove                                               CTRL+F7
DocRestore                   COMMAND+F5 or            CTRL+F5
                             CTRL+F5
DocSize                                               CTRL+F8
DocSplit                     COMMAND+OPTION+S         ALT+CTRL+S
DoFieldClick                 OPTION+SHIFT+F9          SHIFT+ALT+F9
DoubleUnderline              COMMAND+SHIFT+D          CTRL+SHIFT+D
EditBookmark                 COMMAND+SHIFT+F5         CTRL+SHIFT+F5
EditClear                    CLEAR or DELETE          DELETE
EditCopy                     COMMAND+C or F3          CTRL+C
EditCut                      COMMAND+X or F2          CTRL+X or
                                                      SHIFT+DELETE
EditFind                     COMMAND+F                CTRL+F
EditGoTo                     COMMAND+G or F5          CTRL+G or F5
EditPaste                    COMMAND+V or F4          CTRL+V or
                                                      SHIFT+INSert
EditRedo                     OPTION+SHIFT+DELETE      ALT+SHIFT+BACKSPACE
EditRedo or Repeat           COMMAND+Y or             CTRL+Y or F4 or
                             OPTION+RETURN            ALT+ENTER
EditReplace                  COMMAND+H                CTRL+H
EditSelectAll                COMMAND+A                CTRL+A or
                                                      CTRL+5(NUM)
EditUndo                     COMMAND+Z or F1 or       CTRL+Z or
                             OPTION+DELETE            ALT+BACKSPACE
EndnoteNow                   COMMAND+OPTION+E         ALT+CTRL+E
EndofColumn                  OPTION+PAGE DOWN or      ALT+PAGE DOWN or
                             OPTION+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN   ALT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
EndofDocExtend               COMMAND+SHIFT+END        CTRL+SHIFT+END
EndofDocument                COMMAND+END              CTRL+END
EndofLine                    END or                   END or
                             CTRL+DOWN ARROW          CTRL+DOWN ARROW
EndofLineExtend              SHIFT+END                SHIFT+END
EndofRow                     OPTION+END or            ALT+END or
                             OPTION+SHIFT+END         ALT+SHIFT+END
EndofWindow                  COMMAND+PAGE DOWN        CTRL+PAGE DOWN
EndofWindowExtend            COMMAND+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN  CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
ExtendSelection              F8                       F8
FileExit                                              ALT+F4
FileNew                      COMMAND+N                CTRL+N
FileOpen                     COMMAND+O                CTRL+O or CTRL+F12 or
                                                      ALT+CTRL+F2
FilePrint                    COMMAND+P                CTRL+P
FilePrintPreview             COMMAND+F2 or            CTRL+F2 or
                             COMMAND+OPTION+I         ALT+CTRL+I
FileSave                     COMMAND+S                SHIFT+F12 or
                                                      CTRL+S or
                                                      ALT+SHIFT+F2
FileSaveAs                   F12                      F12
Font                         COMMAND+SHIFT+F          CTRL+SHIFT+F
FontSizeSelect               COMMAND+SHIFT+P          CTRL+SHIFT+P
FootnoteNow                  COMMAND+OPTION+F         ALT+CTRL+F
FormatAutoFormat             COMMAND+K                CTRL+K
FormatFont                   COMMAND+D                CTRL+D
FormatHeaderFooterLink       CTRL+SHIFT+R             ALT+SHIFT+R
GoBack                       SHIFT+F5 or              SHIFT+F5 or
                             COMMAND+OPTION+Z         ALT+CTRL+Z
GotoAnnotationScope          OPTION+F11               ALT+F11
GotoNextNewspaperColumn      ALT+DOWN ARROW
                             CTRL+DOWN ARROW
GotoNextPage                 COMMAND+OPTION+PAGE DOWN ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN
GotoPreviousNewspaperColumn ALT+UP ARROW
GotoPreviousPage             COMMAND+OPTION+PAGE UP   ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP
GrowFont                     COMMAND+SHIFT+.(period)  CTRL+SHIFT+.(period)
GrowFontOnePoint             COMMAND+]                CTRL+]
HangingIndent                COMMAND+T                CTRL+T
Help                         COMMAND+/                F1
HelpTool                     HELP or SHIFT+INS or     SHIFT+F1
                             COMMAND+SHIFT+/ or
                             COMMAND+NUM+/
Hidden                       COMMAND+SHIFT+H          CTRL+SHIFT+H
Indent                       COMMAND+M                CTRL+M
InsertAnnotation             COMMAND+OPTION+A         CTRL+ALT+A
InsertAutoText               COMMAND+OPTION+V         ALT+CTRL+V
InsertDateField              CTRL+SHIFT+D             ALT+SHIFT+D
InsertFieldChars             COMMAND+F9               CTRL+F9
InsertMergeField             CTRL+SHIFT+F             ALT+SHIFT+F
InsertPageBreak              SHIFT+ENTER              CTRL+ENTER
InsertRow                    COMMAND+CTRL+V
InsertSpike                  COMMAND+SHIFT+F3         CTRL+SHIFT+F3
Italic                       COMMAND+I or             CTRL+I or
                             COMMAND+SHIFT+I          CTRL+SHIFT+I
JustifyPara                  COMMAND+J                CTRL+J
LeftPara                     COMMAND+L                CTRL+L
LineDown                     DOWN ARROW               DOWN ARROW
LineDownExtend               SHIFT+DOWN ARROW         SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
LineUp                       UP ARROW                 UP ARROW
LineUpExtend                 SHIFT+UP ARROW           SHIFT+UP ARROW
LockFields                   COMMAND+3 or             CTRL+3 or
                             COMMAND+F11              CTRL+F11
MailMergeCheck               CTRL+SHIFT+K             ALT+SHIFT+K
MailMergeEditDataSource      CTRL+SHIFT+E             ALT+SHIFT+E
MailMergetoDoc               CTRL+SHIFT+N             ALT+SHIFT+N
MailMergetoPrinter           CTRL+SHIFT+M             ALT+SHIFT+M
MarkCitation                 COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+I   ALT+SHIFT+I
MarkIndexEntry               COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+X   ALT+SHIFT+X
MarkTableofContentsEntry     COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+O   ALT+SHIFT+O
MenuMode                     NUM+ or F10 or           F10
                             COMMAND+TAB
MicrosoftSystemInfo          COMMAND+OPTION+HELP      ALT+CTRL+F1
MoveText                                              F2
NextField                    F11                      F11 or ALT+F1
NextObject                   OPTION+DOWN ARROW
NextWindow                   COMMAND+F6 or            CTRL+F6
                             OPTION+F6                or ALT+F6
Non-breaking Hyphen                                   CTRL+SHIFT+-
Non-breaking Space                                    CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
NormalStyle                  COMMAND+SHIFT+N or       CTRL+SHIFT+N or
                             OPTION+SHIFT+CLEAR       ALT+SHIFT+NUM 5
Open or CloseUpPara          COMMAND+0(zero)          CTRL+0(zero)
OptionalHyphen                                        CTRL+-
OtherPane                    F6 or SHIFT+F6           F6 or SHIFT+F6
Outline                      COMMAND+OPTION+O         ALT+CTRL+O
OutlineCollapse              CTRL+SHIFT+-             ALT+SHIFT+_ or
                                                      ALT+SHIFT+NUM-
OutlineDemote                OPTION+SHIFT+            ALT+SHIFT+
                             RIGHT ARROW              RIGHT ARROW
OutlineExpand                CTRL+SHIFT+=             ALT+SHIFT+=
OutlineMoveDown              OPTION+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
OutlineMoveUp                OPTION+SHIFT+UP ARROW
OutlinePromote               OPTION+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW  ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
OutlineShowFirstLine         CTRL+SHIFT+L             ALT+SHIFT+L
Overtype                     CTRL+HELP                INSERT
Page Down                    PAGE DOWN                PAGE DOWN
Page DownExtend              SHIFT+PAGE DOWN          SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
PageField                    CTRL+SHIFT+P             ALT+SHIFT+P
Page Up                      PAGE UP                  PAGE UP
Page UpExtend                SHIFT+PAGE UP            SHIFT+PAGE UP
ParaDown                     COMMAND+DOWN ARROW
ParaDownExtend               COMMAND+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
ParaUp                       COMMAND+UP ARROW
ParaUpExtend                 COMMAND+SHIFT+UP ARROW
PasteFormat                  COMMAND+SHIFT+V          CTRL+SHIFT+V
PrevField                    SHIFT+F11                SHIFT+F11
PrevField                    F11                      ALT+SHIFT+F11
PrevObject                   OPTION+UP ARROW
PrevWindow                   COMMAND+SHIFT+F6         CTRL+SHIFT+F6
PrevWindow                   OPTION+SHIFT+F6          ALT+SHIFT+F6
Quit                         COMMAND+Q
RepeatFind                   SHIFT+F4 or              SHIFT+F4 or
                             COMMAND+SHIFT+F4 or      ALT+CTRL+Y
                             COMMAND+OPTION+Y
ResetChar                    COMMAND+SPACEBAR or      CTRL+SPACEBAR or
                             COMMAND+SHIFT+Z          CTRL+SHIFT+Z
ResetPara                    COMMAND+OPTION+Q         CTRL+Q
RightPara                    COMMAND+R                CTRL+R
SectionBreak                 COMMAND+ENTER
ShowAll                      NUM* or                  CTRL+SHIFT+8
                             COMMAND+8
ShowAllHeadings              CTRL+SHIFT+A             ALT+SHIFT+A
ShowHeading1                 CTRL+SHIFT+1             ALT+SHIFT+1
ShowHeading2                 CTRL+SHIFT+2             ALT+SHIFT+2
ShowHeading3                 CTRL+SHIFT+3             ALT+SHIFT+3
ShowHeading4                 CTRL+SHIFT+4             ALT+SHIFT+4
ShowHeading5                 CTRL+SHIFT+5             ALT+SHIFT+5
ShowHeading6                 CTRL+SHIFT+6             ALT+SHIFT+6
ShowHeading7                 CTRL+SHIFT+7             ALT+SHIFT+7
ShowHeading8                 CTRL+SHIFT+8             ALT+SHIFT+8
ShowHeading9                 CTRL+SHIFT+9             ALT+SHIFT+9
ShrinkFont                   COMMAND+SHIFT+,          CTRL+SHIFT+,
ShrinkFontOnePoint           COMMAND+[                CTRL+[
ShrinkSelection              SHIFT+F8                 SHIFT+F8
SmallCaps                    COMMAND+SHIFT+K          CTRL+SHIFT+K
SpacePara1                   COMMAND+1                CTRL+1
SpacePara15                  COMMAND+5                CTRL+5
SpacePara2                   COMMAND+2                CTRL+2
Spelling                     F7 or                    F7
                             COMMAND+OPTION+L
Spike                        COMMAND+F3               CTRL+F3
StartofColumn                OPTION+PAGE UP or        ALT+PAGE UP or
                             OPTION+SHIFT+PAGE UP     ALT+SHIFT+PAGE UP
StartofDocExtend             COMMAND+SHIFT+HOME       CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
StartofDocument              COMMAND+HOME             CTRL+HOME
StartofLine                  HOME or                  HOME or
                             CTRL+UP ARROW            CTRL+UP ARROW
StartofLineExtend            SHIFT+HOME               SHIFT+HOME
StartofRow                   OPTION+HOME or           ALT+HOME or
                             OPTION+SHIFT+HOME        ALT+SHIFT+HOME
StartofWindow                COMMAND+PAGE UP          CTRL+PAGE UP
StartofWindowExtend          COMMAND+SHIFT+PAGE UP    CTRL+SHIFT+PAGE UP
Style                        COMMAND+SHIFT+S          CTRL+SHIFT+S
Subscript                    COMMAND+=                CTRL+=
Superscript                  COMMAND+SHIFT+=          CTRL+SHIFT+=
SymbolFont                   COMMAND+SHIFT+Q          CTRL+SHIFT+Q
TableSelectTable             OPTION+CLEAR             ALT+NUM 5
                                                      (NUMLOCK off)
TableSelectTable             COMMAND+OPTION+T
TableUpdateAutoFormat        COMMAND+OPTION+U         ALT+CTRL+U
Thesaurus                    SHIFT+F7 or              SHIFT+F7
                             COMMAND+OPTION+R
TimeField                    CTRL+SHIFT+T             ALT+SHIFT+T
ToggleFieldDisplay           SHIFT+F9                 SHIFT+F9
Underline                    COMMAND+U or             CTRL+U or
                             COMMAND+SHIFT+U          CTRL+SHIFT+U
Unhang                       COMMAND+SHIFT+T          CTRL+SHIFT+T
Unindent                     COMMAND+SHIFT+M          CTRL+SHIFT+M
UnlinkFields                 COMMAND+6 or             CTRL+6 or
                             COMMAND+4                CTRL+4
                             COMMAND+SHIFT+F9         CTRL+SHIFT+F9
UnlockFields                 COMMAND+SHIFT+F11        CTRL+SHIFT+F11
UpdateFields                 F9 or                    F9 or
                             COMMAND+OPTION+SHIFT+U   ALT+SHIFT+F9 or
                                                      ALT+SHIFT+U
UpdateSource                 COMMAND+SHIFT+F7         CTRL+SHIFT+F7
ViewFieldCodes               OPTION+F9                ALT+F9
ViewNormal                   COMMAND+OPTION+N         ALT+CTRL+N
ViewPage                     COMMAND+OPTION+P         ALT+CTRL+P
WordLeft                     COMMAND+LEFT ARROW or    CTRL+LEFT ARROW or
                             OPTION+LEFT ARROW        ALT+LEFT ARROW
WordLeftExtend               COMMAND+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
WordRight                    COMMAND+RIGHT ARROW or   CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or
                             OPTION+RIGHT ARROW       ALT+RIGHT ARROW
WordRightExtend              COMMAND+SHIFT+           CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT
                             RIGHT ARROW              ARROW
WordUnderline                COMMAND+SHIFT+W          CTRL+SHIFT+W

How to Obtain a List of Keyboard Assignments

To obtain a list of shortcut key assignments in Microsoft Word, use the appropriate procedure for your version of Word.

Word for Windows NT and Word for the Macintosh:

  1. From the Tools menu, choose Macro.

  2. From the Macros Available In list, select Word Commands.

  3. In the Macro Name list, select ListCommands.

  4. Click Run.

  5. In the List Commands dialog box, choose either Current Menu and Keyboard Settings or All Word Commands.

  6. Click OK.

Word creates a new document that lists the commands and their associated shortcut key assignments.

Word for Windows:

ListCommands is not available in Microsoft Word for Windows. You can use the HelpKeyboard command to open the Help topic "Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Word." You can also search for "Keys, Shortcut" in Help and then choose the "Using Keyboard Shortcuts in Word" topic.


Additional query words: shortcut keystrokes keys quick map keyboard
Keywords : macword winword word6 kbui
Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a;WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbref


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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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