ACTION |
SHORTCUT KEY |
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Select the next element in a Smart Art graphic. |
TAB |
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Select the previous element in a Smart Art graphic. |
SHIFT+TAB |
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Select all shapes. |
CTRL+A |
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Remove focus from the selected shape. |
ESC |
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Nudge the selected shape up. |
UP ARROW |
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Nudge the selected shape down. |
DOWN ARROW |
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Nudge the selected shape left. |
LEFT ARROW |
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Nudge the selected shape right. |
RIGHT ARROW |
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Edit text in the selected shape. |
ENTER or F2 |
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Delete the selected shape. |
DELETE or BACKSPACE |
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Cut the selected shape. |
CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE |
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Copy the selected shape. |
CTRL+C |
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Paste the contents of the Clipboard. |
CTRL+V |
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Undo the last action. |
CTRL+Z |
Move and resize shapes in a SmartArt graphic
ACTION |
SHORTCUT KEY |
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Enlarge the selected shape horizontally. |
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
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Reduce the selected shape horizontally. |
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
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Enlarge the selected shape vertically. |
SHIFT+UP ARROW |
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Reduce the selected shape vertically. |
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
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Rotate the selected shape to the right. |
ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
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Rotate the selected shape to the left. |
ALT+LEFT ARROW |
Work with text in a Smart Art graphic
ACTION |
SHORTCUT KEY |
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Move one character to the left. |
LEFT ARROW |
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Move one character to the right. |
RIGHT ARROW |
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Move up one line. |
UP ARROW |
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Move down one line. |
DOWN ARROW |
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Move one word to the left. |
CTRL+LEFT ARROW |
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Move one word to the right. |
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW |
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Move one paragraph up. |
CTRL+UP ARROW |
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Move one paragraph down. |
CTRL+DOWN ARROW |
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Move to the end of a line. |
END |
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Move to the beginning of a line. |
HOME |
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Move to the end of a text box. |
CTRL+END |
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Move to the beginning of a text box. |
CTRL+HOME |
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Cut selected text. |
CTRL+X |
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Copy selected text. |
CTRL+C |
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Paste selected text. |
CTRL+V |
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Undo the last action. |
CTRL+Z |
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Delete one character to the left. |
BACKSPACE |
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Delete one word to the left. |
CTRL+BACKSPACE |
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Delete one character to the right. |
DELETE |
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Delete one word to the right. |
CTRL+DELETE |
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Promote the selected text. |
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
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Demote the selected text. |
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
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Check the spelling (not available in Word). |
F7 |
Apply character formatting
ACTION |
SHORTCUT KEY |
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Open the Font dialog box. |
CTRL+SHIFT+F or CTRL+SHIFT+P |
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Increase the font size of the selected text. |
CTRL+SHIFT+> |
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Decrease the font size of the selected text. |
CTRL+SHIFT+< |
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Switch the case of selected text (lower case, Title Case, UPPER CASE). |
SHIFT+F3 |
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Apply bold formatting to the selected text. |
CTRL+B |
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Apply an underline to the selected text (not available in Word). |
CTRL+U |
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Apply italic formatting to the selected text. |
CTRL+I |
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Apply subscript formatting to the selected text. |
CTRL+EQUAL SIGN |
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Apply superscript formatting to the selected text. |
CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN |
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Adjust the superscript/subscript offset up. |
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+> |
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Adjust the superscript/subscript offset down. |
CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+< |
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Remove all character formatting from the selected text. |
CTRL+SPACEBAR |
Copy text formatting
ACTION |
SHORTCUT KEY |
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Copy formatting from the selected text. |
CTRL+SHIFT+C |
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Paste formatting to the selected text. |
CTRL+SHIFT+V |
NOTE this functionality is not available in Office Word 2007.
Apply paragraph formatting
ACTION |
SHORTCUT KEY |
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Center a paragraph. |
CTRL+E |
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Justify a paragraph. |
CTRL+J |
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Left align a paragraph. |
CTRL+L |
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Right align a paragraph. |
CTRL+R |
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Demote a bullet point. |
TAB or ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
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Promote a bullet point. |
SHIFT+TAB or ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
Use the Text pane
ACTION |
SHORTCUT KEY |
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Display the shortcut menu. |
SHIFT+F10 |
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Switch between the Text pane and the drawing canvas. |
CTRL+SHIFT+F2 |
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Close the Text pane. |
ALT+F4 |
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Switch the focus from the Text pane to the border of the Smart Art graphic. |
ESC |
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Open the Smart Art graphics Help topic. |
CTRL+SHIFT+F1 |
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