--- title: "Work with shapes in a Smart Art graphic in Microsoft Office" description: "Work with shapes in a Smart Art graphic in Microsoft Office" author: "Vijay Shukla" published: 2013-04-02 updated: 2017-11-29 canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1187/work-with-shapes-in-a-smart-art-graphic-in-microsoft-office category: "shortcut keys" tags: ["shortcut keys"] reading_time: 5 minutes --- # Work with shapes in a Smart Art graphic in Microsoft Office \ | ##### ACTION | ##### SHORTCUT KEY | | --- | --- | | Select the next element in a Smart Art graphic. | TAB | | Select the [previous](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81421/unlock-2-0-is-just-like-previous-corona-lockdowns) element in a Smart Art graphic. | SHIFT+TAB | | Select all shapes. | CTRL+A | | Remove focus from the selected shape. | ESC | | Nudge the selected shape up. | UP ARROW | | Nudge the selected shape down. | DOWN ARROW | | Nudge the selected shape left. | LEFT ARROW | | Nudge the selected shape right. | RIGHT ARROW | | Edit text in the selected shape. | ENTER or F2 | | Delete the selected shape. | DELETE or BACKSPACE | | Cut the selected shape. | CTRL+X or SHIFT+DELETE | | Copy the selected shape. | CTRL+C | | [Paste the contents](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/95127/how-do-you-copy-and-paste-the-contents-of-a-pdf) of the Clipboard. | CTRL+V | | Undo the last action. | CTRL+Z | ##### Move and resize shapes in a SmartArt graphic | ##### ACTION | ##### SHORTCUT KEY | | --- | --- | | Enlarge the selected shape horizontally. | SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW | | Reduce the selected shape horizontally. | SHIFT+LEFT ARROW | | Enlarge the selected shape vertically. | SHIFT+UP ARROW | | Reduce the selected shape vertically. | SHIFT+DOWN ARROW | | Rotate the selected shape to the right. | ALT+RIGHT ARROW | | Rotate the selected shape to the left. | ALT+LEFT ARROW | ##### Work with text in a Smart Art graphic | ##### ACTION | ##### SHORTCUT KEY | | --- | --- | | Move one [character](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23551/an-investigate-distinctive-seafood-restaurant-for-your-image-stamp-character) to the left. | LEFT ARROW | | Move one character to the right. | RIGHT ARROW | | Move up [one line](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23213/initialization-of-an-arraylist-in-one-line). | UP ARROW | | Move down one line. | DOWN ARROW | | Move one word to the left. | CTRL+LEFT ARROW | | Move one word to the right. | CTRL+RIGHT ARROW | | Move one paragraph up. | CTRL+UP ARROW | | Move one paragraph down. | CTRL+DOWN ARROW | | Move to the end of a line. | END | | Move to the beginning of a line. | HOME | | Move to the end of a text box. | CTRL+END | | Move to the beginning of a text box. | CTRL+HOME | | Cut selected text. | CTRL+X | | Copy selected text. | CTRL+C | | Paste selected text. | CTRL+V | | Undo the last action. | CTRL+Z | | Delete one character to the left. | BACKSPACE | | Delete one word to the left. | CTRL+BACKSPACE | | Delete one character to the right. | DELETE | | Delete one word to the right. | CTRL+DELETE | | [Promote](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11705/how-digital-marketing-agencies-can-help-to-promote-e-commerce-websites) the selected text. | ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW | | Demote the selected text. | ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW | | Check the spelling (not available in Word). | F7 | ##### Apply character formatting | ##### ACTION | ##### SHORTCUT KEY | | --- | --- | | Open the Font [dialog box](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net). | CTRL+SHIFT+F or CTRL+SHIFT+P | | [Increase](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81392/why-sudden-increase-in-corona-cases-for-india) the [font size](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158654/what-is-the-css-property-used-to-specify-the-font-size-of-an-element) of the selected text. | CTRL+SHIFT+> | | Decrease the font size of the selected text. | CTRL+SHIFT+< | | Switch the case of selected text (lower case, Title Case, UPPER CASE). | SHIFT+F3 | | Apply bold formatting to the selected text. | CTRL+B | | Apply an underline to the selected text (not available in Word). | CTRL+U | | Apply italic formatting to the selected text. | CTRL+I | | Apply subscript formatting to the selected text. | CTRL+EQUAL SIGN | | Apply superscript formatting to the selected text. | CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN | | Adjust the superscript/subscript offset up. | CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+> | | Adjust the superscript/subscript offset down. | CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+< | | Remove all character formatting from the selected text. | CTRL+SPACEBAR | ##### Copy text formatting | ##### ACTION | ##### SHORTCUT KEY | | --- | --- | | Copy formatting from the selected text. | CTRL+SHIFT+C | | Paste formatting to the selected text. | CTRL+SHIFT+V | *NOTE this [functionality](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/136/using-watermark-functionality-in-textbox-by-jquery) is not available in Office Word 2007.* ##### Apply paragraph formatting | ##### ACTION | ##### SHORTCUT KEY | | --- | --- | | Center a paragraph. | CTRL+E | | Justify a paragraph. | CTRL+J | | Left align a paragraph. | CTRL+L | | Right align a paragraph. | CTRL+R | | Demote a bullet point. | TAB or ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW | | Promote a bullet point. | SHIFT+TAB or ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW | ##### Use the Text pane | ##### ACTION | ##### SHORTCUT KEY | | --- | --- | | Display the shortcut menu. | SHIFT+F10 | | Switch between the Text pane and the drawing canvas. | CTRL+SHIFT+F2 | | Close the Text pane. | ALT+F4 | | Switch the focus from the Text pane to the border of the Smart Art graphic. | ESC | | Open the Smart Art [graphics](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/336067/html-graphics-using-html) Help topic. | CTRL+SHIFT+F1 | --- Original Source: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1187/work-with-shapes-in-a-smart-art-graphic-in-microsoft-office Copyright © MindStick Software Pvt. 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