![]() * Outline View * Activate View (I can't remember whether I customised this) * Outline View: Cmd+alt+O * Normal View: Cmd+Alt+N * Page Layout View: Cmd+Alt+P * Change heading type * Demote/Promote Heading: Tab / Shift+Tab Control+Shift+Right/Left * Normal Text: Cmd+Control+N * Move paragraphs up/down: Control+Shift+Up/Down * Expand/Collapse headings: * Control+Shift+-/+ * Control+Shift+1/2/3 to show just headings 1,2,3 * Control+Shfit+A to show all content * Assorted Text Editing * Move between words: Alt+Left/Right * Move between paragraphs: Cmd+Up/Down or Alt+Up/Down * Go to beginning/end of document: Cmd+Home/End or Cmd+Fn+Left/Right * Remove formatting: Control+Space * Breaks: * Column break: Cmd+Shift+Enter * New-line without new paragraph: Shift+Enter * Section Break: Cmd+Fn+Enter * Page break: Fn+Shift+Enter * Go back to previous location after following an internal document hyperlink: Alt+Cmd+Left/Right * Insert bullets: Cmd + Shift + L (note that this insert "list bullet" style which is different to the "list paragraph" style, which is what you get when you use the bullet icon in the toolbar). This post outlines the shortcut keys for an assortment of important but not so obvious shortcut keys. Some shortcuts are obvious, because they are listed in menus, but there are plenty that are not listed. The possibilities are endless, but these shortcuts help us every day and we hope they help you type faster and format lazier too.When I started using Micsrosoft Word on the Mac, I needed to work out various shortcut keys. ![]() There you have it: some of the top keyboard shortcuts for writers. These should come with a caution about their addictive qualities – so if they’re new to you, consider yourself warned: Here are some everyday moves that you probably already know. This is particularly wonderful, as I have discovered, for creating a shortcut to highlight text, but you can use it for almost any function in Word. Hit Cmd-Shift > to size up and Cmd-Shift Customize Keyboard > Search and select the function you want > Press New Keyboard Shortcut > Type your desired shortcut command The good news is that Word has made it easier for you to do: If you’re like me, you can’t resist demonstrating that a headline is a headline by increasing the font size – much to the probable headshaking of your art director. Cmd-Shift-Return will start you on the next page. Stop hitting Enter eight bajillion times. Hold Opt with one hand, then use your mouse to click and drag vertically with the other, selecting all the “the”s you want. You can make them all disappear in one fell swoop. ![]() When every line in a list begins with a word you want to remove (like “the”), you don’t have to repeat the arduous task of highlighting one “the” at a time and deleting. All you need to do to make it reappear is click on the Word app on your screen. Instantly.ĭon’t worry, it’s still hidden in the folds of your desktop background like some kind of black magic. Cmd-V your URL in there and whatever word(s) you’ve highlighted will now be hyperlinked.Ĭmd-H will hide your doc from prying eyes. Highlight some words and hit Cmd-K to open the hyperlink box. ![]() Master these moves to master your copy deck: These are written for Mac, but swap Cmd with Ctrl, and you’re good to go on PC. We’ve put together a list of our top game-changing keyboard shortcuts to help save your wrist-energy and your time. Like me (your run-of-the-mill copywriter who, up until last year, was still oh-so-naively moving my mouse over to the point size and manually typing it in), you might be missing out on some great Microsoft Word hacks and not know it.
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