![]() Notice that all of the Alt codes in the charts above are represented by numbers for example, the White Queen is Alt+ 9813. Notice that many of the 9,000-level symbols are repeats of the original set (1 thru 255). Start with 1,000 and try some random numbers through 10,078. The Alt+ codes extend out five digits, so if you can’t find the symbol you’re looking for, play around with the numbers and see what you get. That’s why so many users get discouraged when looking for the British pound symbol £ (Alt+ 0163) and end up with the lowercase Latin letter acute accent ú (Alt+ 163)-which is also found at Alt+ 0250. In fact, Alt+ 1 through Alt+ 31 (without the preceding zeroes) are icon symbols (such as happy faces, card suits, astrology icons, etc.) and 176 through 223 are graphic lines and polygons. But the coolest of all are the graphics and icon symbols. In addition to the keyboard characters, you’ll find decimal codes for Greek and Latin letters, accent letters, pronunciation symbols over the alphabet, and mathematical symbols, such as the division and square root operators, the accent grave and circumflex symbols, plus worldwide currency symbols, and more. For example, Alt+ 0251 = û (the Latin small letter u with circumflex symbol above it) while Alt+ 251 = √ (the square root sign)-and so forth until you reach 256, which is the same as 0256 (both produce the pronunciation symbol for an uppercase ‘long’ A that is, Ā). You can test this yourself by entering both versions of these numbers. Although you can have Word automatically save an AutoRecover version of your document every few minutes, it never hurts to save the document yourself frequently.Somewhere around the decimal code 256, the preceding zero is no longer necessary. Select previous paragraph: CTRL+SHIFT+UPįinally, if you memorize no other key combination, remember this one: CTRL+S to Save Document. ![]() Select previous word: CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW.Select next word: CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW.Once you’re done typing, hotkeys can speed editing, too. ![]() Navigation and Editing Microsoft Word Hotkeys Paragraph Indentation and Justification HotkeysĬlick your mouse on the paragraph to make these formatting changes. These key combinations will subscript and superscript the text: To change capitalization or case, select a word or sentence and use this key combination to display your choices - lowercase, UPPERCASE, Sentence case, Capitalize Each Word and tOGGLE cASE: Select the text you want to format and use one of these key combinations. ![]() Try some of these and see if you don’t agree that it speeds things up. Key combinations that perform formatting functions usually do so in a “toggle” mode, meaning you press the key combination once to turn the formatting on, then once again to turn it off. The plus sign indicates the keys should be pressed simultaneously. Note: In these key combinations, CTRL refers to the Control key and SHIFT to the Shift key, located at the bottom of your PC keyboard. Below, you’ll find a cheat sheet for hotkeys you can use to quickly format documents. In this video, I show you how to find the hotkeys already available in Word, and how to create your own. Hotkeys - aka shortcut keys - are keyboard combinations you can use to invoke Word commands, insert special characters or even run macros. To do that, though, you need to know a few handy Microsoft Word hotkeys. One sure way to save time in Microsoft Word (in addition to letting Word fix your typos) is to keep your hands off the mouse as much as possible. One key to increasing your efficiency is to learn a few handy Microsoft Word hotkeys so you can format as your fingers fly.
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