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Keyboard Shortcut to Work Faster in MS Word

Learn 21 keyboard shortcuts to work faster in Microsoft Word with easy Khmer video tutorial.

📅2026-09-25⏱️6 min read✍️Rean Computer 101

Hello all guy! Today we learn about keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Word. If you use keyboard shortcut, you can work very fast and don't need to click menu every time. We have 3 group of shortcut to learn today. Let go!

7 General Keyboard Shortcut You Must Know

This is the most important shortcut for work with Word document every day. You must remember this!

  • Open a Document : Ctrl + O
  • Create New : Ctrl + N
  • Save a Document : Ctrl + S
  • Print a Document : Ctrl + P
  • Close a Document : Ctrl + W
  • Close Word Program : Alt + F4
  • Help : F1
💡 Pro Tip
💡 Tip: Always use Ctrl + S to save your document every few minute. If you forget to save and computer shutdown, you will lose all your work! Also use Ctrl + N to open new document fast instead of click File menu.

7 Keyboard Shortcut for Format Text Fast

This shortcut help you change text style very fast. No need to click button in toolbar anymore!

  • Bold : Ctrl + B
  • Italics : Ctrl + I
  • Underline : Ctrl + U
  • Align Left : Ctrl + L
  • Center : Ctrl + E
  • Align Right : Ctrl + R
  • Justify : Ctrl + J
💡 Pro Tip
💡 Tip: First select the text you want to format, then press the shortcut. For example, select word and press Ctrl + B to make it bold. Press Ctrl + B again to remove bold. Easy! For paragraph alignment like center or justify, you no need to select — just click inside the paragraph and press shortcut.

7 Keyboard Shortcut for Navigate in Document

When your document very long, you can use this shortcut to jump to any place very fast. No need to scroll with mouse!

  • Page Down — go down one page
  • Page Up — go up one page
  • Home — go to beginning of current line
  • End — go to end of current line
  • Ctrl + Page Down — go to next page
  • Ctrl + Page Up — go to previous page
  • Ctrl + Home — jump to very beginning of document
  • Ctrl + End — jump to very end of document
💡 Pro Tip
💡 Tip: Use Ctrl + Home when you want go back to top of document fast. Use Ctrl + End when you want go to the last line. This very useful when you have document with many many page!

I hope you enjoy and can remember all this shortcut! Practice every day and you will become very fast in Word. If you have question, please leave comment below. Thank you and see you next lesson!


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