dialog box is open. Get help.

How this works depends on what you're

looking at in the Word window. Press F1 in the regular document window,
F1: for example, to open Word's Help pane. Sometimes, though, pressing F1
takes you to Microsoft's support site and shows you more targeted
F1 articles about the feature you're looking at. This is the case most of the F7
time when you press F1 while a
Shift+F1: Open Word's "Reveal Formatting" pane, where you can see the character
and paragraph formatting of whatever text you have selected.
Alt+F1: Jump to the next field if you've got fields in your document.
Alt+Shift+F1: Jumps to the previous field in your document.

Move text or objects. Select the text or object you want to move and then
F2: hit F2. Place your insertion point where you'd like to move the item and
then hit Enter.
F8
Shift+F2: Copy selected text. It's just like hitting Ctrl+C.
F2
Ctrl+F2: Open the Print window, where you can preview and print your document.

Save your document. If you haven't saved your document previously, it

Alt+Shift+F2:
opens the Save As window.

Alt+Ctrl+F2: Pop up the Open window so you can open a document.

F3: Expand an AutoText entry. Type at least the first four letters in the name
of your AutoText entry and then press F3 to expand it to the full text. F9
Alt+F3: Create an AutoText entry from selected text.
Change the case of selected text. Pressing this combo repeatedly cycles
Shift+F3: through the following case styles: Initial Letter Case, ALL CAPS CASE, and
F3
lower case.
Ctrl+F3: Cut selected text to the Spike. You can cut as much text as you want this
way and it all accumulates on the Spike.
Ctrl+Shift+F3: Insert the contents of the Spike. Performing this action also clears any
text in the Spike.

F4: Repeat your last action. F10

Repeat the last "Find" action. This one's handy because you can use it to
Shift+F4: browse search results without having the Find and Replace window or
Navigation pane open.
F4
Ctrl+F4: Close the current document. You'll be asked to save the document if
you've made any changes.
Alt+F4: Quit Microsoft Word. This closes all open documents (giving you the
chance to save changes first) and exits Word.

F5: Open "Go To" tab on the Find and Replace window. You can use this to
quickly jump to a page, section, bookmark, and so on.
F11
Jump the previous edit you made in your document. Press it again go one
Shift+F5: more edit back. Word remembers your last two edits. This works even
F5
after saving and closing a document, letting you return to
 F11
F5

Open the Bookmark window so you can edit bookmarks. If your insertion
Ctrl+Shift+F5: point is in an existing bookmark, pressing this combo opens the Bookmark
window and selects that bookmark.

F6: Go to the next pane or frame in your Word window. You can use this to
navigate the window without using your mouse.
F6 Shift+F6: Go to the previous pane or frame. F12
Ctrl+F6: Go to the next open document window.
Ctrl+Shift+F6: Go to the previous open document window.
F7:

Open the Editor pane and start a spelling and grammar check.
Shift+F7: Open the thesaurus. If you have a word selected when you press this
combo, Word opens the thesaurus and looks up the selected word.
Alt+F7: Find the next spelling or grammar error in your document.
Alt+Shift+F7: Open the Translation pane.

Enter Word's selection mode and expand a selection. While in this mode,
F8: you can use the arrow keys to extend your selection. You can also press F8
up to five times to extend the selection outward. Th
Shift+F8: Reduce a selection. This works the same way as expanding a selection,
but backward.
Ctrl+Shift+F8: Selects a column. Once the column is selected, you can use the left and
right arrow keys to extend the selection to other columns.

F9: Update a field. This is the same as right-clicking a field and choosing the
"Update Field" command.
Shift+F9: Reveal a field's code.
Ctrl+F9:
Insert new Empty Field {} braces.
Ctrl+Shift+F9: Unlink a field.

Alt+F9:
Toggle the display of a field's code.

F10: Show key tips. Pressing this combo reveals single letter shortcuts you can
use to access Word's menu commands.
Shift+F10: Display a context menu. This works just like right-clicking.
Ctrl+F10: Maximize document window.

Alt+Shift+F10:
Display a menu or window for an available selection.

F11:
Jump to the next field in your document.
Shift+F11: Jump to the previous field in your document.
Ctrl+F11:
Lock a field so it cannot be edited.

Ctrl+Shift+F11:
Unlock a field.
Alt+Shift+F11:
Start the Microsoft Script Editor.

F12:
Open the Save As window.
Shift+F12: Save your document.
Ctrl+F12: Open the Open window.
Ctrl+Shift+F12: Open the Print window.
 dialog box is open. Get help. How this works depends on what you're looking at
F1: in the Word window. Press F1 in the regular document window, for example, to
open Word's Help pane. Sometimes, though, pressing F1 takes you to
Microsoft's support site and shows you more targeted articles about the feature
F1 you're looking at. This is the case most of the time when you press F1 while a
Shift+F1: Open Word's "Reveal Formatting" pane, where you can see the character and
paragraph formatting of whatever text you have selected.
Alt+F1: Jump to the next field if you've got fields in your document.
Alt+Shift+F1: Jumps to the previous field in your document.

Move text or objects. Select the text or object you want to move and then hit
F2: F2. Place your insertion point where you'd like to move the item and then hit
Enter.
Shift+F2: Copy selected text. It's just like hitting Ctrl+C.
F2 Ctrl+F2: Open the Print window, where you can preview and print your document.
Save your document. If you haven't saved your document previously, it opens
Alt+Shift+F2:
the Save As window.
Alt+Ctrl+F2: Pop up the Open window so you can open a document.

F3: Expand an AutoText entry. Type at least the first four letters in the name of
your AutoText entry and then press F3 to expand it to the full text.
Alt+F3: Create an AutoText entry from selected text.
Change the case of selected text. Pressing this combo repeatedly cycles
Shift+F3: through the following case styles: Initial Letter Case, ALL CAPS CASE, and lower
F3 case.
Ctrl+F3: Cut selected text to the Spike. You can cut as much text as you want this way
and it all accumulates on the Spike.
Ctrl+Shift+F3: Insert the contents of the Spike. Performing this action also clears any text in
the Spike.

F4: Repeat your last action.

Repeat the last "Find" action. This one's handy because you can use it to
Shift+F4: browse search results without having the Find and Replace window or
Navigation pane open.
F4
Ctrl+F4: Close the current document. You'll be asked to save the document if you've
made any changes.
Alt+F4: Quit Microsoft Word. This closes all open documents (giving you the chance to
save changes first) and exits Word.

F5: Open "Go To" tab on the Find and Replace window. You can use this to quickly
jump to a page, section, bookmark, and so on.
Jump the previous edit you made in your document. Press it again go one more
Shift+F5: edit back. Word remembers your last two edits. This works even after saving
F5
and closing a document, letting you return to
Open the Bookmark window so you can edit bookmarks. If your insertion point
Ctrl+Shift+F5: is in an existing bookmark, pressing this combo opens the Bookmark window
and selects that bookmark.

F6: Go to the next pane or frame in your Word window. You can use this to
navigate the window without using your mouse.
F6 Shift+F6: Go to the previous pane or frame.
Ctrl+F6: Go to the next open document window.
Ctrl+Shift+F6: Go to the previous open document window.

F7: Open the Editor pane and start a spelling and grammar check.
Shift+F7: Open the thesaurus. If you have a word selected when you press this combo,
F7 Word opens the thesaurus and looks up the selected word.
Alt+F7: Find the next spelling or grammar error in your document.
Alt+Shift+F7: Open the Translation pane.

Enter Word's selection mode and expand a selection. While in this mode, you
F8: can use the arrow keys to extend your selection. You can also press F8 up to five
times to extend the selection outward. Th
F8 Reduce a selection. This works the same way as expanding a selection, but
Shift+F8:
backward.
Ctrl+Shift+F8: Selects a column. Once the column is selected, you can use the left and right
arrow keys to extend the selection to other columns.

F9: Update a field. This is the same as right-clicking a field and choosing the
"Update Field" command.
Shift+F9: Reveal a field's code.
F9
Ctrl+F9: Insert new Empty Field {} braces.
Ctrl+Shift+F9: Unlink a field.
Alt+F9: Toggle the display of a field's code.

F10: Show key tips. Pressing this combo reveals single letter shortcuts you can use to
access Word's menu commands.
F10 Shift+F10: Display a context menu. This works just like right-clicking.
Ctrl+F10: Maximize document window.
Alt+Shift+F10: Display a menu or window for an available selection.

F11: Jump to the next field in your document.

Shift+F11: Jump to the previous field in your document.
F11 Ctrl+F11: Lock a field so it cannot be edited.
Ctrl+Shift+F11: Unlock a field.
Alt+Shift+F11: Start the Microsoft Script Editor.

F12: Open the Save As window.

Shift+F12: Save your document.
F12
Ctrl+F12: Open the Open window.
Ctrl+Shift+F12: Open the Print window.