
Ctrl+Shift+D: Apply double underline formatting.Ctrl+Shift+W: Apply underline formatting to words, but not the spaces between words.You can use the shortcuts to apply formatting to selected text or to whatever you type next if no text is selected. Word also has loads of keyboard combos for applying character formatting (and paragraph formatting, but that’s covered in the next section. Alt+Shift+R: Copy the header or footer used in the previous section of the document.Ctrl+Shift+F3: Paste the Spike contents.

When you paste the Spikes contents, Word pastes everything you cut, but places each item on its own line. You can keep cutting text to the Spike and Word remembers it all. The Spike is an interesting variant on the regular clipboard.

While in this mode, you can use the arrow keys to extend your selection. Shift+Page Down/Page Up: Extend selection down or up one screen.Ctrl+Shift+Home/End: Extend selection to the beginning or end of the document.Shift+Home: Extend selection to the beginning of the line.Shift+End: Extend selection to the end of the line.Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down Arrow: Extend selection to the beginning or end of the paragraph.Shift+Up/Down Arrow: Extend selection up or down one line.Ctrl+Shift+Left/Right Arrow: Extend your current selection by one word to the left or right.Shift+Left/Right Arrow: Extend your current selection by one character to the left or right.Using the Shift key to modify a lot of those key combos lets you select text in different ways. You may have noticed from the previous section that the arrow keys are used for moving your insertion point around, and the Ctrl key is used to modify that movement. If you just opened a document, Shift+F5 moves you to the last point you were editing before closing the document. Shift+F5: Cycle through the last three locations where the insertion point was placed.F5: Open the Find dialog box with the “Go To” tab selected, so you can quickly move to a specific page, section, bookmark, and so on.Alt+Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down: Move to the top or bottom of the current window.Ctrl+Page Up/Page Down: Move to the previous or next browse object (after performing a search).Page Up/Page Down: Move up or down one screen.Ctrl+Home: Move to the beginning of the document.Home: Move to the beginning of the current line.Ctrl+End: Move to the end of the document.End: Move to the end of the current line.Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow: Move up or down one paragraph.Up/Down Arrow: Move up or down one line.Ctrl+Left/Right Arrow: Move one word to the left or right.Left/Right Arrow: Move the insertion point (cursor) one character to the left or right.This can save time if you have a long document and don’t want to scroll through the entire thing, or simply want to easily move between words or sentences. You can use keyboard shortcuts to easily navigate throughout your document.

If you have a word selected, Shift+F7 looks up that word in the thesaurus.
