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Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a word processing application by Microsoft for creating, editing, and formatting documents.

Navigate the document

Find text
Ctrl +
F
Move the cursor up by one paragraph
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Move the cursor down by one paragraph
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Move the cursor left by one word
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Move the cursor right by one word
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Move the cursor to the beginning of the current line
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Move the cursor to the end of the current line
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Select text
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Select the paragraph above
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Select the paragraph below
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Select the word to the left
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Select the word to the right
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Select from the current position to the beginning of the line
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Select from the current position to the end of the line
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Select all document content
Ctrl +
A

Edit and format the document

Undo the previous action
Ctrl +
Z
Redo the previous action, if possible
Ctrl +
Y
Cut the selected content to the clipboard
Ctrl +
X
Copy the selected content to the clipboard
Ctrl +
C
Paste the content from the clipboard
Ctrl +
V
Apply bold formatting to the selected text
Ctrl +
B
Apply italic formatting to the selected text
Ctrl +
I
Underline the selected text
Ctrl +
U
Insert a line break
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