Keyboard shortcuts to use on a Macintosh computer You can avoid reaching for the mouse if you are familiar with keyboard shortcuts. If you forget one of these, use the mouse and go to the menu bar. In each pull down menu you will see keyboard commands given in the right side of the window. Commonly used keyboard combinations. There’s also a keyboard shortcut — select an item (you can even use the Up and Down arrows to navigate to it in Finder view) and then press Command-Y. Command – Comma (,) This is one of the. Keyboard shortcuts are a brilliant time-saver; it's much easier to tap two or three keys at once than to go hunting through nested menus. But shortcuts depend on knowledge and muscle memory. Some Word for Mac keyboard shortcuts conflict with default macOS keyboard shortcuts. This topic flags such shortcuts with an asterisk (. ). To use these shortcuts, you may have to change your Mac keyboard settings to change the shortcut for the key. Change system preferences for keyboard shortcuts. From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. To use a keyboard shortcut, press and hold one or more modifier keys and then press the last key of the shortcut. For example, to use Command-C (copy), press and hold the Command key, then the C key, then release both keys. Mac menus and keyboards often use symbols for certain keys, including modifier keys: Command (or Cmd) ⌘.

Keyboard shortcuts to use on a Macintosh computer

You can avoid reaching for the mouse if you are familiar with keyboard shortcuts.
If you forget one of these, use the mouse and go to the menu bar. In each pull down menu you will see keyboard commands given in the right side of the window.

Commonly used keyboard combinations

To use one of these combinations Hold the Command key down and strike the letter key

Hint: The command key is the one that people often call 'open apple' and is found on either side of the space bar.

Open a new word document quickly.	Cut- Removes the selection from the active document and places it on the clipboard.
Opens a previously saved document.	Copies the selection to the clipboard
Closes the active window but does not quit Word.	Paste - Inserts the contents of the clipboard at the insertion point (cursor) or whatever is selected.
Saves the active document with its current file name, location and format.	Roboform for mac review. Selects all text and graphics in the active window.
Prints the active file, also gives the opportunity to change print options	Find - Searches for specified text in the active document
Quit - Closes Microsoft Word.	Bold - Formats selected text; make text bold, or remove bold formatting
Undo the last action. This selection can be repeated several times.	Italic - Formats selected text; make text italic or remove italic
Redo - After an action has been undone, it can be reinstated in the document.	Underline - Formats selected text; make text underlined or remove underline

Less commonly used keyboard combinations

Increase selected text two points	Apply superscript formatting
Decrease selected text two points	Apply subscript formatting
Increase selected text one point	Copy formats
Decrease selected text one point	Paste formats
Change case of the letters	Single space lines
Underline words but not spaces	Set 1.5 line spacing
Double underline text	Double space lines
Center a paragraph	Delete one word to the left
Justify a paragraph	Delete one word to the right
Left align a paragraph	Cut
Right align a paragraph	Paste
Indent a paragraph from the left	Insert a line break
Create a hanging indent	Reduce a hanging indent
If text is already selected and you want to extend the selection area
Extend selection one character to the left	Extend selection one character to the right
Extend selection to the end of a word	Extend selection to the beginning of a word
If you want to move the cursor
One character to the right	One character to the left
One word to the right	One word to the left
To the end of a document	To the beginning of a document
This list is by no means complete. To find other keyboard combinations check the Word help index.

Assignment

Mac Keyboard Shortcuts For Microsoft Office

Leave your browser window open. Open Microsoft Word, if it is not already open.

1. Open a new Word document and type a line of text. If you wish to do so you could copy this line and paste it into the document.
2. Do not reach for your mouse
3. Move your cursor back into the middle of the line you just typed
4. Highlight more than one word (Hint: Extend to left or right to highlight more than the cursor width.)
5. Cut the highlighted text from the document
6. Open a new Word document
7. Paste the text you cut from the first document into the new document
8. Save the document
Each of the steps in the list above should have been accomplished without the use of your mouse. If you reached for the rodent, review the two tables above, go back to step 1 and try again. Good luck.

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