Office v.X (MAC) (Word/Excel) Keyboard Shortcuts

SHORTCUT	ACTION
Keys for moving the insertion point
Press	To move
LEFT ARROW	One character to the left
RIGHT ARROW	One character to the right
CMND+LEFT ARROW	One word to the left
CMND+RIGHT ARROW	One word to the right
CMND+UP ARROW	One paragraph up
CMND+DOWN ARROW	One paragraph down
SHFT+TAB	One cell to the left (in a table)
TAB	One cell to the right (in a table)
UP ARROW	Up one line
DOWN ARROW	Down one line
END (The END key is not available on all keyboards.)	To the end of a line
HOME	To the beginning of a line
PAGE UP	Up one screen (scrolling)
PAGE DOWN	Down one screen (scrolling)
CMND+PAGE DOWN	To the top of the next page
CMND+PAGE UP	To the top of the previous page
CMND+END (The END key is not available on all keyboards.)	To the end of a document
CMND+HOME	To the beginning of a document
SHFT+F5	To a previous revision
SHFT+F5	To the location of the insertion point when the document was last closed
Keys for selecting text and graphics (after pressing shift)
Note	Select text by holding down SHIFT and pressing the key that moves the insertion point.
SHFT+RIGHT ARROW	One character to the right
SHFT+LEFT ARROW	One character to the left
CMND+SHFT+RIGHT ARROW	To the end of a word
CMND+SHFT+LEFT ARROW	To the beginning of a word
SHFT+END (The END key is not available on all keyboards.)	To the end of a line
SHFT+HOME	To the beginning of a line
SHFT+DOWN ARROW	One line down
SHFT+UP ARROW	One line up
CMND+SHFT+DOWN ARROW	To the end of a paragraph
CMND+SHFT+UP ARROW	To the beginning of a paragraph
SHFT+PAGE DOWN	One screen down
SHFT+PAGE UP	One screen up
CMND+SHFT+HOME	To the beginning of a document
CMND+SHFT+END (The END key is not available on all keyboards.)	To the end of a document
OPTN+CMND+SHFT+PAGE DOWN	To the end of a window
CMND+A	To include the entire document
CMND+SHFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press CMND+PERIOD to cancel selection mode	To a vertical block of text
F8+arrow keys; press CMND+PERIOD to cancel selection mode	To a specific location in a document
Keys for extending a selection
F8	Turn extend mode on
F8, and then press LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW	Select the nearest character
F8 (press once to select a word, twice to select a sentence, and so forth)	Increase the size of a selection
SHFT+F8	Reduce the size of a selection
CMND+PERIOD	Turn extend mode off
Keys for selecting multiple items
Select the first item you want, hold down CMND, and then select any additional items you want.	Select multiple items that are not next to each other
Keys for moving and copying text and graphics
CMND+C or F3	Copy text or graphics
CMND+X or F2 (then move the insertion point and press CMND+V or F4)	Move text or graphics
OPTN+F3	Create AutoText
CMND+V or F4	Paste the Clipboard contents
CMND+SHFT+F3	Paste the Spike contents
Keys for finding, replacing, and browsing through text
CMND+F	Find text, formatting, and special items
CMND+OPTN+Y	Repeat find (after closing Find and Replace window)
CMND+G	Go to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location
CMND+OPTN+Z	Go back to a page, bookmark, footnote, table, comment, graphic, or other location
CMND+OPTN+HOME	Browse through a document
Keys for deleting text and graphics
DELETE	Delete one character to the left
CMND+DELETE	Delete one word to the left
DEL or CLEAR	Delete one character to the right
CMND+DEL	Delete one word to the right
CMND+X or F2	Cut selected text to the Clipboard
CMND+Z	Undo the last action
CMND+F3	Cut to the Spike, a special AutoText entry that stores multiple items that you've deleted
Keys for moving around in a table
TAB	Next cell in a row
SHFT+TAB	Previous cell in a row
CTRL+HOME	First cell in a row
CTRL+END (The END key is not available on all keyboards.)	Last cell in a row
CTRL+PAGE UP	First cell in a column
CTRL+PAGE DOWN	Last cell in a column
UP ARROW	Previous row
DOWN ARROW	Next row
Keys for selecting text and graphics in a table
TAB	Select the next cell's contents
SHFT+TAB	Select the preceding cell's contents
Hold down SHFT and press an arrow key repeatedly	Extend a selection to adjacent cells
Click in the column's top or bottom cell. Hold down SHFT and press the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly	Select a column
CMND+SHFT+F8, and then use the arrow keys; press CMND+PERIOD to cancel selection mode	Extend a selection (or block)
SHFT+F8	Reduce the selection size
Select the first item you want, hold down CMND, and then select any additional items you want.	Select multiple cells, columns or rows that are not next to each other
Keys for inserting paragraphs and tab characters in a table
RETURN	New paragraphs in a cell
OPTN+TAB	Tab characters in a cell
Keys for inserting special characters
CMND+F9	A field
RETURN (after typing the first few characters of the AutoText entry name and when the ScreenTip appears)	An AutoText entry
SHFT+RETURN	A line break
SHFT+ENTER	A page break
CMND+SHFT+RETURN	A column break
OPTN+SPACEBAR	A nonbreaking hyphen
OPTN+G	The copyright symbol
OPTN+R	The registered trademark symbol
OPTN+2	The trademark symbol
OPTN+SEMICOLON	An ellipsis
Keys for undoing and redoing actions
CMND+PERIOD	Cancel an action
CMND+Z	Undo an action
CMND+Y	Redo or repeat an action