Do you find the keyboard shortcuts for copy and paste useful? Have you ever gotten frustrated trying to force Word to keep an initial apostrophe rather than an opening single quotation mark? Here are some timesaving keystrokes worth memorizing.

	
			The Basics
			 
			Undo last action
			Ctrl+Z
			⌘+Z
		
			Redo the last action
			Ctrl+Y
			⌘+Y
		
			Open find box
			Ctrl+F
			Ctrl+F
		
			Save the open document
			Ctrl+S
			⌘+S
		
			Special characters
			 
			En dash
			Ctrl+Minus Sign

			(on numeric keypad)
			Option+Hyphen
		
			Em dash
			Alt+Ctrl+Minus Sign

			(on numeric keypad)
			Shift+Option+Hyphen
		
			Insert a character with an accent (acute) mark
			Ctrl+'+Letter
			Option+E+Letter
		
			Nonbreaking hyphen
			Ctrl+Shift+Hyphen
			⌘+Shift+Hyphen
		
			Nonbreaking space
			Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar
			Option+Spacebar
		
			Copyright symbol
			Alt+Ctrl+C
			Option+G
		
			Registered trademark symbol
			Alt+Ctrl+R
			Option+R
		
			Trademark symbol
			Alt+Ctrl+T
			Option+2
		
			Single curly quotes
			Alt+0145 and Alt+0146
			Option+] and Option+Shift +]
		
			Double curly quotes
			Alt+0147 and Alt+0148
			Option+[ and Option+Shift +[
		
			Text formatting
			 
			Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word
			Shift+F3
			Shift+F3
		
			View or hide non printing characters
			Ctrl+Shift+*
			⌘+8
		
			Quickly create a bullet point
			Ctrl+Shift+L
			⌘+Shift+L
		
			Single-space lines
			Ctrl+1
			⌘+1
		
			Double-space lines
			Ctrl+2
			⌘+2
		
			1.5-line spacing
			Ctrl+5
			⌘+5
		
			Select all contents of the page
			Ctrl+A
			⌘+A
		
			Bold highlighted selection
			Ctrl+B
			⌘+B
		
			Italic highlighted selection
			Ctrl+I
			⌘+I
		
			Underline the selected text
			Ctrl+U
			⌘+U
		
			Aligns text to the center of the screen
			Ctrl+E
			⌘+E
		
			Aligns text to justify the screen
			Ctrl+J
			⌘+J
		
			Aligns text to the left of the screen
			Ctrl+L
			⌘+L
		
			Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen
			Ctrl+R
			⌘+R
		
			Indent the paragraph
			Ctrl+M
			Ctrl+Shift+M
		
			Insert a hyperlink
			Ctrl+K
			⌘+K
		
			Small caps
			Ctrl+Shift+K
			⌘+Shift+K
		
			References and Review
			 
			Insert a comment
			Alt+R, C
			⌘+Option+A
		
			Insert a footnote
			Alt+Ctrl+F
			⌘+Option+F
		
			Insert an endnote
			Alt+Ctrl+D
			⌘+Option+E