Appendix G

Keyboard Commands in Microsoft Word

Dashes/spaces/hyphens/ellipsis

 

Em dash (—) = Shift-Option-hyphen
En dash (–) = Option-hyphen
Discretionary hyphen = Command-hyphen
Ellipsis = Option-semicolon

Quotes/apostrophes

  Open quote (“) = Option-[
Close quote (”) = Shift-Option-[
Open single quote/apostrophe (‘) = Option-]
Close single quote/apostrophe(’) = Shift-Option-]

Accent marks and special characters

 

Acute accent (é) = Option-e, then the letter to have the accent mark
Grave accent (è) = Option-`, then the letter to have the accent mark
Circumflex (ê) = Option-i, then the letter to have the accent mark
Tilde (ñ) = Option-n, then the letter to have the accent mark
Diaeresis (naïve) or umlaut (Lützeler) = Option-u, then the letter to have the accent mark
Cedilla (ç) = Option-c
Special German character (ß) = Option-s

Symbols

  Bullet = Option-8
Copyright symbol (©)= Option-g
Trademark symbol (™)= Option-2
Registered symbol (®)= Option-r
Section (§) = Option-6
Paragraph (¶) = Option-7
Dagger (†) = Option-t
Double dagger (‡) = Shift-Option-7

Type treatment

  All caps = Command-Shift-a
Small caps = Command-Shift-k
Change case = Shift-F3
Bold = Command-b
Italic = Command-i
Underline = Command-u
Subscript = Command-equal sign, then the number
Superscript = Command-Shift-equal sign, then the number

Paragraph structure

  Centered = Command-e
Flush left = Command-l
Flush right = Command-r
Justified = Command-j
Hanging indent = Command-t

Mathematical functions and symbols

 

Degree (°) = Shift-Option-8
Plus/minus (±) = Shift-Option-equal sign
Approximately equals () = Option-x
Division (÷) = Option-/
Less than or equal to () = Option-comma
Greater than or equal to () = Option-period

U.S. cent (¢) = Option-4
British pound (£)= Option-3
Japanese yen (¥) = Option-y

Document commands

 

Select all = Command-a

Line break = Shift-Return

Find = Command-f
Go to = Command-g

Copy = Command-c or F3
Cut = Command-x or F2
Paste = Command-v or F4

Print = Command-p