WordPad keyboard shortcuts - Windows 11 Microsoft

Modified on Mon, 20 Nov 2023 at 12:34 AM

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F3

Search for the next instance of the text in the Find dialog box

F12

Save the document as a new file

Ctrl + 1

Set single line spacing

Ctrl + 2

Set double line spacing

Ctrl + 5

Set line spacing to 1.5

Ctrl + A

Select all

Ctrl + B

Make selected text bold

Ctrl + C

Copy a selection to the Clipboard

Ctrl + D

Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing

Ctrl + E

Align text center

Ctrl + F

Search for text in a document

Ctrl + H

Replace text in a document

Ctrl + I

Italicize selected text

Ctrl + J

Justify text

Ctrl + L

Align text left

Ctrl + N

Create a new document

Ctrl + O

Open an existing document

Ctrl + P

Print a document

Ctrl + R

Align text right

Ctrl + S

Save changes to a document

Ctrl + U

Underline selected text

Ctrl + V

Paste a selection from the Clipboard

Ctrl + X

Cut a selection

Ctrl + Y

Redo a change

Ctrl + Z

Undo a change

Ctrl + equal (=)

Make selected text subscript

Ctrl + Shift + equal (=)

Make selected text superscript

Ctrl + Shift + greater than (>)

Increase the font size

Ctrl + Shift + less than (<)

Decrease the font size

Ctrl + Shift + A

Change characters to all capitals

Ctrl + Shift + L

Change the bullet style

Ctrl + Left arrow

Move the cursor one word to the left

Ctrl + Right arrow

Move the cursor one word to the right

Ctrl + Up arrow

Move the cursor to the previous line

Ctrl + Down arrow

Move the cursor to the next line

Ctrl + Home

Move to the beginning of the document

Ctrl + End

Move to the end of the document

Ctrl + Page Up

Move up one page

Ctrl + Page Down

Move down one page

Ctrl + Delete

Delete the next word

Alt + F4

Close WordPad

Shift + F10

Show the context menu

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