Mac Keyboard Shortcut To Center Text For Word

157 time-saving Hotkeys for Word 2016. Extensive, exportable, wiki-style reference lists for Keyboard Shortcuts/Hotkeys. A wiki-style reference database for keyboard shortcuts. Mac Keyboard Shortcuts By pressing a combination of keys, you can do things that normally need a mouse, trackpad, or other input device. To use a keyboard shortcut, hold down one or more modifier keys while pressing the. Is there a keyboard shortcut to activate the dropdown that appears when you paste text in Word 2011 for Mac? (Equivalent to Alt + Shift + F10 in Word 2007 on Windows, or Ctrl in Word 2010 on Windows.).

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2. 66 Keyboard Shortcuts for Office

When you make the move from a Windows PC to a Mac, you have to sacrifice some programs. But you may be surprised to learn that the one program you don't have to give up is Microsoft Office. Provided you have bought a valid Microsoft Office license for Mac, then you can install the specially adapted Office for Mac, and continue having full Word, Excel, and Powerpoint capability on your computer.

Like a lot of other programs, Office has its own set of keyboard shortcuts to help you do many actions quicker and without having to use the mouse. These can range from undoing the last action to checking the spelling in an Excel document.

Microsoft has listed all of the shortcuts online, but we are talking about a LOT of shortcuts to remember. Nobody's brain is THAT good! So to save you a considerable amount of time and brain power, here are some of the more useful ones you should be remembering if you are going to be using Office for Mac on a regular basis.

If you are using any of the shortcuts as provided by the F1-F11 keys, you must hold down the Function key while pressing the following. The function key is at the very bottom, first from the left. The key says 'fn'. Impossible to miss. 'Option' is second left from the bottom, and 'Command' is third left from the bottom.

Let us begin with the trusty Word.

Setting Line Spacing - Main Ones To Remember

  • Single-spaced lines - COMMAND + 1
  • Double-spaced lines - COMMAND + 2
  • 1.5-line spacing - COMMAND + 5
  • Undo the last action

  • Cut text or graphics

  • Copy text or graphics

  • Paste the Clipboard contents

  • Close the window

  • Go to the next window

  • Go to the previous window

  • Edit a bookmark

  • Run a macro

  • Open the Dictionary



1.Undo the last action

Undo the last action (a lifesaver!) - F1 (don’t forget the “fn” key first)

Selecting Text & Graphics - Main Ones To Remember
  • 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 line

  • To the beginning of a line

  • One line down

  • One line up

  • To the end of a paragraph

  • To the beginning

  • To the beginning

  • To the end of a document

  • To select the entire document



1. One character to the right

One character to the right - SHIFT + RIGHT ARROW

  • One character to the left

  • One character to the right

  • One word to the left

  • One word to the right

  • One paragraph up

  • One paragraph down

  • Up one line

  • Down one line

  • To the end of a line

  • To the beginning of a line



1. One character to the left

One character to the left - LEFT ARROW

  • Copy text or graphics

  • Move text or graphics

  • Paste the Clipboard contents

  • Paste and match the formatting

  • Delete one word to the left

  • Delete one word to the right

  • Cut selected text

  • Undo the last action



1. Copy text or graphics

Copy text or graphics - COMMAND + C or F3

  • Change the font

  • Increase the font size

  • Decrease the font size

  • Increase the font size

  • Decrease the font size

  • Change the case of letters

  • Format in all capital letters

  • Apply bold formatting

  • Apply an underline

  • Underline words but not spaces

  • Double-underline text

  • Apply italic formatting



Keyboard Shortcut For Center

1. Change the font

Change the font - COMMAND + SHIFT + F

Aligning and formatting paragraphs - Main Ones To Remember
  • Center a paragraph

  • Left align a paragraph

  • Right align a paragraph

  • Indent a paragraph

  • Remove a paragraph indent



1. Center a paragraph

Center a paragraph - COMMAND + E

  • Print a document

  • Insert a comment

  • Merge a document

  • Insert a footnote

  • Insert an endnote

Keyboard Shortcut To Center Window



1. Print a document

Print a document - COMMAND + P

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iWork provides the keyboard shortcut Cmd-Option-Shift-V to paste text without it's original formatting. How can I get this or a similar shortcut key for Microsoft Word 2008 for Mac?

ericg

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I found the answer in this blog post

Create the AppleScript:

Save in /Users/YourUserName/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Word Script Menu Items as Paste unformattedmosV.scpt (the backslashed bit at the end of the filename provides the shortcut). Restart Word and you can now paste without importing extraneous styles with Apple-Alt-Shift-V.

ericgericg
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There's a 'PasteDestinatationFormatting' command.

Go to Tools > Customize Keyboard, then select 'All Commands' in the left pane.

In Word 2011, the default keys are command-option-shift-v.

user4272

Answer to the same problem but for Microsoft Word 2011: how to assign pasting as unformatted text to Cmd+V.

DaeDae

I don't know about Word 2008 but for Word for Mac v16.16.7 (whatever edition that is), I was able to use a version of the Tools > Customize Keyboard solution. Once there, select Edit on the left and PasteTextOnly on the right. Then, add whatever keyboard shortcut you want, e.g., command+V. I have not extensively road tested this but it seems to work.

jbjojbjo

This blog post describes a method by redefining Cmd-V to a custom macro:

  • Unbind Cmd-V from standard “Paste”.
  • Record a macro for Cmd-V.
  • Fix the source code of the new macro (by replacing wdPasteDefault with wdFormatPlainText).

If you want to keep standard 'Paste' functionality it might be better to use another key combination though.

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If you assign a short cut key to 'Paste Special...' it's just another quick DOWN and RETURN to paste without formatting.

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