Using Microsoft Word shortcut keys in WordPerfect

The following table lists the Microsoft Word shortcut keys and the WordPerfect equivalents. You can customize your shortcut keys to reflect Microsoft Word or WordPerfect settings. For more information about customizing shortcut keys in WordPerfect, see “Choosing and creating shortcut keys.”

Microsoft Word shortcut key
WordPerfect command
WordPerfect shortcut key
Ctrl + E
Align center
Shift + F7
Ctrl + B
Bold, turn on/turn off
Ctrl + B
Ctrl + F4
Close document
Ctrl + F4
Ctrl + C
Copy the selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl + C
Alt + F4
Exit
Alt + F4
Ctrl + D
Font, change
F9
F7
Grammar, check and correct
Alt + Shift + F1
Ctrl + Enter
Hard page break
Ctrl + Enter
Enter
Hard return
Enter
F1
Help
F1
Ctrl + Hyphen
Hyphen, hard
Ctrl + Hyphen
Ctrl + Shift + Hyphen
Hyphen, soft
Ctrl + Shift + Hyphen
Ctrl + M
Indent current paragraph one tab stop
F7
Ctrl + I
Italic, turn on/turn off
Ctrl + I
Ctrl + V
Insert Clipboard contents at the cursor
Ctrl + V
Ctrl + G
Jump to a specified place in the document
Ctrl + G
Ctrl + E
Justify center
Ctrl + E
Ctrl + J
Justify full
Ctrl + J
Ctrl + L
Justify left
Ctrl + L
Ctrl + R
Justify right
Ctrl + R
Shift + Enter
Line break
Ctrl + Shift + L
Ctrl + T
Margin release (hanging indent)
Ctrl + F7
Ctrl + Home
Move the cursor to the beginning of the document
Ctrl + Home
Home
Move the cursor to the beginning of a line
Home
Page down
Move the cursor to the bottom of the screen
Page down
Up arrow
Move one cell up in a table
Alt + Up arrow
Down arrow
Move one cell down in a table
Alt + Down arrow
Right arrow or Tab
Move one cell right in a table
Alt + Right arrow or Tab
Left arrow or Tab
Move one cell left in a table
Alt + Left arro
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Right arrow
Move one column to the left
Alt + Right arrow
Left arrow
Move one column to the right
Alt + Left arrow
Ctrl + X
Move selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl + X
Ctrl + N
New document
Ctrl + Shift + N
Ctrl + Enter
New page
Ctrl + Enter
Ctrl + O
Open document
Ctrl + O
Ctrl + P
Print
Ctrl + P
Ctrl + Y
Reverse the last undo
Ctrl + Shift + Z
Ctrl + S
Save
Ctrl + S
F12
Save as
F3
Ctrl + Shift + F
Search (backward)
Ctrl + Shift + F
Ctrl + F
Search (forward)
Ctrl + F
F7
Spelling, check and correct
Ctrl + F1
Shift + F7
Open thesaurus
Alt + F1
Ctrl + U
Underline, turn on/turn off
Ctrl + U
Insert
Typeover
Insert
Ctrl + Z
Undo
Ctrl + Z

For a complete list of all WordPerfect shortcut keys, see “Using shortcut keys.”

Using Microsoft Word shortcut keys in WordPerfect