BEGINNING WORD
CHEAT SHEET
Use the following hints to help when working with Word. Remember that you can hover
over buttons in each group to identify the name of the button.
Home tab>Paragraph group>Alignment buttons (Align text left, Center,
Align text (Horizontal)
Align text (Vertical)
Align text right, Justify)
Page Layout tab>Page Setup launcher>Layout tab in Page Setup dialog
box>Page section>Vertical Alignment arrow
Bold
Home tab>Font group>Bold button
Borders
Home tab>Paragraph group>Borders arrow
Bullets
Home tab>Paragraph group>Bullets button/arrow
Change case
Clear Formatting
Columns
Home tab>Font group>Change Case button
Home tab>Font group>Clear Formatting button
Page Layout tab>Page Setup group>Column button
Copy
Home tab>Clipboard group>Copy button
Cut
Home tab>Clipboard group>Cut button
Find and Replace
Home tab>Editing group>Replace button
Font Color
Home tab>Font group>Font Color button/arrow
Font size
Home tab>Font group>Font Size button/arrow
Font type
Home tab>Font group>Font button/arrow
Home tab>Paragraph group>Increase Indent/Decrease Indent buttons
Indent
Italics
Home tab>Font group>Italic button
Line spacing
Home tab>Paragraph group>Line and Paragraph Spacing button
Margins
Numbers
Orientation
Page Layout tab>Page Setup group>Margins button
Home tab>Paragraph group>Numbering button/arrow
Page Layout tab>Page Setup group>Orientation button
Design tab (Page Layout tab in Word 2010 and 2007)>Page Background
Page Border
group>Page Borders button
Page Break
Insert tab>Pages group>Page Break button
(or hold down Ctrl and
press Enter)
Insert tab>Header & Footer group>Page Number button (select the
Page Numbers
page number style from the gallery)
Paste
Quick Access toolbar
Save
Home tab>Clipboard group>Paste button
Upper right of screen>Customize Quick Access Toolbar arrow>Choose
options
File tab>Save or Save As
Shading
Home tab>Paragraph group>Shading button/arrow
Sort
Home tab>Paragraph group>Sort button
Review tab>Proofing group> Spelling & Grammar (Hint: Make sure you
Spell Check
are at the top of your document before you start so the entire
document will be checked.)
Tabs Dialog Box
Tabs from Ruler
Templates
Text effects
Text Selection
Underline
Word Count
Home tab>Paragraph launcher>Tabs button
View tab>Ruler checkbox>tab indicator to left of horizontal rule to
select tab>click on ruler to set
File tab>New>Choose from Gallery or click category in Suggested
Searches and choose from Gallery
Home tab>Font launcher>Effects section in dialog box
Word – Double click on word
Paragraph – Triple click in paragraph
Sentence – click in sentence, hold down Ctrl key, click in sentence again
Single line (margin to margin) – Move mouse to left margin, click to side
of line
Entire document – Ctrl + A key
Home tab>Font group>Underline button/arrow
Review tab>Proofing group>Word Count button