Useful Word shortcuts for working on IEC documents*

General Key(s) General Key(s) Styles from the IEC template Key(s)
— em dash Ctrl + Alt + Num- Paragraph Alt + A
Open file Ctrl + O
or: Alt + 0151
Close file Ctrl + W Heading 1 / 2 / ... Alt + F1 / F2 / ...
– en dash Ctrl + Num-
Open Print dialog Ctrl + P or: Alt + 0150 List number / List number 2 / ... Alt + 1 / 2 / ...

Cut text Ctrl + X em space (long space after a note) Ctrl + M List number alt / List number alt 2 Ctrl + 1 / 2

Copy text Ctrl + C ° non-breaking space Ctrl + Shift + Space List Bullet / 2 / 3 Ctrl + F1 / F2 / F3

Paste text Ctrl + V ­ non-breaking hyphen Alt + 0173 Heading(nonumber) Alt + H

manual line break (soft return) Shift + Return Annex-title Ctrl + Alt + 0
Copy formatting Ctrl + Shift + C
if the text spreads out too much: Annex Heading 1 / 2 / ... Ctrl + Alt + 1 / 2 / ...
Paste formatting Ctrl + Shift + V
add a tab at the end of the line
Emphasis Alt + I
Change case of words Shift + F3 manual page break Ctrl + Return
Strong Alt + B
(sequence: capital first letter; all capitals; all © Copyright symbol Ctrl + Alt + C
lower case) Intense Emphasis Alt + M
® Registered trademark symbol Ctrl + Alt + R
Go to end of line End Small caps Alt + C
™ Trademark symbol Ctrl + Alt + T
Go to beginning of line Home Figure title Alt + G
Update fields F9 Table title Alt + L
Go to end of document Ctrl + End
Toggle field codes Shift + F9 Table-centered Alt + Z
Go to beginning of document Ctrl + Home
Open Styles pane Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S Table-cell Alt + K
Go to next field F11
Open Apply Styles window Ctrl + Shift + S
Go to previous field Shift + F11 Note Alt + N
Remove character style
Go to next cell (in table) Tab Ctrl + Space Example Alt + E
Remove direct formatting (bold, italics, ...)
Go to previous cell (in table) Shift + Tab Term Alt + T

Insert tab in table cell Ctrl + Tab Term definition Alt + D

Term number Alt + R
Split document Ctrl + Alt + S
Term source Alt + S
after opening document:
Go to place of last change Shift + F5 SUBscript Alt + U
SUPERscript Alt + O
Save file Ctrl + S
Variable Alt + V
Select all Ctrl + A
Undo Ctrl + Z
Redo Ctrl + Y
Repeat previous action F4
Find Ctrl + F
Open Replace dialog box Ctrl + H
Open Go to dialog box Ctrl + G
Open Font dialog box Ctrl + Shift + F

© IEC 2013 * General shortcuts are valid for English Word installations; other languages use different letters in some places. The shortcuts from the IEC template are valid in all language versions of Word.