When you press ALT and release it, Key Tips are displayed. This are extremely
useful but may be the source of your confusion.
To use keyboard shortcuts that include ALT and a modifier (CTRL, SHIFT),
hold down ALT and press the modifier (don't release ALT before pressing the
modifier); then press any other key.
To use the Word 2003 menu key sequences, do the following:
Press ALT and the letter key simultaneously; then release them; a tip
appears near the top of the screen. Type the remaining letter or letters in
the Word 2003 menu key sequence. Selected key combinations follow:
ALT+E+ (PRESS ALT+E SIMULTANEOUSLY, RELEASE) – EDIT ON 2003 MENU
A ALT+E+A+C clears contents; ALT+E+A+F clears formatting
B Clipboard task pane (toggle)
C Copy
E Find and Replace dialog box (Replace tab)
F Find and Replace dialog box (Find tab)
G Find and Replace dialog box (Go To tab)
L Select All
P Paste
R Redo typing
S Paste Special dialog box
U Undo typing
ALT+V+ (PRESS ALT+V SIMULTANEOUSLY, RELEASE) – VIEW ON 2003 MENU
B Thumbnails task pane (toggle)
D Draft view
H Header and Footer contextual tab and Header pane
L Ruler(s)
O Outline view
P Print Layout view
R Full Screen Reading view
U Old Full Screen view
W Web Layout view
Z Zoom dialog box
ALT+I+ (PRESS ALT+I SIMULTANEOUSLY, RELEASE) – INSERT ON 2003 MENU
B Break dialog box
F Field dialog box
I Insert Hyperlink dialog box
K Bookmark dialog box
L Insert File dialog box
M Inserts comment and displays Review pane
N Display but nothing with fourth letter except +C displays Caption dialog
box; +D displays Index and Tables dialog box; +N displays Footnote and
Endnote dialog box; +R displays Cross Reference dialog box
O Object dialog box
P Display but nothing further with fourth letter except +C opens ClipArt
task pane; + F opens Insert Picture dialog box; etc.
S Symbol dialog box (Symbols tab)
T Date and Time dialog box
U Page Numbers dialog box
X Draw text box (click and drag)
ALT+O+ (PRESS ALT+O SIMULTANEOUSLY, RELEASE) – FORMAT ON 2003 MENU
A Old Autoformat dialog box
B Borders and Shading dialog box
C Columns dialog box
D Drop Cap dialog box
E Change Case dialog box
F Font dialog box (Font tab)
G-M Nothing but ALT+O+K+F displays Fill Effects dialog box; ALT+O+K +M
Colors dialog box; ALT+O+K+W Printed Watermark dialog box
N Old Bullets and Numbering dialog box (Bulleted tab)
P Paragraph dialog box (Indents and Spacing tab)
S Styles task pane (toggle)
T Tabs dialog box
V Reveal Formatting task pane
X With insertion point in a table, Text Direction – Table Cell dialog box;
with insertion point in text box, Text Direction – Text Box dialog box
ALT+T+ (PRESS ALT+T SIMULTANEOUSLY. RELEASE) – TOOLS ON 2003 MENU
A AutoCorrect dialog box (AutoCorrect tab)
I Templates and Add-Ins dialog box (Templates tab)
M ALT+T+M+M displays Macro dialog box and ALT+T+M+R displays Record Macro
dialog box; ALT+T+M+V displays Visual Basic Editor
O Word Options dialog box (Popular pane)
P Restrict Formatting and Editing task pane (not a toggle)
R Research task pane (not a toggle)
S Spelling and Grammar dialog box
T Track Changes (toggle) and select Review task pane
U Old Autosummarize dialog box
W Word count dialog box
ALT+A+ (PRESS ALT+A SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH INSERTION POINT IN A TABLE, RELEASE)
– TABLE ON 2003 MENU
C +C selects the entire column; +R selects the entire row; +T selects the
entire table
D +R deletes the row; +C deletes the column; +T deletes the entire table
I +A inserts row above; +B inserts row below; +L inserts column to the left;
+R inserts column to the right
O +O displays Formula dialog box
R +R displays the Table Properties dialog box (Table tab)
S Sort dialog box
T Splits the table above the row containing the insertion point
Note: With insertion point NOT in a table, ALT+A+I+T displays the Insert
Table dialog box
