Working with Keyboard Shortcuts for iPad MS-Word

Apple’s iPad finally gets a share of Microsoft Office
programs including Word, which officially rolled out March of this year.


The arrival of Office for iPad then has offered users an
option to replace their laptops with a tablet for document processing. And so some
users did go for a tablet replacement, but later on realized the need for
external keyboards to do lots of typing in Office easier.


To increase the iPad’s productivity, Bluetooth keyboards
for iPad come to play.


Emphasized in this content are essential keyboard
shortcuts for iPad users of external keyboards, to become more productive in
using Word for iPad.

iPad Word Editing and
Formatting Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Key Functions –
Shortcut Key Combinations


Cut                             
Command + X

Copy                          
Command + C

Paste                          
Command + V

Select/Highlight All     
Command + A

Undo action                
Command + Z

Redo action                
Command + Y

Bold text                     
Command + B

Italicize text                
Command + I

Underline text             
Command + U


Cursor Navigation
Shortcut Keys


Shortcut Key Functions                               – Shortcut Key
Combinations


Move cursor to the beginning of current line – Command + Left Arrow

Move cursor to the end of current line           – Command + Right Arrow

Move cursor to the start of a document         – Command + Arrow Up

Move cursor to the end of a document          – Command + Arrow Down

Move cursor to the right by one word             – Option + Arrow Right

Move cursor to the left by one word               – Option + Arrow Left

Move cursor up by one paragraph                 – Option + Arrow Up

Move cursor down by one paragraph            – Option + Arrow Down

Select text from right, left, up and down        – Shift + Arrows (up, down, left, right)

Select word to the left                                    
Shift + Option + Arrow Left

Select word to the right                                  
Shift + Option + Arrow Right

Select paragraph above                                
Shift + Option + Arrow Up

Select paragraph below                                 
Shift + Option + Arrow Down

Select from current position to end of line      – Shift + Command + Arrow Right

Select from current position to the
beginning of line  – Shift + Command +
Arrow Left

Select from current position to the beginning of a
document  – Shift+Command+Arrow
Left
Select from current position to the end of document    – Shift+Command+Arrow
Down

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