Windows Keyboard Shortcut of the Day

Ctrl+D: Font dialog box in Microsoft Word

Posted in Microsoft Word by estephen on August 30th, 2007

We’ve covered a lot of Ctrl+D shortcuts previously (fill down in Excel, duplicate slide in PowerPoint, bookmark in IE and Firefox), so it’s understandable if you get a little confused about what Ctrl+D does in each application.

But, if you spend a lot of time in Microsoft Word, you might want to memorize this one and practice it today: Ctrl+D brings up the Font dialog box in Word, where you can change the font face, the font size, the font color, and a few other special formatting options. (Don’t forget you can press Ctrl+Tab to change the tabs in the dialog box to change character spacing and special effects.)

If you have selected text, pressing Ctrl+D will apply the font changes to whatever’s selected. Otherwise, if nothing’s selected, it’ll affect what you type next.

2 Responses to 'Ctrl+D: Font dialog box in Microsoft Word'

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  1. keyxl said,

    on August 31st, 2007 at 12:33 am

    An excellent source for keyboard shortcuts is keyxl.com. They have a massive database of keyboard shortcuts covering literally hundreds of programs.

    http://www.keyxl.com

  2. Safe Computing Tips said,

    on August 31st, 2007 at 2:21 am

    Well Ctrl+D tip has changed my performance a lot better then before cos I used to copy and paste… thnx

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