Use keyboard shortcuts with an external keyboard in Word for iPad

Using an external keyboard with your iPad allows you to take advantage of the keyboard shortcuts you're familiar with if you use Word on a Mac or Windows computer. For example, on your Windows computer, you paste text into an Office document by pressing CONTROL+V, but on the iPad, you press +V. The shortcuts listed in this article are the only ones that work in this version of Word.

Editing and formatting the document

To	Press
Undo the last action	+ Z
Repeat the last action	+ Y
Cut selected content	+ X
Copy selected content	+ C
Paste copied or cut content	+ V
Select all	+ A
Bold selected content	+ B
Italicize selected content	+ I
Underline selected content Insert a line break	+ U SHIFT + RETURN

Navigating the document

To	Press
Find text Select text	+ F SHIFT + LEFT/RIGHT ARROW or SHIFT + UP/DOWN ARROW
Move cursor up by one paragraph	OPTION + UP ARROW
Move cursor down by one paragraph	OPTION + DOWN ARROW
Move cursor right by one word	OPTION + RIGHT ARROW
Move cursor left by one word	OPTION + LEFT ARROW
Move cursor to beginning of the document	+ UP ARROW
Move cursor to end of the document	+ DOWN ARROW
Move cursor to the beginning of the current line	+ LEFT ARROW
Move cursor to the end of the current line	+ RIGHT ARROW
Select paragraph above	SHIFT + OPTION + UP ARROW
Select paragraph below	SHIFT + OPTION + DOWN ARROW
Select word to the left	SHIFT + OPTION + LEFT ARROW
Select word to the right	SHIFT + OPTION + RIGHT ARROW
Select from current position to beginning of the document	SHIFT + + UP ARROW
Select from current position to end of the document	SHIFT + + DOWN ARROW
Select from current position to beginning of the line	SHIFT + + LEFT ARROW
Select from current position to end of the line	SHIFT + + RIGHT ARROW