Use keyboard shortcuts with an external keyboard in Word for iOS

Word for iPhone supports many of your favorite Word-specific keyboard shortcuts.

Editing and formatting a 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	+ U
Insert a line break	SHIFT + RETURN

Navigating a document

To	Press
Select text	SHIFT + LEFT/RIGHT ARROW or SHIFT + UP/DOWN ARROW
Find text	+ F
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 the beginning of the document	+ UP ARROW
Move cursor to the 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 the 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