Six MicroSoft Shortcuts You Might Not Know

Microsoft Word: Practically everyone uses it. I've been using it for a
long time, I thought I knew everything about it. But I stumbled across
some super helpful shortcuts and time savers that make Microsoft Word
easier and faster to use. One caveat for these tips: different
versions of Word may have different commands, so some of these may not
work in your version.

Top Six Shortcuts:

1. Double Click And Drag:- When you want to move a section of text
from one place to another, you use "Control" + "X" to cut and
"Control" + "V" to paste. That's fine, it works. Instead of going
through that process, all you've o do is just to Highlight the Text or
Image you want to move, then simply drag what you've highlighted to
where you want it to be placed.

2. Double Underline:- You can affect a text by hitting "Control" + "B"
to bold the text or "Control" + "U" to underline the text. If one line
of underlining isn't emphatic enough, "Control" + "Shift" + "D" will
double underline it and make it look like a note (for Mac's, use
"Command" + "Shift" + "D"). If that doesn't make your point, you may
have to go to ALL CAPS, and I've got a shortcut for that too.

3. Change Case:- Instead of retyping a text to change from lower case
to UPPERCASE, just highlight the text you want to change, click the
case button, and choose which case you want.

4. Adding Buttons to Your Toolbar:- If you just tried using shortcut
#3, but the case button isn't on your toolbar, no worries; you can add
it (and almost any other command). Go to View -> Toolbars -> Customize
Toolbars -> Commands, then scroll to find the command you want — and
drag it to where on the toolbar you want it.

5. Adding Date:- How many times a day do you type the date? If you do
it even once, that's too much. Next time, hit "Alt" + "Shift" + "D"
(or "Control" + "Shift" + "D" on a Mac) to add the date automatically.

6. Quick Parts:- This next tip builds on what the Autotext function
did in older versions of Word. If you have a certain paragraph of text
you regularly need to add to a document — like a boilerplate
disclaimer, or maybe directions to your office — turn it into a Quick
Part.
Here's how:
a. Highlight the text you regularly use
b. Click the insert tab
c. Hit Quick Parts, and select "Save Selection To The Quick Part
Gallery" Now any time you want to insert that chunk of text into a
document, either a new one or an old one you're editing, just hit the
Quick Parts button. Just one more click will select which saved Quick
Part to insert. This trick will even work as a shortcut for adding a
logo or letterhead.