F1 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Display the online Help for Word 2016. You can search for help, browse categories, and be otherwise baffled by the information displayed. |
| Shift | Display (or hide) the Reveal Formatting pane. |
| Ctrl | Show or hide the Ribbon. |
| Alt | Go to the next field. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Maximize the document window to fill the screen and hide the Ribbon. |
| Shift+Alt | Go to the previous field in the document. |
| Ctrl+Alt | Display the System Information window. |
F2 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Move To command. Select text and press F2. Click to position the insertion pointer, and then press the Enter key to cut and paste the selected block. |
| Shift | Copy To command. Select text and press Shift+F2. Move the insertion pointer and press Enter to copy the selected text. |
| Ctrl | Summon the Print Preview screen; the same as pressing Ctrl+P. |
| Shift+Alt | Save command; same as Ctrl+S. |
| Ctrl+Alt | Summon the Open dialog box. |
F3 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Insert building block. Type the first part of the building block text, and then press F3. |
| Shift | Change Case command. Press Shift+F3 to cycle between lowercase, uppercase, and Sentence Case formats. |
| Ctrl | Cut selected text and store it in the Spike. The Spike can contain a collection of cut items, similar to the Clipboard; however, spiked items are not stored in the Clipboard. |
| Alt | Create a new Building Block entry. After you press Alt+F3, the Create New Building Block dialog box appears. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Paste the contents of the spike. All spiked items (cut with Ctrl+F3) are inserted into the document. This is not the same command as Ctrl+V. |
F4 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Repeat command; the same as Ctrl+Y or Redo. |
| Shift | Repeat last browse object, such as Repeat Last Find or repeat the last Go To command, such as Go to Page. |
| Ctrl | Close the window; the same as the Ctrl+W command. |
| Alt | Quit the program. The Alt+F4 keyboard shortcut is the standard Windows command to close any window or program. |
| Shift+Alt | Close the window; the same as Ctrl+W and Ctrl+F4. |
F5 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Summon the Go To dialog box, or the Find and Replace dialog box with the Go To tab forward. |
| Shift | Move the insertion pointer to the last edit in the document. This command can be repeated four times to cycle through various locations. |
| Ctrl | Restore document window. |
| Alt | Restore program window. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Display the Bookmark dialog box. |
F6 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Cycle to the next open frame or pane. |
| Shift | Cycle to the previous open frame or pane. |
| Ctrl | Cycle to the next document window. |
| Alt | Cycle to the next document window; the same as Ctrl+F6. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Cycle to the previous document window. |
| Shift+Alt | Cycle to the previous document window; the same as Shift+Ctrl+F6. |
F7 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Proof the document. |
| Shift | Open the Thesaurus pane for the current word. |
| Alt | Move the insertion pointer to the next misspelled word. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Update Source command. This command applies to the IncludeText field and directs Word to update the contents based on the source document. |
| Shift+Alt | Open the Translation pane for the current word. |
| Ctrl+Alt | Summon the Korean-language spell checker. (A bug?) |
F8 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Activate extended selection mode. Use the cursor keys to extend the selection; type a character to extend the selection; press F8 again to select a larger document chunk. |
| Shift | Shrink the extended selection. Press Shift+F8 to undo the last F8 key press. |
| Ctrl | Change the window's size (though it doesn't work in Word 2016). |
| Alt | Display the Macros dialog box. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Enter block selection mode. In this mode, you select a rectangular chunk of text. Use the cursor keys or mouse to highlight a rectangle of text in the document. You can work with the block selection just as you can with any chunk of selected text. |
F9 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Update the current field: Click in a field and press the F9 key. The Ctrl+Shift+U key does the same thing. |
| Ctrl | Insert an empty field, a pair of curly brackets with nothing between them. |
| Alt | Toggle field codes for all fields in the document. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Convert the current field into plain text. |
| Shift+Alt | Simulate a user clicking on a field for programming macros. |
F10 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Display Ribbon accelerator-key shortcuts. |
| Shift | Nonfunctioning shortcut menu command. |
| Ctrl | Maximize the document window. |
| Alt | Show or hide the Selection pane. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Assigned to the WW2_RulerMode command, which no one knows anything about. |
| Shift+Alt | Displays the smart tag menu. |
F11 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Go to the next field in the document. |
| Shift | Go to the previous field in the document. |
| Ctrl | Lock the field. |
| Alt | Display the Visual Basic Editor. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Unlock the field. |
F12 key shortcuts
| Unmodified | Summon the Save As dialog box. This command works whether or not the document has been saved. |
| Shift | Summon the Save As screen if the document hasn't already been saved. |
| Ctrl | Summon the Open dialog box. |
| Shift+Ctrl | Summon the Print screen; the same as Ctrl+P. |
| Shift+Alt | Activate the button on a selected content control. |