All keypresses are simultaneous unless a comma appears in which case what comes before the comma is done simultaneously, and then what comes after the comma is done simultaneously.
This list is far from complete. It was compiled mostly for my own
purposes, so if it seems a bit myopic, that's why.
MS Publisher and MS Word Keyboard Shortcuts
| key combo |
Publisher |
Word |
| - |
hyphen, OK for line break |
same |
| CTRL SHIFT - |
hyphen, not OK for line break |
same |
| CTRL - |
OK place to hyphenate and break word (optional
hyphen) |
same |
| CTRL SHIFT SPACE |
nonbreaking space |
same |
| CTRL SHIFT 0 |
no-width nonbreak (used to suppress automatic
hyphenation) |
|
| CTRL ENTER |
frame break |
page break |
| CTRL SHIFT ENTER |
column break |
section break |
| ENTER |
new paragraph |
same |
| SHIFT ENTER |
line break |
same |
Typing Characters Not on the Keyboard
| character |
Windows* |
MS Word |
HTML |
| en dash |
ALT 0 1 5 0 |
CTRL MINUS |
– |
| em dash |
ALT 0 1 5 1 |
ALT CTRL MINUS |
— |
| ellipsis |
ALT 0 1 3 3 |
ALT CTRL PERIOD |
… |
| open single quote |
ALT 0 1 4 5 |
CTRL `, ` |
‘ |
| close single quote |
ALT 0 1 4 6 |
CTRL ', ' |
’ |
| open double quote |
ALT 0 1 4 7 |
CTRL `, SHIFT ' |
“ |
| close double quote |
ALT 0 1 4 8 |
CTRL ', SHIFT ' |
” |
| bullet |
ALT 0 1 4 9 |
• |
|
| no-break space |
ALT 0 1 6 0 |
CTRL SHIFT SPACE |
Typing Spanish
| character |
Windows* |
Windows XP w/Int'l Keyboard Layout |
MS Word |
HTML |
| Small accented a |
ALT 0 2 2 5 |
RIGHTALT a or ', a |
CTRL ', a |
à |
| Small accented e |
ALT 0 2 3 3 |
RIGHTALT e or ', e |
CTRL ', e | è |
| Small accented i | ALT 0 2 3 7 |
RIGHTALT i or ', i |
CTRL ', i | ì |
| Small accented o | ALT 0 2 4 3 |
RIGHTALT o or ', o |
CTRL ', o | ò |
| Small accented u | ALT 0 2 5 0 |
RIGHTALT u or ', u |
CTRL ', u | ù |
| Small umlaut u |
ALT 0 2 5 2 |
or ", u |
CTRL SHIFT :, u |
ü |
| Small tilde n | ALT 0 2 4 1 |
RIGHTALT n or ~, n |
CTRL SHIFT ~, n |
ñ |
| Capital accented A |
ALT 0 1 9 3 |
SHIFT RIGHTALT a or ', A |
CTRL ', A | À |
| Capital accented E |
ALT 0 2 0 1 |
SHIFT RIGHTALT e or ', E |
CTRL ', E | È |
| Capital accented I |
ALT 0 2 0 5 |
SHIFT RIGHTALT i or ', I |
CTRL ', I | Ì |
| Capital accented O |
ALT 0 2 1 1 |
SHIFT RIGHTALT o or ' O |
CTRL ', O | Ò |
| Capital accented U |
ALT 0 2 1 8 |
SHIFT RIGHTALT u or ' U |
CTRL ', U | Ù |
| Capital umlaut U |
ALT 0 2 2 0 |
:, U |
CTRL SHIFT :, U | Ü |
| Capital tilde N |
ALT 0 2 0 9 |
SHIFT RIGHT ALT n or ~, N |
CTRL SHIFT ~, N | Ñ |
| Inverted question mark |
ALT 0 1 9 1 |
RIGHTALT / |
ALT CTRL SHIFT ? |
¿ |
| Inverted exclamation mark |
ALT 0 1 6 1 |
RIGHTALT 1 |
ALT CTRL SHIFT ! |
¡ |
| Left angle quote |
ALT 0 1 7 1 |
RIGHTALT [ |
« | |
| Right angle quote |
ALT 0 1 8 7 |
RIGHTALT ] |
» |
* These characters are entered by holding down ALT, typing the four digits using the numeric keypad on the right side of the keyboard, and then releasing ALT.