To remedy this, assign a different keyboard shortcut to reset kerning and tracking. But on the Mac side, you may encounter a problem where this shortcut conflicts with the macOS shortcut for Quit and Keep Windows. There’s also a shortcut to reset all kerning and tracking in a selected range of text: Option+Command+Q (Mac) or Alt+Ctrl+Q (Windows). Want bigger increments? Add the Command/Ctrl key to increase or decrease spacing by 5x your increment values.Īpply auto leading: Option+Shift+Command+A (Mac) or Alt+Shift+Ctrl+A (Windows) Increase tracking: Option/Alt+Right Arrowĭecrease tracking: Option/Alt+Left Arrow Kerning Shortcuts (put your cursor between two characters)ĭecrease kerning: Option/Alt+Left Arrow Other shortcuts Increase baseline shift: Option/Alt+Shift+Up Arrow Tracking Shortcuts (select a range of text) For example, Word supports a huge number of shortcuts, so many in fact, Microsoft created this documentation page, containing lists of shortcuts grouped by functionality. Baseline Shift Shortcutsĭecrease baseline shift: Option/Alt+Shift+Down Arrow Increase font size by standard increments. More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today. To remove paragraph formatting (such as alignment or line spacing) from the selected text, press Ctrl + Q. This article describes the keyboard shortcuts and function keys in Word for Windows.
