Inserting Items

Word offers keyboard shortcuts for inserting various different items, ranging from AutoText entries to time fields, into your documents.

Shortcuts for Inserting Items

Insert an AutoText entry

[F3] , [Ctrl] - [Alt] - [V]

These shortcuts manually expand an AutoText entry into its replacement text. See Using AutoText, at the end of this chapter, for a discussion of what AutoText is, what you can do with it, and how to do it.

Insert a page break at the insertion point

[Ctrl] - [Enter]

Inserting a page break makes Word start a new page. This method of inserting a page break is much faster than the menu method, which involves choosing Insert Break, selecting the Page Break option button (the default) in the Break dialog box, and then clicking the OK button.

Insert a column break at the insertion point

[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [Enter]

Inserting a column break makes Word start a new column. You can also start a column break by choosing Insert Break, selecting the Column Break option button in the Break dialog box, and then clicking the OK button.

Insert a comment at the insertion point

[Ctrl] - [Alt] - [M]

In Normal view, Word displays the Revisions pane if it s not already displayed.

Insert an endnote at the insertion point

[Ctrl] - [Alt] - [D]

In Normal view, Word displays the Endnotes pane if it s not already displayed.

Insert a footnote at the insertion point

[Ctrl] - [Alt] - [F]

In Normal view, Word displays the Footnotes pane if it s not already displayed.