Keyboard shortcuts for right-to-left formatting - Word

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Keyboard shortcuts for right-to-left formatting

Applies to: Microsoft Office Word 2003

The feature or some of the options described in this Help topic are only available if support for right-to-left (right-to-left: Refers to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and the direction in which text is displayed. Arabic and Hebrew are right-to-left languages.) languages is enabled through Microsoft Office Language Settings.

Show Change character formatting

When you use Microsoft Word with right-to-left support, you can apply formatting by placing the insertion point or by selecting text in a run (run: A contiguous piece of text or string of characters sharing the same attributes. All characters in a run have the same directional properties.) and using shortcut keys.

To do this	Press
Apply bold (current run only)	CTRL+SHIFT+B
Apply italic (current run only)	CTRL+SHIFT+I
Apply bold (all runs)	CTRL+B
Apply italic (all runs)	CTRL+I
Apply larger font size (all runs in selected text)	CTRL+]
Apply smaller font size (all runs in selected text)	CTRL+[
Apply larger font size (current run only)	CTRL+SHIFT+>
Apply smaller font size (current run only)	CTRL+SHIFT+<

Show Change paragraph direction

To do this	Press
Activate right-to-left paragraph direction (direction: Specifies the reading order, alignment, and/or visual appearance of right-to-left text and documents, regardless of the keyboard language. Direction also describes how the user interface, controls, and other screen objects are oriented.)	CTRL+RIGHT SHIFT
Activate left-to-right (left-to-right: Refers to keyboard settings, document views, user interface objects, and the direction in which text is displayed. English and most other European languages are left-to-right languages.) paragraph direction	CTRL+LEFT SHIFT