Five best shortcut keys in Microsoft Word. Number one. Press CTRL together with delete and this removes the word to the right of the cursor. Press CTRL together with backspace and this removes the word to the left of the cursor. Number two. Highlight some formatted text and press CTRL + Shift + C. This copies the formatting. Then select another word and press CTRL + Shift + V and that pastes the formatting. With a word selected, press CTRL + spacebar to remove the formatting altogether. Number three. Select a word and then press Shift + F7. This opens up the thesaurus and you can sound more smarter. Number four. Press Alt + Shift + Up Arrow or Down Arrow to move a paragraph up or down. This also works with lists. Number five. Press CTRL + Alt + Spacebar and you can have word read to you. I love cookies. Hey I do too.