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Stop reaching for the mouse.
Format documents from the keyboard.
Press a real shortcut and watch the practice document change: headings, lists, links, page breaks, find and replace. Each program has its own answers, because Word, Google Docs and LibreOffice Writer don’t agree. The first lesson is free; 2 more are part of Pro.
- Microsoft Word
- Google Docs
- LibreOffice Writer
- Progress saved on your device
Bold, italic, underline, and clearing it
Character formatting changes how selected words look. Every program uses the same three letters for bold, italic and underline, but they disagree on how to wipe formatting off again.
1/4 Make the selected words bold. Press the Microsoft Word shortcut.
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Shortcuts checked against the official Microsoft Word list on 2026-11-08. Windows and Linux keys; on a Mac use ⌘ for Ctrl.
Why practise shortcuts?
Every trip to the ribbon costs a few seconds and breaks your train of thought. The shortcuts here come up every day, and the trap is that they differ between programs: centring is Ctrl+E in Word and Writer but Ctrl+Shift+E in Google Docs, and clearing formatting has three different answers.
Press another program’s shortcut and the drill tells you which program it belongs to. That’s the mistake people really make when they switch between a work laptop and a home one.
Headings matter most. A line made big and bold by hand looks like a heading, but only a real heading style feeds the navigation pane and an automatic table of contents. The headings lesson builds that habit.
Shortcut cheat sheet: Microsoft Word, Google Docs, LibreOffice Writer
Shortcuts from the free drill, side by side. A dash means the program has no default shortcut for it. Windows and Linux keys; on a Mac, use ⌘ for Ctrl. Checked on 2026-11-08 against Microsoft Word’s official list, Google Docs’s official list, LibreOffice Writer’s official list.
| Task | Microsoft Word | Google Docs | LibreOffice Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Make the selected words bold. | Ctrl+B | Ctrl+B | Ctrl+B |
| Now make them italic too. | Ctrl+I | Ctrl+I | Ctrl+I |
| Underline them. | Ctrl+U | Ctrl+U | Ctrl+U |
| Too much. Clear all the formatting from the selection in one go. | Ctrl+Space | Ctrl+\ | Ctrl+M |
| Strike through the selected words. | — | Alt+Shift+5 | — |
What you’ll learn
- Bold, italic, underline, and clearing it5 shortcutsFree
- Headings, alignment and lists6 shortcutsPro
- Links, page breaks, find and replace, undo6 shortcutsPro
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