Most people know about the usual shortcuts like Ctrl-B, Ctrl-I, Ctrl-U, for bolding, italicizing, and underlining text respectively, or Ctrl-C to copy and Ctrl-V to paste. Here are some other lesser-known keyboard shortcuts that may come in handy:
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Notes
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Shift + F3
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Toggles through capitalization options.
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Ctrl + Shift + N
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Applies the Normal style.
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Ctrl + Shift + C
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Copies the formatting of selected text.
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Alt + F9
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Toggles the display of field codes on and off.
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F4
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Repeats your most recent action.
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Ctrl + H
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Opens the Find And Replace dialog box with the Replace tab selected.
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Ctrl + drag text or an object
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Creates a copy of the text or object.
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Ctrl + Q
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Removes paragraph formatting that isn't part of the style assigned to a selected paragraph.
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Ctrl + 0 (zero)
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Applies or removes 12 points of space above the current paragraph.
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Alt + drag the mouse vertically
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Make a vertical text selection.
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