Shortcuts for creating visually organized documents with clear structure using heading, alignment, and indent settings

Ctrl+Alt+1 → Ctrl+Alt+2 → Ctrl+Alt+3 → Ctrl+Alt+4 → Ctrl+Alt+5 → Ctrl+Alt+6

Apply heading styles (1–6)

Applies heading styles 1 through 6.

💡 Hint: Heading

🎯 Useful for clarifying heading hierarchy to organize document structure and significantly improve readability

Ctrl+]

Increase paragraph indent

Increases the paragraph indent.

💡 Hint: ] indent

🎯 Useful for indenting list items or quotes to visually represent document hierarchical structure

Ctrl+[

Decrease paragraph indent

Decreases the paragraph indent.

💡 Hint: [ outdent

🎯 Useful for adjusting excessive indentation to optimize document layout balance

Ctrl+Shift+L

Align left

Aligns text to the left.

💡 Hint: Left

🎯 Useful for left-aligning body text to create standard, readable document layouts

Ctrl+Shift+E

Align center

Aligns text to the center.

💡 Hint: Center

🎯 Useful for center-aligning titles or important information to enhance document visual balance and attention

Ctrl+Shift+R

Align right

Aligns text to the right.

💡 Hint: Right

🎯 Useful for right-aligning dates or signatures to achieve proper formatting for official documents or letters

Ctrl+Shift+J

Justify

Justifies text.

💡 Hint: Justify

🎯 Useful for justifying newspaper articles or reports to create professional document appearance

Ctrl+Alt+0

Apply normal text style

Applies the normal text style.

💡 Hint: 0 normal

🎯 Useful for resetting complex formatting to standard style to maintain document consistency while continuing editing

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