One thing that slows people down while writing in any application is taking their hands off the keyboard and navigating around the screen with their mouse.Keyboard shortcuts help you save time by allowing you to never take your hands off the keyboard to use the mouse. There are lots of keyboard shortcuts designed to help you keep your hands on the keyboard and the words flowing.

If you learn these keyboard shortcuts, you will be able to focus more on writing and less on navigating with your mouse.With these keyboard shortcuts, you will be able to increase your writing efficiency substantially.

• Select one character at a time. – Shift+Left or Right Arrow
• Select one line at a time. – Shift+Up or Down Arrow Keys
• Select one word with each arrow press. – Shift+Ctrl+Left or Right Arrow
• Select current paragraph. – Shift+Ctrl+Up or Down Arrow
• Select text between the cursor and the end of the current line. – Shift+Home
• Select text between the cursor and the end of the current line. – Shift+End
• Select all text. – Ctrl+A

• Copy selected text. – Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert
• Cut selected text. – Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete
• Paste text at the cursor. – Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert
• Undo last action. – Ctrl+Z
• Redo last action. – Ctrl+Y

• Make text bold. – Ctrl+B
• Make text italicized. – Ctrl+I
• Underline selected text. – Ctrl+U

• Move to beginning of current line. – Home
• Move to end of current line. – End
• Move to top of text entry field. – Ctrl+Home
• Move to bottom of the text entry field. – Ctrl+End
• Move up one frame. – Page Up
• Move down one frame. – Page Down
• Move to beginning of paragraph. – Ctrl+Up Arrow
• Move to end of paragraph. – Ctrl+Down Arrow

• Move to start of previous word. – Ctrl+Left Arrow
• Move to start of next word. – Ctrl+Right Arrow
• Delete previous word. – Ctrl+Backspace
• Delete next word – Ctrl+Delete

Note:
For Mac users, most of these shortcuts will work if you just swap CTRL with Command (Cmd).