WordPerfect Basics

August 25, 1999

Print menu Shift-F7
Exit and save F7
Save file and continue editing F10
Retrieve file Shift F10
List files to retrieve. F5
Retrieve the last file edited Shift F10

Up Arrow

Block Ctrl-Shift-F4
Bold (block first) F6
Underline F8
Font Change: (style of letters and size of letters. Use the size attribute rather than changing font sizes wherever possible) Ctrl-F8,F
Size of text (Block first) Ctrl-F8,S
Italics Ctrl-F8,A,I
Delete Block Ctrl-Shift-F4 to block text then press delete
Cut and Paste Block delete then move cursor to new location and press F1
Resort last deletion F1
Cancel Function F1
Change default printer Shift-F7,S
Check on print Jobs Shift-F7,C
Express docs Ctrl-F9,4
Help on function keys. (Keyboard layout) F3 F3
Help, Can be used anywhere you are confused about options.

Try Ctrl-F8 F3

F3
Get me outta here! To escape from anything you did not want to get into. F1
Margins, Top and Bottom Shift-F8,P,M
Margins, Left and Right Shift-F8,L,M
Indent, this is one right here -> Compare the indent to the tab. It is quite different. This box was made using one indent and NO OTHER tabs. It is best to use the indent rather than the tab for such jobs F4
Indent Both Sides, This is an example of indenting both sides of the page for a temporary margin shift. Shift-F4
Hard Page/ Page Break. Do this rather than pressing return to make a new page. F11, ENTER
New Paragraph, Do not hit enter except at the end of a paragraph ENTER
Page Numbering Shift-F8,P,N
Tables Shift-F7,C or E
Spell correct Ctrl-F2
Insert date Shift-F5,T
Pull Down Menus ESC,=