Function Keys

F1

• Opens help menu when pressed with Windows button

• Hides/displays ribbon menu in Excel and Word when hit with Control button

F2

• Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens Document Library in Microsoft Office

• Allows you to edit the selected folder or file name in Windows Explorer

• Edits the active cell in Microsoft Excel

• Ctrl + F2 displays a print preview in Microsoft Word

F3

• Opens search feature in Windows Explorer

• Shift + F3 lets you change from lowercase to uppercase to all caps in Word

• Opens find feature in Firefox and Chrome

• Opens Mission Control on an Apple computer running macOS X

F4

• Alt + F4 closes window

• Places the cursor in the address bar in Explorer

F5

• Starts slideshow in PowerPoint

• Refreshes Internet browser pages

• Ctrl + F5 will completely refresh a web page, clearing the cache and downloads all content again

• Opens Find and Replace in Microsoft Office

F6

• Goes to the next page in a split screen in Microsoft Word

• Ctrl + Shift + F6 lets you easily switch between Word documents

F7

• Alt + F7 does a spelling and grammar check in Microsoft Word

• Shift + F7 open Thesaurus in Microsoft Word

F8

• In Excel, enables extend mode for arrow keys

• Enables safe mode in Windows

• Displays a thumbnail image for all workspaces in macOS

F9

• Refreshes document in Microsoft Word

• Sends and receives emails in Outlook

• Ctrl + F9 inserts empty fields into Word

• Displays a thumbnail for each window in a single workspace in macOS 10.3 or later

F10

• Opens menu bar

• Ctrl + F10 maximizes window in Word

• Shift + F10 does the same thing as a right-click

F11

• Exits and enter full-screen mode in browsers

• Shift + F11 adds a new spreadsheet in Excel

• Hides all open windows and shows the desktop in macOS 10.4 or later

F12

• Opens Save As in Word

• Shift + F12 saves Word document

• Ctrl + F12 opens Word document

• Ctrl + Shift + F12 prints Word document