Whether you are technologically savvy or not you can still implement shortcuts when using software applications such as Microsoft Word. The shortcuts are easy to use and remember. For those people that tend to forget things, keeping a print out of the shortcuts is not a bad idea.

Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Word 2016

Task descriptionShortcut
Open an existing Word Document Ctrl + O
Create a new documentCtrl + N
Save a DocumentCtrl + S
Close a DocumentCtrl + W
Format in BoldCtrl + B
Format in ItalicCtrl + I
UnderlineCtrl + U
Align LeftCtrl + L
CenterCtrl + E
Align RightCtrl + R