---
title: "Nice MS Word shortcut"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/3/nice-ms-word-shortcut.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/7/3/nice-ms-word-shortcut.html"
published: "2003-07-03T12:05:00"
updated: "2003-07-03T12:05:00"
tags: ["Tips & Tricks"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Say you have a document with multiple lines(duh!). Go to the middle of the document and select a couple of lines that have text above them or below them.. Press LEFT SHIFT+LEFT ALT + Up Or Down arrow several times..."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Nice MS Word shortcut

By Roy Osherove July 3, 2003 In [Tips & Tricks](https://osherove.com/blog/category/tips-tricks)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 3, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Say you have a document with multiple lines(duh!).

Go to the middle of the document and select a couple of lines that have text above them or below them..

Press LEFT SHIFT+LEFT ALT + Up Or Down arrow several times...

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