

Power Users can learn these “Big 3” format removal keystroke shortcutsĬTRL-SPACE removes character-level formatting from the selected text (fonts, italics/bold, font size, etc.) but leaves paragraph formatting (indents, line spacing, etc.) intact.ĬTRL-Q leaves fonts and other character formatting intact but reverts paragraph-level formatting to Normal Style of current document.ĬTRL-SHIFT-N returns the selected text to Normal formatting, both character-level and paragraph-level. At the top of the options is Clear All which clears all formatting and styles from a document. To quickly remove styles, expand Quick Styles to display the list of available styles.

You can also select just a few paragraphs and use the same method to remove formatting from part of a document. I cant delete any of the space between the text. Use Ctrl + A to select all text in a document and then click the Clear All Formatting button to remove the formatting from the text (aka character level formatting.) I have a couple of parts of the document where I have a couple of lines at the top of the page and then the rest of the page is blank and then the writing starts again at the top of the next page. Pro Tip - If you are struggling for more than a few minutes with formatting, it is usually best just to clear out the old formatting and then properly format the resulting clean document.

Only neat and clean sentences will remain. And you are done Now your MS Word document will be devoid of those extra leading and trialing space. As you launch Word, you need to open the respective file that you wish to format. Keeping the lines selected, press Ctrl + L to do left align. If you use Microsoft Word, you have almost certainly struggled with Word formatting issues, especially using Word documents created by others and edited by many people. Here it is: Keeping the lines selected, press Ctrl + R to do right align.
