Some Shortcut Keys Bold – ‘Ctrl’ key plus b Italic – ‘Ctrl’ key plus i Underline – ‘Ctrl’ key plus u Subscript – ‘Ctrl’ key plus = Superscript – ‘Ctrl’ key and ‘Shift’ key together plus = Really handy tip: To return to normal formatting, press ‘Ctrl’ and spacebar. To remove unwanted formatting, highlight the text and again use ‘Ctrl’ and spacebar.