Word · Remove manual character formatting
Formatting
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+SpaceMac
Ctrl+SpaceBoth systems use the same combination.
Strips the character formatting you applied by hand and leaves what the style defines; it stays on Ctrl on the Mac, where the same combination also switches input sources and can swallow the keystroke.
- Group
- Formatting
- Keys held
- 2
Press Alt in Word for Windows and every ribbon button shows a letter, so even a command with no combination is reachable as a sequence — Office for Mac has no such key tips.
Reading the key names
- Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
- On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
- Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
- With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
- When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.
Common questions
Q. What is the shortcut for Remove manual character formatting in Word?
Strips the character formatting you applied by hand and leaves what the style defines; it stays on Ctrl on the Mac, where the same combination also switches input sources and can swallow the keystroke. It is Ctrl+Space on Windows and Ctrl+Space on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, Ctrl+Space on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
2 pressed together. The combination sits under Formatting in Word.