Word · Find and replace
Search
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+HMac
Ctrl+HBoth systems use the same combination.
Opens Find and Replace on the Replace tab; on the Mac it stays on Ctrl instead of moving to Cmd, because macOS already spends Cmd+H on hiding the app.
- Group
- Search
- 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 Find and replace in Word?
Opens Find and Replace on the Replace tab; on the Mac it stays on Ctrl instead of moving to Cmd, because macOS already spends Cmd+H on hiding the app. It is Ctrl+H on Windows and Ctrl+H on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, Ctrl+H on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
2 pressed together. The combination sits under Search in Word.