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Microsoft Word

Copy selection

CmdC

Mac Desktop app Microsoft 365 for Mac

Practice this

In Microsoft Word this is copy selection. It applies here: selection.

Where it works: Selection

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Desktop app	`CmdC`
Windows	Desktop app	`CtrlC`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts in Word

Documentation checked on 2026-09-11. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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