Release the Ctrl+Alt keys and click on the Strikethrough option in the Font dialog box (shown with the red circle in the above image).Ĭustomize Keyboard dialog box will open. Your cursor will change to a clove shaped one. Now press Ctrl+Alt and while holding both these keys down, press plus key on your Numeric Pad (Numpad). This box shows you the font formatting options. Press Ctrl+D to bring up the Font dialog box. You can open even a blank document as well. You will need to do the following process just once and after that, you will be able to strike out text by pressing the chosen key combination. How to Set Strikethrough Shortcut in MS Word