How about using the shortcut keys in MS-Word to work more efficiently? Most of the shortcut keys uses the Ctrl key and a letter, also some shortcut keys uses the shift key as well. Here some shortcut keys (also called hot keys), where we use regularly on MS-Word

Just hold down the Ctrl key and press appropriate letter to activate,

To Open a Document Ctrl+O
To Save a Document Ctrl+S
To Print a Document Ctrl+P
To Create a New Document Ctrl+N
To Select all Text Ctrl+A
To Find a Text Ctrl+F
To Find and Replace Text Ctrl+H
To Bold a letter or Word Ctrl+B
To Italic a letter or word Ctrl+I
To Underline a letter or work Ctrl+U
To Copy a Text Ctrl+C (it will copied to the clipboard)
To Paste a Text Ctrl+V (it pastes from the clipboard)
To Cut a Text Ctrl+X (removes the text and copied to clipboard)
for Help press F1

 

How to display shortcut keys
If you cant remember these shortcut keys, you can easily customize to display the shortcut keys when you mouseover on the buttons. To dispaly the shortcut keys, click Tools->Customize->Options. In the options tickmark the Show ScreenTips on toolbars and Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips to activate and click close. Now just hold your mouse on the toolbar buttons it will display the shortcut key for that specific button. This option will change all your office suits like MS-Excel, MS-Powerpoint etc.