The F10 function key activates the menu bar on the apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. and displays their navigational keyboard shortcut commands.
These keyboard shortcut commands are handy for quickly navigating to any menu and its tools, commands, options, and anything you like.
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How to use the F10 Function Key?
To use this F10 Function Key on any application you like, open an app such as MS Word that has a menu bar.
- For example, If you want to type the text in bold in MS Word, First press F10.

2. Then press “H” for the Home tab, then press “1” for making the text Bold.

3. When you start typing, the Bold text will be typed automatically as bold “What is your name?” in the screenshot below.

4. If you don’t want to type the bold text, again press 1 (as non-bold “What is your name?” in the screenshot below. Here 1 is for bold or non-bold on the home tab in the font group in MS Word.

What is an alternate key for F10?
Instead of using the F10 function key, you can also use the “Alt” key command to activate the menu bar as explained above.
What is an F10 Function Key?
The F10 function key activates the menu bar on the apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc. and displays their navigational keyboard shortcut commands.