Keyboard Shortcuts for Google Docs
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Essentials
- Copy ⌘ C
- Cut ⌘ X
- Paste ⌘ V
- Paste without formatting ⌘ ⇧ V
- Undo ⌘ Z
- Redo ⌘ ⇧ Z
- Insert or edit link ⌘ K
- Open link ⌥ ↩
- Print ⌘ P
- Open ⌘ O
- Find ⌘ F
- Find and replace ⌘ ⇧ H
- Find again ⌘ G
- Find previous ⌘ ⇧ G
- Insert page break ⌘ ↩
- Repeat last action ⌘ Y
Text Formatting
- Bold ⌘ B
- Italicize ⌘ I
- Underline ⌘ U
- Strikethrough ⌘ ⇧ X
- Superscript ⌘ .
- Subscript ⌘ ,
- Copy text formatting ⌘ ⌥ C
- Paste text formatting ⌘ ⌥ V
- Clear text formatting ⌘ \
- Increase font size ⌘ ⇧ >
- Decrease font size ⌘ ⇧ <
Paragraph Formatting
- Increase paragraph indentation ⌘ ]
- Decrease paragraph indentation ⌘ [
- Apply normal text style ⌘ ⌥ 0
- Apply heading style 1 ⌘ ⌥ 1
- Apply heading style 2 ⌘ ⌥ 2
- Left align ⌘ ⇧ L
- Center align ⌘ ⇧ E
- Right align ⌘ ⇧ R
- Justify ⌘ ⇧ J
- Numbered list ⌘ ⇧ 7
- Bulleted list ⌘ ⇧ 8
- Move paragraph up ⌃ ⇧ ↑
- Move paragraph down ⌃ ⇧ ↓
Images and Drawings
- Alt text ⌘ ⌥ Y
- Resize larger ⌘ ⌃ K
- Resize larger horizontally ⌘ ⌃ B
- Resize larger vertically ⌘ ⌃ I
- Resize smaller ⌘ ⌃ J
- Resize smaller horizontally ⌘ ⌃ W
- Resize smaller vertically ⌘ ⌃ Q
- Rotate clockwise by 15° ⌥ →
- Rotate counterclockwise by 15° ⌥ ←
- Rotate counterclockwise by 1° ⌥ ⇧ ←
- Rotate clockwise by 1° ⌥ ⇧ →
Comments and Footnotes
- Insert comment ⌘ ⌥ M
- Open discussion thread ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ A
- Enter current comment ⌃ ↩
- Insert footnote ⌘ ⌥ F
Menus
- Context (right-click) menu ⌘ ⇧ \
- File menu ⌃ ⌥ F
- Edit menu ⌃ ⌥ E
- View menu ⌃ ⌥ V
- Insert menu ⌃ ⌥ I
- Format menu ⌃ ⌥ O
- Tools menu ⌃ ⌥ T
- Help menu ⌃ ⌥ H
- Accessibility menu ⌃ ⌥ A
- Input Tools menu ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ K
- Toggle input controls ⌘ ⇧ K
Text Selection
- Select all ⌘ A
- Extend selection one character to left ⇧ ←
- Extend selection one character to right ⇧ →
- Extend selection one line up ⇧ ↑
- Extend selection one line down ⇧ ↓
- Extend selection one paragraph up ⌥ ⇧ ↑
- Extend selection one paragraph down ⌥ ⇧ ↓
- Extend selection to the beginning of the document ⌘ ⇧ ↑
- Extend selection to the end of the document ⌘ ⇧ ↓
Other Tools
- Open revision history ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ H
- Open Explore tool ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ I
- Open spelling/grammar ⌘ ⌥ X
- Open dictionary ⌘ ⇧ Y
- Word count ⌘ ⇧ C
- Start voice typing (available in Chrome browsers) ⌘ ⇧ S
- Move to next misspelling ⌘ '
- Move to previous misspelling ⌘ ;
- Move focus out of document text ⌘ ⌥ ⇧ M
- Return focus to document text ⎋
Miscellaneous
- Show common keyboard shortcuts ⌘ /
- Hide the menus (compact mode) ⌃ ⇧ F
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