127 Google Docs keyboard shortcuts that you can't miss

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Google Docs - or Google Documents in Spain - is not a simple text editor. As a good alternative to Word, the Google office application brings with it dozens of features inherited from the Microsoft program. One of these characteristics has to do with keyboard shortcuts, simple combinations of keys or hot keys that allow us to automate certain actions. Make text bold, create an index, open the File menu, insert a hyperlink ... The options are numerous, almost as many as there are key combinations. And for this reason we have compiled a list of no less than 100 keyboard shortcuts to master Google Docs.

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  • The simplest keyboard shortcuts to master Google Docs
  • Quick keys for formatting text and paragraphs
  • Google Docs shortcuts for adding footnotes and comments
  • Quick keys to open menus in Google Docs
  • Key combinations for drawings and images in Google Docs
  • Keyboard shortcuts for selecting text in Google Docs
  • Hotkey combinations for navigating a document
  • Hotkeys to format tables in Google Docs
  • Other keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs

The easiest keyboard shortcuts to master Google Docs

What would the Google tool be if we couldn't copy or paste a plain text, or print a sheet, or search for a word within a document. In short, simple actions that every text editor must bring with it.

  • Copy text : Control + C
  • Cut text : Control + X
  • Paste text : Control + V
  • Paste plain text : Control + Shift + V
  • Undo action : Control + Z
  • Redo action : Control + Shift + Z
  • Insert or edit link : Control + K
  • Open link : Alt + Enter
  • Show key combinations : common Control + /
  • Save : Control + S
  • Print : Control + P
  • Open : Control + O
  • Search : Control + F
  • Find and Replace : Control + H
  • Repeat search : Control + G
  • Find Previous : Control + Shift + G
  • Hide menus (compact mode) : Control + Shift + F
  • Insert page break : Control + Enter
  • Repeat the last action : Control + Y

Quick keys for formatting text and paragraphs

If we want to format the text and the paragraphs in a Google Docs document we can use different shortcuts to make the text bold, reduce the font size or align the paragraph to the right. In short, format the text to our liking.

  • Superscript : Control +.
  • Subscript : Control +,
  • Bold : Control + B
  • Italic : Control + I
  • Underline : Control + U
  • Strikethrough : Alt + Shift + 5
  • Copy the text format : Control + Alt + C
  • Paste the text format : Control + Alt + V
  • Unformat text : Control + \
  • Increase the font size : Control + Shift +>
  • Reduce font size Control : + Shift + <
  • Increase the indent of the paragraph : Control +]
  • Decrease the indent of the paragraph : Control + [
  • Numbered list : Control + Shift + 7
  • Bulleted List : Control + Shift + 8
  • Move paragraph up or down : Control + Shift + Up or Down Arrow
  • Apply normal text style : Control + Alt + 0
  • Apply title style : Control + Alt + [1 to 6]
  • Align text to the left : Control + Shift + L
  • Center the text : Control + Shift + E
  • Align text to the right : Control + Shift + R
  • Justify the text : Control + Shift + J

Google Docs shortcuts for adding footnotes and comments

Comments and footnotes are extremely useful in academic papers or papers. Through keyboard shortcuts we can control some aspects of these two functions.

  • Insert footnote : Control + Alt + F
  • Insert comment : Control + Alt + M
  • Open conversation : Control + Alt + Shift + A
  • Go to comment : current Control + Enter
  • Go to current footnote : Hold Control + Alt, press E, then F
  • Go to the next footnote : Hold Control + Alt, press N and then F
  • Go to the previous footnote : Hold Control + Alt, press P and then F

Quick keys to open menus in Google Docs

Not everything is in the text. The Google office application has a dozen menus with which to interact to activate certain functions. Help, Insert, Format, File ...

  • Open context menu : Control + Shift + X
  • Open File menu : Alt + F (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + F (other browsers)
  • Open the View menu : Alt + V (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + V (other browsers)
  • Open Insert menu : Alt + I (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + I (other browsers)
  • Open Format menu : Alt + O (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + O (other browsers)
  • Open the Tools menu : Alt + T (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + T (other browsers)
  • Open Edit menu : Alt + E (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + E (other browsers)
  • Open Help menu : Alt + H (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + H (other browsers)
  • Open Accessibility menu : Alt + A (in Google Chrome) or Alt + Shift + A (other browsers)
  • Open Text Input Tools menu : Control + Alt + Shift + K

Key combinations for drawings and images in Google Docs

Google Docs gives you some freedom when it comes to styling images, drawings, and graphics inserted into a document. We can, for example, increase the size of a capture, or rotate the image 15º to the left, or even lengthen the format of the photo. The options are diverse.

  • Alternative text : Control + Alt + Y
  • Increase the image size : Control + Alt + K
  • Increase the width of the image : Control + Alt + B
  • Increase the size of the image vertically : Control + Alt + I
  • Reduce image size : Control + Alt + J
  • Reduce the width of the image : Control + Alt + W
  • Reduce the height of the image : Control + Alt + Q
  • Rotate the image 15 ° to the right : Alt + Right Arrow
  • Rotate Image 15 ° Left : Alt + Left Arrow
  • Rotate image 1 ° left : Alt + Shift + Left Arrow
  • Rotate the image 1 ° to the right : Alt + Shift + Right Arrow
  • Close the drawing editor : Shift + Escape

Keyboard shortcuts for selecting text in Google Docs

Selecting text using the mouse can be counterproductive if the document in question contains a lot of text. For this reason, Google has enabled a series of hotkeys to automate all processes.

  • Select all : Control + A
  • Extend the selection to the beginning of the line : Shift + Home
  • Extend the selection to the end of the line : Shift + End
  • Extend the selection to the beginning of the document : Control + Shift + Home
  • Extend the selection to the end of the document : Control + Shift + End
  • Extend the selection by one character : Shift + Left or Right Arrow
  • Extend the selection one line : Shift + Up or Down Arrow
  • Expand the selection by one word : Control + Shift + Left or Right Arrow
  • Select the selected list item : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press E, then I
  • Select all selected list items : Hold Control + Alt + Shift, press E, then O
  • Select word : Double click
  • Expand the selection word by word : Double click + drag
  • Select paragraph : Triple click
  • Extend the selection paragraph by paragraph : Three click + drag

Hotkey combinations for navigating a document

If we have created an outline or simply divide the document by titles, subtitles, lists and indexes, we can navigate in a very comfortable way by means of keyboard shortcuts.

  • Go to the next title : Hold down Control + Alt, press N and then H
  • Go to the previous title : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then H
  • Go to the next title : Hold down Control + Alt, press N and then [1 to 6]
  • Go to the previous title : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then [from 1 to 6]
  • Go to the next image or graphic : Hold down Control + Alt, press N and then G
  • Go to the previous image or graphic : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then G
  • Go to the next list : Hold down Control + Alt, press N and then O
  • Go to the previous list : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then O
  • Go to next bookmark : Hold Control + Alt, press N and then B
  • Go to the previous bookmark : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then B
  • Go to the next format change : Hold Control + Alt, press N and then W
  • Go to the previous format change : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then W
  • Go to next change : Hold Control + Alt, press N, then R
  • Go to the previous change : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then R
  • Go to the next item in the selected list : Hold down Control + Alt, press N and then I
  • Go to the previous item in the selected list : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then I
  • Go to the following link : Hold down Control + Alt, press N and then L
  • Go to the previous link : Hold down Control + Alt, press P and then L

Hotkeys to format tables in Google Docs

Tables are a fundamental part of scientific texts. Although Google Docs does not have many functions - for this is Google Sheets -, we can interact with certain elements of the tables, such as rows and columns.

  • Go to the beginning of the table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then S
  • Go to the end of the table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then D
  • Go to the beginning of the table column : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then I
  • Go to the end of the table column : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then K
  • Go to the next column in the table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then B
  • Go to the previous column of the table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then V
  • Go to the beginning of the table row : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then J
  • Go to the end of the table row : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then L
  • Go to the next row in the table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T then M
  • Go to the previous row of the table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T and then G
  • Exit the table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press T then E
  • Go to the following table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press N and then T
  • Go to the previous table : Hold down Control + Alt + Shift, press P and then T

Other keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs

Count words, open the application chat, check one by one for spelling mistakes. These and many other actions can be performed using custom key combinations.

  • Open revision history : Control + Alt + Shift + H
  • Open the Explore tool : Control + Alt + Shift + I
  • Open the spelling / grammar menu : Control + Alt + X
  • Open the dictionary : Control + Shift + Y
  • Count words in the document : Control + Shift + C
  • Start voice typing (Google Chrome only) : Control + Shift + S
  • Go to the side panel : Control + Alt +.
  • Page Up : Page Up
  • Page Down : Page Down
  • Go to the next misspelling : Control + '
  • Go to the previous misspelling : Control +;
  • Open the chat inside the document: Shift + Escape