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Alt
Shift
Enter
Delete
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Esc
Tab
Insert
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Mouse right click
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Alt
+
/
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Alt
+
Z
Search
Document, Main page
Ctrl
+
/
Keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl
+
C
C
opy
Ctrl
+
F
F
ind
Ctrl
+
I
I
talic
Ctrl
+
K
Edit Link
Insert link
Ctrl
+
Z
Undo
Navigation
Alt
+
Right
Show person or group info
Ctrl
+
'
Move to next misspelling
Ctrl
+
;
Move to previous misspelling
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Enter
Toggle a checkbox
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
M
M
ove focus out of editing area
Page Down
Page down
Page Up
Page up
Tools
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
.
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
,
G
o to side panel
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
H
Open revision
h
istory
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
I
Open Explore tool
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
X
F7
Open spelling/grammar
Ctrl
+
S
+
Shift
S
tart voice typing
available in Chrome browsers
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
C
Word
c
ount
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
Y
Open dictionary
Image
Alt
+
Left
Rotate counterclockwise by 15°
Alt
+
Right
Rotate clockwise by 15°
Alt
+
Shift
+
Left
Rotate counterclockwise by 1°
Alt
+
Shift
+
Right
Rotate clockwise by 1°
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
B
Resize larger horizontally
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
I
Resize larger vertically
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
J
Resize smaller
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
K
Resize larger
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Q
Resize smaller Vertically
The image must be selected
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
W
Resize smaller horizontally
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Y
Alt Text
Shift
+
Esc
Close drawing editor
Comments and footnotes
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
A
+
Shift
Open comment history
Open discussion thread
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
F
Insert
F
ootnote
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
M
New comment
Text needs to be highlighted
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
E
then
F
Move to current footnote
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then f
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
N
then
U
Move to next suggestion
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then u
hold
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
E
Enter current comment
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then c (the cursor should be on the comment)
hold
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
N
then
C
Move to next comment
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c
hold
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
N
then
F
Move to next footnote
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then f
hold
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
O
then
U
Review suggested edits
holding Ctrl + Alt, press o then u
hold
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
P
then
C
Move to previous comment
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c
hold
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
P
then
F
Move to previous footnote
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then f
hold
Ctrl
+
Alt
then
P
then
U
Move to previous suggestion
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then u
Common actions
Alt
+
Enter
Open link
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
C
Switch to viewing
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
X
Switch to suggesting
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
Z
Switch to editing
Ctrl
+
Enter
Insert page break
Ctrl
+
F
+
Shift
Hide UI
Hide the menus (compact mode)
Ctrl
+
G
Find again
When the search box is open
Ctrl
+
H
Find & Replace
Ctrl
+
K
Insert or edit link
Ctrl
+
O
O
pen
Ctrl
+
P
P
rint
Ctrl
+
S
S
ave
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
G
Find previous
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
V
Paste Without Formatting
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
Z
Ctrl
+
Y
Redo
Ctrl
+
V
Paste
Ctrl
+
X
Cut
Paragraph formatting
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
0
Apply normal text style
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
1
Apply heading style
1
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
2
Apply heading style
2
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
3
Apply heading style
3
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
4
Apply heading style
4
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
5
Apply heading style
5
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
6
Apply heading style
6
Ctrl
+
L
+
Shift
Align
L
eft
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
7
Numbered List
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
8
Bulleted List
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
E
Text align Center
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
J
Text align
J
ustified
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
R
Align
R
ight
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
Up
Move paragraph Up
Ctrl
+
[
Decrease paragraph indentation
Ctrl
+
]
Increase paragraph indentation
Selected comments
E
Resolve current comment
J
Next comment
Move to next comment
K
Previous comment
Move to previous comment
R
R
eply to current comment
U
Exit current comment
Menus
Alt
+
F
Alt
+
F
+
Shift
F
ile Menu
in Google Chrome
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
K
Input Tools menu
available in documents in non-Latin languages
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
X
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
\
Shift
+
F10
Context Menu
Context (right-click) menu
Shift
+
Mouse right click
Browser's context menu
Text formatting
Alt
+
Shift
+
5
Strikethrough
Ctrl
+
,
Subscript
Ctrl
+
.
S
uperscript
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
C
C
opy Text Formatting
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
V
Paste Text Formatting
Ctrl
+
B
B
old
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
,
Decrease font size <
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
.
I
ncrease Font Size >
Ctrl
+
U
U
nderline
Ctrl
+
\
Ctrl
+
Space
Clear Text Formatting
Text selection
Ctrl
+
A
Select
A
ll
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
Left
Ctrl
+
Alt
+
Shift
+
Right
Select multiple sections of text
After selecting one section of text, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left/right arrow. Use left/right arrow to move to a separate section of text you also want to select.
Ctrl
+
Mouse left double click
Multiple selection of words
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
End
Extend selection to the end of the document
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
Home
Extend selection to the beginning of the document
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
Left
Ctrl
+
Shift
+
Right
Extend selection one word
E
then
I
Select current list item
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift
E
then
O
Select all list items at current level
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift
Mouse left double click
Select Word
Mouse left triple click
Select Paragraph
Mouse move
+
Mouse left double click
Extend selection one word at a time
Mouse move
+
Mouse left triple click
Extend selection one paragraph at a time
Shift
+
Down
Shift
+
Up
Extend selection one line
Shift
+
End
Extend selection to the end of the line
Shift
+
Home
Extend selection to the beginning of the line
Shift
+
Left
Shift
+
Right
Extend selection one character
U
then
A
Select None
holding Ctrl + Alt
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