Article by George Norman

On 08 Oct 2009

Thanks to Google Docs you can store, create and edit web-based documents, spreadsheets and presentations – free of charge of course. Thanks to the keyboard shortcuts presented below you will be able to use Google Docs in a more proficient manner.

Google Docs – Documents keyboard shortcuts


Ctrl A - Select all
Ctrl B - Bold
Ctrl C - Copy
Ctrl E - Center alignment
Ctrl F - Find and replace
Ctrl G - Find next
Ctrl+Shift+G - Find previous
Ctrl I - Italicize
Ctrl J - Full justify
Ctrl K - Insert link
Ctrl L - Left alignment
Ctrl M - Insert comment
Ctrl P- Print
Ctrl R - Right alignment
Ctrl S - Save
Ctrl U- Underline
Ctrl V - Paste
Ctrl X - Cut
Ctrl Y - Redo
Ctrl Z - Undo
Shift+Right click - Display browser's right-click options
Ctrl+Shift+L - Bulleted list
Ctrl+Shift+Space - Insert non-breaking space
Ctrl+Space - Remove formatting
Ctrl+1 - Header style 1
Ctrl+2 - Header style 2
Ctrl+3 - Header style 3
Ctrl+4 - Header style 4
Ctrl+5 - Header style 5
Ctrl+6 - Header style 6
Ctrl+7 - Toggle numbered lists
Ctrl+8 - Toggle bulleted lists
Ctrl+9 - Change list dialog
Shift+Tab - Move to previous cell in table
Ctrl+. - Superscript
Ctrl+, - Subscript
Tab - Move to next cell in table

Google Docs – Spreadsheets keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl B - Bold
Ctrl C - Copy
Ctrl D - Copy down (used in combo with Shift + arrow)
Ctrl F - Find and replace
Ctrl I - Italicize
Ctrl P - Print
Ctrl R - Copy Right (used in combo with Shift + arrow)
Ctrl S - Save
Ctrl U - Underline
Ctrl V - Paste
Ctrl X - Cut
Ctrl Y - Redo
Ctrl Z - Undo
Ctrl+End - Go to last cell in data region
Ctrl+Home - Go to first cell in data region
Ctrl+Left-arrow - Go to left-most cell in data region (current row)
Ctrl+Right-arrow - Go to right-most cell in data region (current row)
Ctrl+Down-arrow - Go to bottom-most cell in data region (current column)
Ctrl+Up-arrow - Go to top-most cell in data region (current column)
Ctrl+Page Down - Move to next worksheet
Ctrl+Page Up - Move to previous worksheet
Ctrl+Shift+F - Full screen
F2 - Edit active cell
Enter - Move to next cell in column
Esc - Cancel cell entry
Shift+Page up/down - Extend the selection up/down one screen
Ctrl+spacebar - Select entire column
Shift+spacebar - Select entire row
Shift+Down, up, left, right arrow key - Manual select
Page Down - Move down one screen
Page Up - Move up one screen
Shift+Tab - Move to previous cell in table (documents) or row (spreadsheets)
Tab - Move to next row (spreadsheets)

Google Docs – Presentations keyboard shortcuts

Ctrl B - Bold
Ctrl C - Copy
Ctrl I - Italicize
Ctrl M - Insert new slide
Ctrl S - Save
Ctrl U - Underline
Ctrl V - Paste
Ctrl X - Cut
Page Down - Move down one screen
Page Up - Move up one screen

Tips and warnings

• Mac users can use the same keyboard shortcuts on their machine, but they must be made aware of these exceptions:

- Ctrl+M in Windows inserts a command – Cmd+M minimizes the window
- Ctrl+0 through 9 activates various header styles, toggles numbered and bulleted lists – Cmd+ 0 through 9 is used to navigate or load bookmarks.






Tags: Google, Google Docs, Keyboard Shortcuts

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