Work Faster in Google Docs with These 10 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
December 13, 2016 / / Comments Off on Work Faster in Google Docs with These 10 Useful Keyboard Shortcuts
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One of the best ways to speed up your productivity is to use keyboard shortcuts. Here are ten useful shortcuts for common tasks in Google Docs.
1. Insert a comment
- ⌘ + Option + M (Mac)
- Ctrl + Alt + M (Windows)
2. Make a bulleted list
- ⌘ + Shift + 8 (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + 8 (Windows)
3. Make a numbered list
- ⌘ + Shift + 7 (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + 7 (Windows)
4. Insert a link
- ⌘ + K (Mac)
- Ctrl + K (Windows)
5. Start voice typing (Chrome only)
- ⌘ + Shift + S (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows)
For more information on how to use your voice to type in Google Docs, check out our posts: New & Improved Voice Typing Commands in Google Docs and You Can Now Use Your Voice to Format and Edit Your Google Docs.
6. Increase font size
- ⌘ + Shift + > (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + > (Windows)
7. Decrease font size
- ⌘ + Shift + < (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + < (Windows)
8. Delete a word (to the left of your cursor)
- Option + Delete (Mac)
- Ctrl + Backspace (Windows)
9. Delete an entire sentence (to the left of your cursor)
- ⌘ + Delete (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + Up + Backspace (Windows) (Depending on where your cursor is, this can also delete entire paragraphs)
10. Find the word count
- ⌘ + Shift + C (Mac)
- Ctrl + Shift + C (Windows)
Bonus tip: Move paragraphs up/down
- Option + Shift + Up/down arrow (Mac)
- Alt + Shift + Up/down arrow (Windows)