Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

Basic Commands

Cut: PC: Ctrl + X | Mac: Command + X

Copy: PC: Ctrl + C | Mac: Command + C

Paste: PC: Ctrl + V | Mac: Command + V

Paste Without Formatting: PC: Ctrl + Shift + V | Mac: Command + Shift + V (great for copying text from web pages)

Undo: PC: Ctrl + Z | Mac: Command + V

Redo: PC: Ctrl + Shift + Z | Mac: Command + Shift + Z

Insert or edit link: PC: Ctrl + K | Mac: Command + K

Open link: PC: Alt + Enter | Mac: Option + Enter

Save: PC: Ctrl + S | Mac: Command + S (Every change is automatically saved in Drive so this is unnecessary)

Print: PC: Ctrl + P  | Mac: Command + P

Open: PC: Ctrl + O | Mac: Command + O

Find: PC: Ctrl + F | Mac: Command + F

Find and replace: PC: Ctrl + H | Mac: Command + Shift + H

Find again: PC: Ctrl + G | Mac: Command + G

Find previous: PC: Ctrl + Shift + G | Mac: Command + Shift + G

Hide the menus (compact mode): PC: Ctrl + Shift + F | Mac: Ctrl + Shift + F

Insert page break: PC: Ctrl + Enter | Mac: Command + Enter

Search the menus: PC: Alt + /, Alt + Shift + Z, Alt + Z | Mac: Option + /, Ctrl + Option + Z, (Firefox: Ctrl + ~)

size

Text formatting

Bold: PC: Ctrl + B | Mac: Command + B

Italicize: PC: Ctrl + I | Mac: Command + I

Underline: PC: Ctrl + U | Mac: Command + U

Strikethrough: PC: Alt + Shift + 5 | Mac: Option + Shift + 5

Superscript: PC: Ctrl + . [period] | Mac: Command + . [period]

Subscript: PC: Ctrl + , [comma] | Mac: Command + , [comma]

Copy text formatting: PC: Ctrl + Alt + C | Mac: Command + Option + C

Paste text formatting: PC: Ctrl + Alt + V | Mac: Command + Option + V

Clear text formatting: PC: Ctrl + \, Ctrl + Space | Mac: Command + \

Increase font size: PC: Ctrl + Shift + > | Mac: Command + Shift + >

Decrease font size: PC: Ctrl + Shift + < | Mac: Command + Shift + >

rev hist

Tools

Open revision history: PC: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G | Mac: Command + Option + Ctrl + G

Open research tool: PC: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I | Mac:  Command + Option + Shift + I

Define selected word in research tool: PC: Ctrl + Shift + Y | Mac: Command + Shift + Y

Word count: PC: Ctrl + Shift + C | Mac: Command + Shift + C

Start voice typing (available in Chrome browsers): PC: Ctrl + Shift + S | Mac: Command + Shift + S

Move to next misspelling: PC: Ctrl + ' | Mac: Command + ' [apostrophe]

Move to previous misspelling: PC: Ctrl + ; | Mac: Command + ;

comment

Comments, Edits and Footnotes

Insert comment: PC: Ctrl + Alt + M | Mac: Command + Option + M

Open discussion thread: PC: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + A | Mac: Command + Option + Shift + A

Enter current comment: PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press E then C | Mac: holding Ctrl + Command, press E then C

Move to next comment: PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press N then C | Mac: holding Ctrl + Command, press N then C

Move to previous comment: PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press P then C | Mac: holding Ctrl + Command, press P then C

Move to next edit (while viewing revision history or new changes): PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press N then R, Ctrl + Alt + K | Mac: holding Command + Option, press N then R, Command + Option + K

Move to previous edit (while viewing revision history or new changes): PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press P then R, Ctrl + Alt + J  | Mac: holding Command + Option, press P then R, Command + Option + J

Insert footnote: PC: Ctrl + Alt + F | Mac: Command + Option + F

Enter current footnote: PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press E then F | Mac: holding Ctrl + Command, press E then F

Move to next footnote: PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press N then F | Mac: holding Ctrl + Command, press N then F

Move to previous footnote:  PC: holding Ctrl + Alt, press P then F | Mac: holding Ctrl + Command, press P then F


indent

Paragraph formatting

Increase paragraph indentation: PC: Ctrl + ] | Mac: Command + ]

Decrease paragraph indentation: PC: Ctrl + [ | Mac: Command + [

Apply normal text style: PC: Ctrl + Alt + 0 | Mac: Command + Option + 0

Apply heading style [1-6]: PC: Ctrl + Alt + [1-6] | Mac: Command + Option + [1-6]

Left align text: PC: Ctrl + Shift + L | Mac: Command + Shift + L

Center align text: PC: Ctrl + Shift + E | Mac: Command + Shift + E

Right align text: PC: Ctrl + Shift + R | Mac: Command + Shift + R

Justify text: PC: Ctrl + Shift + J | Mac: Command + Shift + J

Create Numbered list: PC: Ctrl + Shift + 7 | Mac: Command + Shift + 7

Create Bulleted list: PC: Ctrl + Shift + 8 | Mac: Command + Shift + 8

Move paragraph up/down: PC: Alt + Shift + Up/down arrow | Mac: Option + Shift + Up/down arrow


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