Top Keyboard Shortcuts for Faster Work in Google Docs

Here are some of the top keyboard shortcuts to help you work faster in Google Docs:

What are the three 3 main types of navigation?

Three main types of navigation are celestial, GPS, and map and compass. In order to better understand why we teach map and compass at High Trails, it is helpful to learn the basics of all three techniques.

Navigation & Selection

Ctrl + Home (Windows) / Cmd + Home (Mac): Move to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + End (Windows) / Cmd + End (Mac): Move to the end of the document.
Ctrl + K (Windows) / Cmd + K (Mac): Insert a hyperlink.
Ctrl + A (Windows) / Cmd + A (Mac): Select all text.
Shift + Arrow Keys: Select text character by character, or line by line.

What is formatting in MS word?

Formatting is all about adding visual touches to a document to make it easier to read and look more appealing. Let's start by doing something to make the heading stand out. Select the heading. Then, right-click the selection, or just point to it, and the mini-toolbar pops up.

Text Formatting

Ctrl + B (Windows) / Cmd + B (Mac): Bold selected text.
Ctrl + I (Windows) / Cmd + I (Mac): Italicize selected text.
Ctrl + U (Windows) / Cmd + U (Mac): Underline selected text.
Ctrl + Shift + C (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + C (Mac): Word count.
Ctrl + Shift + X (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + X (Mac): Strikethrough text.

What is paragraph formatting?

Paragraph formatting refers to formatting commands that affect entire paragraphs – settings such as indenting, bullets, line spacing and paragraph spacing. To understand paragraph formatting and how it works, you need to understand what a paragraph is.

Paragraph Formatting

Ctrl + Shift + L (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + L (Mac): Align text left.
Ctrl + Shift + E (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + E (Mac): Align text center.
Ctrl + Shift + R (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + R (Mac): Align text right.
Ctrl + Shift + J (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + J (Mac): Justify text.
Ctrl + Shift + 7: Create a numbered list.
Ctrl + Shift + 8: Create a bulleted list.

What is undo and redo in MS Word?

You can undo, redo, or repeat many actions in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. You can undo changes, even after you have saved, and then save again, as long as you are within the undo limits (By default Office saves the last 100 undoable actions)

Undo & Redo

Ctrl + Z (Windows) / Cmd + Z (Mac): Undo last action.
Ctrl + Y (Windows) / Cmd + Y (Mac): Redo last action.

what is the difference between copy, paste, and cut?

Ctrl + C (Windows) / Cmd + C (Mac): Copy selected text.
Ctrl + V (Windows) / Cmd + V (Mac): Paste copied text.
Ctrl + X (Windows) / Cmd + X (Mac): Cut selected text.

What is the English word miscellaneous?

miscellaneous. adjective. mis·cel·la·neous miscellaneous. -Nyan

Miscellaneous

Ctrl + Enter (Windows) / Cmd + Enter (Mac): Insert page break.
Ctrl + Shift + V (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + V (Mac): Paste without formatting.
Ctrl + F (Windows) / Cmd + F (Mac): Open the Find tool.
Ctrl + Shift + S (Windows) / Cmd + Shift + S (Mac): Open the Save As dialogue (useful in other environments like offline Docs).