Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts for ChromeOS

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs on ChromeOS. Format text, navigate documents, and use commenting tools on a Chromebook.

Copy: Ctrl+C
Cut: Ctrl+X
Paste: Ctrl+V
Paste without formatting: Ctrl+Shift+V
Undo: Ctrl+Z
Redo: Ctrl+Shift+Z
Insert or edit link: Ctrl+K
Open link: Alt+Enter
Show common keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl+/
Save Every change is automatically saved in Drive: Ctrl+S
Print: Ctrl+P

Open: Ctrl+O
Find: Ctrl+F
Find and replace: Ctrl+H
Find again: Ctrl+G
Find previous: Ctrl+Shift+G
Hide the menus (compact mode): Ctrl+Shift+F
Insert page break: Ctrl+Enter
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus): Alt+Z
or
Alt+/
Switch to editing: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z
Switch to suggesting: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+X
Switch to viewing: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C

Bold: Ctrl+B
Italicize: Ctrl+I
Underline: Ctrl+U
Strikethrough: Alt+Shift+5
Superscript: Ctrl+.
Subscript: Ctrl+,

Copy text formatting: Ctrl+Alt+C
Paste text formatting: Ctrl+Alt+V
Clear text formatting: Ctrl+\
Increase font size: Ctrl+Shift+.
Decrease font size: Ctrl+Shift+,

Increase paragraph indentation: Ctrl+]
Decrease paragraph indentation: Ctrl+[
Apply normal text style: Ctrl+Alt+0
Apply heading style [1-6]: Ctrl+Alt+[1-6]
Left align: Ctrl+Shift+L

Center align: Ctrl+Shift+E
Right align: Ctrl+Shift+R
Justify: Ctrl+Shift+J
Numbered list: Ctrl+Shift+7
Bulleted list: Ctrl+Shift+8

Alt text: Ctrl+Alt+Y
Resize larger: Ctrl+Alt+K
Resize larger horizontally: Ctrl+Alt+B
Resize larger vertically: Ctrl+Alt+I
Resize smaller: Ctrl+Alt+J
Resize smaller horizontally: Ctrl+Alt+W

Resize smaller vertically: Ctrl+Alt+Q
Rotate clockwise by 15°: Alt+Right
Rotate counterclockwise by 15°: Alt+Left
Rotate counterclockwise by 1°: Alt+Shift+Left
Rotate clockwise by 1°: Alt+Shift+Right
Close drawing editor: Shift+Esc
or
Ctrl+Esc

Insert comment: Ctrl+Alt+M
Open discussion thread: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A
Enter current comment: Ctrl+Alt+E,Ctrl+Alt+C
Insert footnote: Ctrl+Alt+F
Move to current footnote: Ctrl+Alt+E,Ctrl+Alt+F
Move to next footnote: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+F
Move to previous footnote: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+F

Move to next suggestion: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+U
Move to previous suggestion: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+U
Review suggested edits: Ctrl+Alt+O,Ctrl+Alt+U
Move to next comment: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+C
Move to previous comment: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+C
Open comment history: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A

Reply to current comment: R
Move to next comment: J
Move to previous comment: K

Resolve current comment: E
Exit current comment: U

Context (right-click) menu: Shift+F10
or
Ctrl+Shift+X
File menu: Alt+F
Edit menu: Alt+E
View menu: Alt+V
Insert menu: Alt+I

Format menu: Alt+O
Tools menu: Alt+T
Help menu: Alt+H
Accessibility menu (present when screen reader support is enabled): Alt+A
Input Tools menu (available in documents in non-Latin languages): Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K

Select all: Ctrl+A
Select none: Ctrl+Alt+U,Ctrl+Alt+A
Extend selection one character: Shift+Left
or
Shift+Right
Extend selection one line: Shift+Up
or
Shift+Down
Extend selection one word: Ctrl+Shift+Left
or
Ctrl+Shift+Right

Extend selection to the beginning of the paragraph: Ctrl+Shift+Up
Extend selection to the end of the paragraph: Ctrl+Shift+Down
Select current list item: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I
Select all list items at current level: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+O
Select multiple sections of text (after selecting one section of text). Then use arrow keys to navigate to other sections of text to select: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left
or
Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right

Select word: Double-click
Extend selection one word at a time: Double-click+Drag

Select paragraph: Triple-click
Extend selection one paragraph at a time: Triple-click+Drag

Enable screen reader support: Ctrl+Alt+Z
or
Alt+Shift+`
Enable braille support: Ctrl+Alt+H
Verbalize selection: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+X
Verbalize from cursor location: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+R
Announce cursor location: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+L
Announce formatting at cursor location: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+F
Verbalize table row and column headers: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H
Verbalize table cell location: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N

Verbalize table row header: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R
Verbalize table column header: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C
Show live edits: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R
Verbalize comment: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+C
Verbalize comment anchor: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+A
Verbalize selection formatting: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+S
Verbalize cursor location: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L
Verbalize word count: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+A,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W

Show outline: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+H
Move to next heading: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+H
Move to previous heading: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+H
Move to next heading [1-6]: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+[1-6]
Move to previous heading [1-6]: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+[1-6]
Move to next graphic (image or drawing): Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+G
Move to previous graphic (image or drawing): Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+G
Move to next list: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+O
Move to previous list: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+O
Move to next item in the current list: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+I

Move to previous item in the current list: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+I
Move to next link: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+L
Move to previous link: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+L
Move to next bookmark: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+B
Move to previous bookmark: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+B
Move to next formatting change: Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+W
Move to previous formatting change: Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+W
Move to the next edit (while viewing revision history or new changes): Ctrl+Alt+N,Ctrl+Alt+R
or
Ctrl+Alt+K
Move to the previous edit (while viewing revision history or new changes): Ctrl+Alt+P,Ctrl+Alt+R
or
Ctrl+Alt+J

Move to the start of the table: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S
Move to the end of the table: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+D
Move to the start of the table column: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I
Move to the end of the table column: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K
Move to the next table column: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B
Move to the previous table column: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V
Move to the start of the table row: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+J

Move to the end of the table row: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I
Move to the next table row: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
Move to the previous table row: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
Exit table: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E
Move to the next table: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+N,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T
Move to the previous table: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+T

Open Explore tool: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I
Open revision history: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+H
Open dictionary: Ctrl+Shift+Y
Word count: Ctrl+Shift+C
Start voice typing: Ctrl+Shift+S
Go to side panel: Alt+Shift+.
or
Alt+Shift+,
Page up: Alt+Up
Page down: Alt+Down
Move to beginning of document: Super+Ctrl+Left
Move to end of document: Super+Ctrl+Right

Move to next misspelling: Ctrl+'
Move to previous misspelling: Ctrl+;
Insert or move to header: Ctrl+Alt+O,Ctrl+Alt+H
Insert or move to footer: Ctrl+Alt+O,Ctrl+Alt+F
Move focus to popup (for links, bookmarks, and images): Ctrl+Alt+E,Ctrl+Alt+P
Move focus out of document text: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+M
Return focus to document text: Esc
Show person or group info: Alt+Right
Toggle a checkbox: Ctrl+Alt+Enter

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Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts for ChromeOS

Common actions

Text formatting

Paragraph formatting

Images and drawings

Comments

Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments

Menus

Text selection with keyboard

Text selection with mouse

Document navigation

Table navigation

Other navigation