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Drive keyboard shortcuts
Below, you'll find a list of keyboard shortcuts for Google Drive on the web.
To display the keyboard shortcut list in Google Drive, press Ctrl + / (Windows and Chrome OS) or command + / (Mac).
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Navigation and views
|
Go to navigation panel (folders list) |
alt + g then n
alt + g then f |
option + g then n
option + g then f |
Go to items view |
alt + g then i |
option + g then i |
Switch between grid and list in items view |
alt + v then l |
option + v then l |
Go to page content |
alt + g then c |
option + g then c |
Go to details pane |
alt + g then d |
option + g then d |
Go to top of application (Google bar) |
alt + g then t |
option + g then t |
Go to download status |
alt + g then a |
option + g then a |
Go to upload status |
alt + g then u |
option + g then u |
Show or hide approvals pane |
alt + v then e |
option + v then e |
Show or hide details pane |
alt + v then d |
option + v then d |
Show or hide activity pane |
alt + v then a |
option + v then a |
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Select items
|
Select or deselect item |
shift + space |
shift + space |
Select next item down |
down arrow |
down arrow |
Select next item up |
up arrow |
up arrow |
Select next item to the left |
left arrow |
left arrow |
Select next item to the right |
right arrow |
right arrow |
Extend selection down |
shift + down arrow |
shift + down arrow |
Extend selection up |
shift + up arrow |
shift + up arrow |
Extend selection left |
shift + left arrow |
shift + left arrow |
Extend selection right |
shift + right arrow |
shift + right arrow |
Select all visible items |
ctrl + a |
command + a |
Clear all selections |
esc |
esc |
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Move between items
|
Move down without changing selection |
ctrl + down arrow |
command + down arrow |
Move up without changing selection |
ctrl + up arrow |
command + up arrow |
Move left without changing selection |
ctrl + left arrow |
command + left arrow |
Move right without changing selection |
ctrl + right arrow |
command + right arrow |
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Take action on selected items
|
Open selected items |
enter |
enter |
Open selected items in new tab |
ctrl + enter
|
command + enter |
Rename selected items |
F2
|
F2
|
Share selected items |
ctrl + alt + a |
command + option + a |
Move selected items to new folder |
ctrl + alt + m |
command + option + m |
Star or unstar selected items |
ctrl + alt + s |
command + option + s |
Create shortcuts to selected items
|
ctrl + alt + r |
command + option + r |
Remove selected items |
delete or # |
delete or # |
Copy selected item URLs to the clipboard |
ctrl + alt + l |
command + option + l |
Copy selected item titles to the clipboard |
ctrl + shift + c |
command + shift + c |
Cut selected items to the clipboard |
ctrl + x |
command + x |
Paste items from the clipboard as a shortcut |
ctrl + shift + v |
command + shift + v |
Paste selected items from the clipboard
or move selected items from the clipboard |
ctrl + shift + v |
command + shift + v |
Create a shortcut for the selected item |
ctrl + alt + r |
command + option + r |
Redo last undone action |
ctrl + y |
command + y |
Upload file |
alt + c then u |
control + c then u |
Upload folder |
alt + c then i |
control + c then i |
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Create new items
|
Document |
alt + c then t |
control + c then t |
Presentation |
alt + c then p |
control + c then p |
Spreadsheet |
alt + c then s |
control + c then s |
Drawing |
alt + c then d |
control + c then d |
Folder |
alt + c then f |
control + c then f |
Form |
alt + c then o |
control + c then o |
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Open menus
|
Create menu |
alt + n |
control + n |
More actions menu |
shift + F10
alt + a
|
shift + F10
control + a
|
Current folder actions menu |
alt + shift + a |
control + shift + a |
Sort menu |
alt + r |
control + r |
Settings menu |
control + shift + s |
command + shift + s |
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Application actions
|
Display keyboard shortcuts list |
ctrl + / |
command + / |
Choose next visual density
(row height and element spacing for list view) |
alt + t then q |
control + t then q |
Find/find next |
ctrl + f |
command + f |
Print |
ctrl + p |
command + p |
Undo last action |
ctrl + z |
command + z |
Redo last undone action |
ctrl + y |
command + y |
Show last message |
alt + g then k |
option + g then k |
Search your Drive |
/ |
/ |
Shortcut description |
Windows/ChromeOS shortcut |
MacOS shortcut |
Preview mode actions
|
Preview items |
ctrl + alt + p |
command + option + p |
Close |
esc |
esc |
Play/pause |
space |
space |
Zoom in |
+ or = |
+ or = |
Zoom out |
- |
- |
|
Docs keyboard shortcuts
To open a list of keyboard shortcuts in Google Docs, press Ctrl + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or ⌘ + / (Mac).
Tool finder (formerly search the menus), press Alt + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or Option + / (Mac).
You can also use menu access keys. Open any application menu using the keyboard, then type the underlined letter for the item you'd like to select. For example, to open the Insert menu on a Mac, press Ctrl + Option + i. To select "Image," type the underlined letter i.
PC shortcuts
Common actions
|
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 + /
Alt + Shift + z
Google Chrome: Alt + z |
Repeat last action |
Ctrl + y |
Switch to editing |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + z |
Switch to suggesting |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + x |
Switch to viewing |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c |
Zoom in |
Ctrl + + |
Zoom out |
Ctrl + - |
Zoom 100% |
Ctrl + 0 |
Text formatting
|
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 + \
Ctrl + Space |
Increase font size |
Ctrl + Shift + . |
Decrease font size |
Ctrl + Shift + , |
Paragraph formatting
|
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 |
Checklist |
Ctrl + Shift + 9 |
Move paragraph up/down |
Ctrl + Shift + Up/down arrow |
Images and drawings
|
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 arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 15° |
Alt + Left arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Right arrow |
Close drawing editor |
Shift + Esc |
Comments and footnotes
|
Insert comment |
Ctrl + Alt + m |
Open discussion thread |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then c |
Insert footnote |
Ctrl + Alt + f |
Move to current footnote |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then f |
Move to next footnote |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then f |
Move to previous footnote |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then f |
Move to next suggestion |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then u |
Move to previous suggestion |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then u |
Review suggested edits |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press o then u |
Move to next comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c |
Move to previous comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c |
Open comment history |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Menus
|
Context (right-click) menu |
Ctrl + Shift + x
Ctrl + Shift + \
Shift + F10
|
File menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + f
other browsers: Alt + Shift + f |
Edit menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + e
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e |
View menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + v
other browsers: Alt + Shift + v |
Insert menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + i
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i |
Format menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + o
other browsers: Alt + Shift + o |
Tools menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + t
other browsers: Alt + Shift + t |
Help menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + h
other browsers: Alt + Shift + h |
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled) |
in Google Chrome: Alt + a
other browsers: Alt + Shift + a |
Input Tools menu
(available in documents in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k |
Show your browser's context menu |
Shift + right-click |
Text selection with keyboard
|
Select all |
Ctrl + a |
Select none |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press u then a |
Extend selection one character |
Shift + Left/right arrow |
Extend selection one line |
Shift + Up/down arrow |
Extend selection one word |
Ctrl + Shift + Left/right arrow |
Extend selection to the beginning of the line |
Shift + Home |
Extend selection to the end of the line |
Shift + End |
Extend selection to the beginning of the document |
Ctrl + Shift + Home |
Extend selection to the end of the document |
Ctrl + Shift + End |
Select current list item |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then i |
Select all list items at current level |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then o |
Select multiple sections of text |
After selecting one section of text, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left/right arrow. Use left/right arrow to move to a separate section of text you also want to select. |
Text selection with mouse
|
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 |
Screen reader shortcuts
The shortcuts below help you work with a screen reader. Before you use them, turn on screen reader support. Learn how to turn on screen reader support.
Screen reader support
|
Enable screen reader support |
Ctrl + Alt + z
Alt + Shift + ~ |
Enable braille support |
Ctrl + Alt + h |
Verbalize selection |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then x |
Verbalize from cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then r |
Announce cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then l |
Announce formatting at cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then f |
Verbalize table row and column headers |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then h |
Verbalize table cell location |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then n |
Verbalize table row header |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then r |
Verbalize table column header |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then c |
Show live edits |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + r |
Verbalize comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then c |
Verbalize comment anchor |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then a |
Verbalize selection formatting |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then s |
Verbalize cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press a then l |
Verbalize word count |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press a then w |
Navigation shortcuts
Two groups of shortcuts below help you move quickly through your document or table:
- Move to the next or previous item with Ctrl + Alt + n or Ctrl + Alt + p followed by another key.
- Move quickly around a table with Ctrl + Alt + Shift + t followed by another key.
Document navigation
|
Show outline |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then h |
Move to next heading |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then h |
Move to previous heading |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then h |
Move to next heading [1-6] |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then [1-6] |
Move to previous heading [1-6] |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then [1-6] |
Move to next graphic
(image or drawing) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then g |
Move to previous graphic
(image or drawing) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then g |
Move to next list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then o |
Move to previous list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then o |
Move to next item in the current list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then i |
Move to previous item in the current list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then i |
Move to next link |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then l |
Move to previous link |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then l |
Move to next bookmark |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then b |
Move to previous bookmark |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then b |
Move to next formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then w |
Move to previous formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then w |
Move to next edit
(while viewing revision history or new changes) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then r
Ctrl + Alt + k |
Move to previous edit
(while viewing revision history or new changes) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then r
Ctrl + Alt + j |
Table navigation
|
Move to the start of the table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then s |
Move to the end of the table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then d |
Move to the start of the table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then i |
Move to the end of the table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then k |
Move to the next table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then b |
Move to the previous table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then v |
Move to the start of the table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then j |
Move to the end of the table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then l |
Move to the next table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then m |
Move to the previous table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then g |
Exit table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then e |
Move to the next table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press n then t |
Move to the previous table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press p then t |
Other tools and navigation
|
Open revision history |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + h |
Open Explore tool |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + i |
Open spelling/grammar |
Ctrl + Alt + x
F7 |
Open dictionary |
Ctrl + Shift + y |
Word count |
Ctrl + Shift + c |
Start voice typing
(available in Chrome browsers) |
Ctrl + Shift + s |
Go to side panel |
Ctrl + Alt + .
Ctrl + Alt + , |
Page up |
Page Up |
Page down |
Page Down |
Move to next misspelling |
Ctrl + ' |
Move to previous misspelling |
Ctrl + ; |
Insert or move to header |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press o then h |
Insert or move to footer |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press o then f |
Move focus to popup
(for links, bookmarks, and images) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then p |
Move focus out of editing area |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + m |
Show person or group info |
Alt + Right arrow |
Toggle a checkbox |
Ctrl + Alt + Enter |
Mac shortcuts
Common actions
|
Copy |
⌘ + c |
Cut |
⌘ + x |
Paste |
⌘ + v |
Paste without formatting |
⌘ + Shift + v |
Undo |
⌘ + z |
Redo |
⌘ + Shift + z |
Insert or edit link |
⌘ + k |
Open link |
Option + Enter |
Show common keyboard shortcuts |
⌘ + / |
Save
Every change is automatically saved in Drive |
⌘ + s |
Print |
⌘ + p |
Open |
⌘ + o |
Find |
⌘ + f |
Find and replace |
⌘ + Shift + h |
Find again |
⌘ + g |
Find previous |
⌘ + Shift + g |
Hide the menus (compact mode) |
Ctrl + Shift + f |
Insert page break |
⌘ + Enter |
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus) |
Option + /
Ctrl + Option + z |
Repeat last action |
⌘ + y |
Switch to editing |
⌘ + Option + Shift + z |
Switch to suggesting |
⌘ + Option + Shift + x |
Switch to viewing |
⌘ + Option + Shift + c |
Zoom in |
⌘ + + |
Zoom out |
⌘ + - |
Zoom 100% |
⌘ + 0 |
Text formatting
|
Bold |
⌘ + b |
Italicize |
⌘ + i |
Underline |
⌘ + u |
Strikethrough |
⌘ + Shift + x |
Superscript |
⌘ + . |
Subscript |
⌘ + , |
Copy text formatting |
⌘ + Option + c |
Paste text formatting |
⌘ + Option + v |
Clear text formatting |
⌘ + \ |
Increase font size |
⌘ + Shift + . |
Decrease font size |
⌘ + Shift + , |
Paragraph formatting
|
Increase paragraph indentation |
⌘ + ] |
Decrease paragraph indentation |
⌘ + [ |
Apply normal text style |
⌘ + Option + 0 |
Apply heading style [1-6] |
⌘ + Option + [1-6] |
Left align |
⌘ + Shift + l |
Center align |
⌘ + Shift + e |
Right align |
⌘ + Shift + r |
Justify |
⌘ + Shift + j |
Numbered list |
⌘ + Shift + 7 |
Bulleted list |
⌘ + Shift + 8 |
Checklist |
⌘ + Shift + 9 |
Move paragraph up/down |
Ctrl + Shift + Up/down arrow |
Images and drawings
|
Alt text |
⌘ + Option + y |
Resize larger |
⌘ + Ctrl + k |
Resize larger horizontally |
⌘ + Ctrl + b |
Resize larger vertically |
⌘ + Ctrl + i |
Resize smaller |
⌘ + Ctrl + j |
Resize smaller horizontally |
⌘ + Ctrl + w |
Resize smaller vertically |
⌘ + Ctrl + q |
Rotate clockwise by 15° |
Option + Right arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 15° |
Option + Left arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 1° |
Option + Shift + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 1° |
Option + Shift + Right arrow |
Close drawing editor |
⌘ + Esc
Shift + Esc |
Comments and footnotes
|
Insert comment |
⌘ + Option + m |
Open discussion thread |
⌘ + Option + Shift + a |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then c |
Insert footnote |
⌘ + Option + f |
Move to current footnote |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then f |
Move to next footnote |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then f |
Move to previous footnote |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then f |
Move to next suggestion |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then u |
Move to previous suggestion |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then u |
Review suggested edits |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press o then u |
Move to next comment |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then c |
Move to previous comment |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then c |
Open comment history |
⌘ + Option + Shift + a |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Menus
|
Context (right-click) menu |
⌘ + Shift + \
Shift + F10
|
File menu |
Ctrl + Option + f |
Edit menu |
Ctrl + Option + e |
View menu |
Ctrl + Option + v |
Insert menu |
Ctrl + Option + i |
Format menu |
Ctrl + Option + o |
Tools menu |
Ctrl + Option + t |
Help menu |
Ctrl + Option + h |
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled) |
Ctrl + Option + a |
Input Tools menu
(available in documents in non-Latin languages) |
⌘ + Option + Shift + k |
Toggle input controls
(available in documents in non-Latin languages) |
⌘ + Shift + k |
Show your browser's context menu |
Shift + right-click |
Text selection with keyboard
|
Select all |
⌘ + a |
Select none |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press u then a |
Extend selection one character |
Shift + Left/right arrow |
Extend selection one line |
Shift + Up/down arrow |
Extend selection to the beginning of the line |
Shift + Fn + Left arrow |
Extend selection one paragraph |
Option + Shift + Up/Down arrow |
Extend selection to the end of the line |
Shift + Fn + Right arrow |
Extend selection to the beginning of the document |
⌘ + Shift + Up arrow |
Extend selection to the end of the document |
⌘ + Shift + Down arrow |
Select current list item |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press e then i |
Select all list items at current level |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press e then o |
Select multiple sections of text |
After selecting one section of text, Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift + Left/right arrow. Use left/right arrow to move to a separate section of text you also want to select. |
Text selection with mouse
|
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 |
Screen reader shortcuts
The shortcuts below help you work with a screen reader. Before you use them, turn on screen reader support. Learn how to turn on screen reader support.
Screen reader support
|
Enable screen reader support |
Option + ⌘ + z |
Enable braille support |
⌘ + Option + h
|
Verbalize selection |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ , press a then x |
Verbalize from cursor location |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ , press a then r |
Announce cursor location |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then l |
Announce formatting at cursor location |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then f |
Verbalize table row and column headers |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then h |
Verbalize table cell location |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then n |
Verbalize table row header |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then r |
Verbalize table column header |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then c |
Show live edits |
⌘ + Option + Shift + r |
Verbalize comment |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then c |
Verbalize comment anchor |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then a |
Verbalize selection formatting |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then s |
Verbalize cursor location |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press A then L |
Verbalize word count |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press A then W |
Navigation shortcuts
Two groups of shortcuts below help you move quickly through your document or table:
- Move to the next or previous item with Ctrl + ⌘ + n or Ctrl + ⌘ + p followed by another key.
- Move quickly around a table with Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift + t followed by another key.
Document navigation
|
Show outline |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then h |
Move to next heading |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then h |
Move to previous heading |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then h |
Move to next heading [1-6] |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then [1-6] |
Move to previous heading [1-6] |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then [1-6] |
Move to next media
(image or drawing) |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then g |
Move to previous media
(image or drawing) |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then g |
Move to next list |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then o |
Move to previous list |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then o |
Move to next item in the current list |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then i |
Move to previous item in the current list |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then i |
Move to next link |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then l |
Move to previous link |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then l |
Move to next bookmark |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then b |
Move to previous bookmark |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then b |
Move to next formatting change |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then w |
Move to previous formatting change |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then w |
Move to the next edit
(while viewing revision history or new changes) |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then r |
Move to the previous edit
(while viewing revision history or new changes) |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then r |
Table navigation
|
Move to the start of the table |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then s |
Move to the end of the table |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then d |
Move to the start of the table column |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then i |
Move to the end of the table column |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then k |
Move to the next table column |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then b |
Move to the previous table column |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then v |
Move to the start of the table row |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then j |
Move to the end of the table row |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then l |
Move to the next table row |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then m |
Move to the previous table row |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then g |
Exit table |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press t then e |
Move to the next table |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press n then t |
Move to the previous table |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press p then t |
Other tools and navigation
|
Open revision history |
⌘ + Option + Shift + h |
Open Explore tool |
⌘ + Option + Shift + i |
Open spelling/grammar |
⌘ + Option + x
Fn + F7 |
Open dictionary |
⌘ + Shift + y |
Word count |
⌘ + Shift + c |
Start voice typing
(available in Chrome browsers) |
⌘ + Shift + s |
Go to side panel |
⌘ + Option + .
⌘ + Option + , |
Page up |
Fn + Up arrow |
Page down |
Fn + Down arrow |
Move to next misspelling |
⌘ + ' |
Move to previous misspelling |
⌘ + ; |
Insert or move to header |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press o then h |
Insert or move to footer |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press o then f |
Move focus to popup
(for links, bookmarks, and images) |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then p |
Move focus out of document text |
⌘ + Option + Shift + m |
Return focus to document text |
Esc |
Show person or group info |
Option + Right arrow |
Toggle a checkbox |
Command + Option + Enter |
Chrome OS shortcuts
Common actions
|
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
Alt + / |
Switch to editing |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + z |
Switch to suggesting |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + x |
Switch to viewing |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c |
Text formatting
|
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 + , |
Paragraph formatting
|
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 |
Images and drawings
|
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 arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 15° |
Alt + Left arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Right arrow |
Close drawing editor |
Ctrl + Esc
Shift + Esc |
Comments
|
Insert comment |
Ctrl + Alt + m |
Open discussion thread |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then c |
Insert footnote |
Ctrl + Alt + f |
Move to current footnote |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then f |
Move to next footnote |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then f |
Move to previous footnote |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then f |
Move to next suggestion |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then u |
Move to previous suggestion |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then u |
Review suggested edits |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press o then u |
Move to next comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c |
Move to previous comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c |
Open comment history |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Menus
|
Context (right-click) menu |
Ctrl + Shift + x
Shift + F10
|
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 |
Text selection with keyboard
|
Select all |
Ctrl + a |
Select none |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press u then a |
Extend selection one character |
Shift + Left/right arrow |
Extend selection one line |
Shift + Up/down arrow |
Extend selection one word |
Ctrl + Shift + Left/right arrow |
Extend selection to the beginning of the paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow |
Extend selection to the end of the paragraph |
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow |
Select current list item |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then i |
Select all list items at current level |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then o |
Select multiple sections of text |
After selecting one section of text, Ctrl + Alt + Shift + Left/right arrow. Use left/right arrow to move to a separate section of text you also want to select. |
Text selection with mouse
|
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 |
Screen reader shortcuts
The shortcuts below help you work with a screen reader. Before you use them, turn on screen reader support. Learn how to turn on screen reader support.
Screen reader support
|
Enable screen reader support |
Ctrl + Alt + z
Alt + Shift + ~ |
Enable braille support |
Ctrl + Alt + h |
Verbalize selection |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then x |
Verbalize from cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then r |
Announce cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then l |
Announce formatting at cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then f |
Verbalize table row and column headers |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then h |
Verbalize table cell location |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then n |
Verbalize table row header |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then r |
Verbalize table column header |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then c |
Show live edits |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + r |
Verbalize comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then c |
Verbalize comment anchor |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then a |
Verbalize selection formatting |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then s |
Verbalize cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press a then l |
Verbalize word count |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press a then w |
Navigation shortcuts
Two groups of shortcuts below help you move quickly through your document or table:
- Move to the next or previous item with Ctrl + Alt + N or Ctrl + Alt + p followed by another key.
- Move quickly around a table with Ctrl + Alt + Shift + t followed by another key.
Document navigation
|
Show outline |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then h |
Move to next heading |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then h |
Move to previous heading |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then h |
Move to next heading [1-6] |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then [1-6] |
Move to previous heading [1-6] |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then [1-6] |
Move to next graphic
(image or drawing) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then g |
Move to previous graphic
(image or drawing) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then g |
Move to next list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then o |
Move to previous list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then o |
Move to next item in the current list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then i |
Move to previous item in the current list |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then i |
Move to next link |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then l |
Move to previous link |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then l |
Move to next bookmark |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then b |
Move to previous bookmark |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then b |
Move to next formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then w |
Move to previous formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then w |
Move to the next edit
(while viewing revision history or new changes) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then r
Ctrl + Alt + k |
Move to the previous edit
(while viewing revision history or new changes) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then r
Ctrl + Alt + j |
Table navigation
|
Move to the start of the table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then s |
Move to the end of the table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then d |
Move to the start of the table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then i |
Move to the end of the table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then k |
Move to the next table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then b |
Move to the previous table column |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then v |
Move to the start of the table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then j |
Move to the end of the table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then l |
Move to the next table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then m |
Move to the previous table row |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then g |
Exit table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press t then e |
Move to the next table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press n then t |
Move to the previous table |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press p then t |
Other navigation
|
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 + .
Alt + Shift + , |
Page up |
Alt + Up arrow |
Page down |
Alt + Down arrow |
Move to beginning of document |
Ctrl + Search + Left arrow |
Move to end of document |
Ctrl + Search + Right arrow |
Move to next misspelling |
Ctrl + ' |
Move to previous misspelling |
Ctrl + ; |
Insert or move to header |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press o then h |
Insert or move to footer |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press o then f |
Move focus to popup
(for links, bookmarks, and images) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then p |
Move focus out of document text |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + m |
Return focus to document text |
Esc |
Show person or group info |
Alt + Right arrow |
Toggle a checkbox |
Ctrl + Alt + Enter |
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Sheets keyboard shortcuts
To see a list of keyboard shortcuts in Google Sheets, press Ctrl + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or ⌘ + / (Mac).
Tool finder (formerly search the menus), press Alt + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or Option + / (Mac).
PC shortcuts
Common actions
|
Select column |
Ctrl + Space |
Select row |
Shift + Space |
Select all |
Ctrl + a
Ctrl + Shift + Space |
Undo |
Ctrl + z |
Redo |
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + Shift + z
F4 |
Find |
Ctrl + f |
Find and replace |
Ctrl + h |
Fill range |
Ctrl + Enter |
Fill down |
Ctrl + d |
Fill right |
Ctrl + r |
Save
(every change is saved automatically in Drive) |
Ctrl + s |
Open |
Ctrl + o |
Print |
Ctrl + p |
Copy |
Ctrl + c |
Cut |
Ctrl + x |
Paste |
Ctrl + v |
Paste values only |
Ctrl + Shift + v |
Show common keyboard shortcuts |
Ctrl + / |
Insert new sheet |
Shift + F11 |
Compact controls |
Ctrl + Shift + f |
Input tools on/off
(available in spreadsheets in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Shift + k |
Select input tools |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k |
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus) |
Alt + /
|
Rename sheet |
Alt + 1 |
Convert range to table |
Ctrl + Alt + T |
Format cells
|
Bold |
Ctrl + b |
Underline |
Ctrl + u |
Italic |
Ctrl + i |
Strikethrough |
Alt + Shift + 5 |
Center align |
Ctrl + Shift + e |
Left align |
Ctrl + Shift + l |
Right align |
Ctrl + Shift + r |
Apply top border |
Alt + Shift + 1 |
Apply right border |
Alt + Shift + 2 |
Apply bottom border |
Alt + Shift + 3 |
Apply left border |
Alt + Shift + 4 |
Remove borders |
Alt + Shift + 6 |
Apply outer border |
Alt + Shift + 7
Ctrl + Shift + 7
|
Insert link |
Ctrl + k |
Insert time |
Ctrl + Shift + ; |
Insert date |
Ctrl + ; |
Insert date and time |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ; |
Format as decimal |
Ctrl + Shift + 1 |
Format as time |
Ctrl + Shift + 2 |
Format as date |
Ctrl + Shift + 3 |
Format as currency |
Ctrl + Shift + 4 |
Format as percentage |
Ctrl + Shift + 5 |
Format as exponent |
Ctrl + Shift + 6 |
Clear formatting |
Ctrl + \ |
Navigate spreadsheet
|
Move to beginning of row |
Home |
Move to beginning of sheet |
Ctrl + Home |
Move to end of row |
End |
Move to end of sheet |
Ctrl + End |
Scroll to active cell |
Ctrl + Backspace |
Move to next sheet |
Alt + Down Arrow |
Move to previous sheet |
Alt + Up Arrow |
Display list of sheets |
Alt + Shift + k |
Open hyperlink |
Alt + Enter |
Open Explore |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + i
|
Go to side panel |
Ctrl + Alt + .
Ctrl + Alt + , |
Move focus out of spreadsheet |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + m |
Move to quicksum
(when a range of cells is selected) |
Alt + Shift + q |
Move focus to popup
(for links, bookmarks, and images) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then p |
Open drop-down menu on filtered cell |
Ctrl + Alt + r |
Open revision history |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + h |
Close drawing editor |
Shift + Esc |
Edit notes and comments
|
Insert/edit note |
Shift + F2 |
Insert/edit comment |
Ctrl + Alt + m |
Open comment discussion thread |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then c |
Move to next comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c |
Move to previous comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Open a menu
|
File menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + f
other browsers: Alt + Shift + f |
Edit menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + e
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e |
View menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + v
other browsers: Alt + Shift + v |
Insert menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + i
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i |
Format menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + o
other browsers: Alt + Shift + o |
Data menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + d
other browsers: Alt + Shift + d |
Tools menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + t
other browsers: Alt + Shift + t |
Open insert menu |
Ctrl + Alt + =
(with cells selected) |
Open delete menu |
Ctrl + Alt + - (with cells selected) |
Form menu
(present when the spreadsheet is connected to a form) |
in Google Chrome: Alt + m
other browsers: Alt + Shift + m |
Add-ons menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + n
other browsers: Alt + Shift + n |
Help menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + h
other browsers: Alt + Shift + h |
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled) |
in Google Chrome: Alt + a
other browsers: Alt + Shift + a |
Sheet menu
(copy, delete, and other sheet actions) |
Alt + Shift + s |
Context menu |
Ctrl + Shift + \
Shift + F10
|
Table column menu |
Ctrl + Alt + \ |
Add or change rows and columns
|
Insert rows above |
Ctrl + Alt + =
(with rows selected)
in Google Chrome: Alt + i, then r, then r
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i, then r, then r
|
Insert rows below |
in Google Chrome: Alt + i, then r, then b
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i, then r, then b |
Insert columns to the left |
Ctrl + Alt + =
(with columns selected)
in Google Chrome: Alt + i, then c, then c
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i, then c, then c
|
Insert columns to the right |
in Google Chrome: Alt + i, then c, then o
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i, then c, then o |
Delete rows |
Ctrl + Alt + - (with rows selected)
in Google Chrome: Alt + e, then d, then d
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e, then d, then d
|
Delete columns |
Ctrl + Alt + - (with columns selected)
in Google Chrome: Alt + e, then d, then e
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e, then d, then e
|
Hide row |
Ctrl + Alt + 9 |
Unhide row |
Ctrl + Shift + 9 |
Hide column |
Ctrl + Alt + 0 |
Unhide column |
Ctrl + Shift + 0 |
Group rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Right Arrow |
Ungroup rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Left Arrow |
Expand grouped rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Down Arrow |
Collapse grouped rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Up Arrow |
Use formulas
|
Show all formulas |
Ctrl + ~ |
Insert array formula |
Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
Collapse an expanded array formula |
Ctrl + e |
Show/hide formula help
(when entering a formula) |
Shift + F1 |
Full/compact formula help
(when entering a formula) |
F1 |
Absolute/relative references
(when entering a formula) |
F4 |
Toggle formula result previews
(when entering a formula) |
F9 |
Resize formula bar
(move up or down) |
Ctrl + Up / Ctrl + Down |
Toggle formula range selection
(when entering a formula)
|
F2
Ctrl + e
|
Help for screen readers
|
Turn on screen reader support
Learn more about using Google Sheets with a screen reader |
Ctrl + Alt + z |
Enable braille support |
Ctrl + Alt + h |
Read column |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c |
Read row |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + r |
Mac shortcuts
Common actions
|
Select column |
Ctrl + Space |
Select row |
Shift + Space |
Select all |
⌘ + a
⌘ + Shift + Space |
Undo |
⌘ + z |
Redo |
⌘ + y
⌘ + Shift + z
Fn + F4 |
Find |
⌘ + f |
Find and replace |
⌘ + Shift + h |
Fill range |
⌘ + Enter |
Fill down |
⌘ + d |
Fill right |
⌘ + r |
Save
(every change is saved automatically in Drive) |
⌘ + s |
Open |
⌘ + o |
Print |
⌘ + p |
Copy |
⌘ + c |
Cut |
⌘ + x |
Paste |
⌘ + v |
Paste values only |
⌘ + Shift + v |
Show common keyboard shortcuts |
⌘ + / |
Insert new sheet |
Shift + Fn + F11 |
Compact controls |
Ctrl + Shift + f |
Input tools on/off
(available in spreadsheets in non-Latin languages) |
⌘ + Shift + k |
Select input tools |
⌘ + Option + Shift + k |
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus) |
Option + / |
Select current region around selected cell |
⌘ + Shift + *
Ctrl + Shift + * |
Displays or hides the menus |
⌘ + Option + R
Ctrl + Shift + F |
Convert range to table |
⌘ + Alt + T |
Format cells
|
Bold |
⌘ + b
⌘ + 2
Ctrl + 2
|
Underline |
⌘ + u
⌘ + 4
Ctrl + 4
|
Italic |
⌘ + i
⌘ + 3
Ctrl + 3 |
Strikethrough |
⌘ + Shift + x
⌘ + 5
Ctrl + 5
|
Center align |
⌘ + Shift + e |
Left align |
⌘ + Shift + l |
Right align |
⌘ + Shift + r |
Apply top border |
Option + Shift + 1 |
Apply right border |
Option + Shift + 2 |
Apply bottom border |
Option + Shift + 3 |
Apply left border |
Option + Shift + 4 |
Remove borders |
Option + Shift + 6 |
Apply outer border |
Option + Shift + 7
⌘ + Shift + 7
Ctrl + Shift + 7
|
Insert link |
⌘ + k |
Insert time |
⌘ + Shift + ; |
Insert date |
⌘ + ; |
Insert date and time |
⌘ + Option + Shift + ; |
Format as decimal |
Ctrl + Shift + 1 |
Format as time |
Ctrl + Shift + 2 |
Format as date |
Ctrl + Shift + 3 |
Format as currency |
Ctrl + Shift + 4 |
Format as percentage |
Ctrl + Shift + 5 |
Format as exponent |
Ctrl + Shift + 6 |
Clear formatting |
⌘ + \ |
Navigate spreadsheet
|
Move to beginning of row |
Fn + Left Arrow |
Move to beginning of sheet |
⌘ + Fn + Left Arrow |
Move to end of row |
Fn + Right Arrow |
Move to end of sheet |
⌘ + Fn + Right Arrow |
Scroll to active cell |
⌘ + Backspace |
Move to next sheet |
Option + Down Arrow
MacBook:
Option + Right Arrow
|
Move to previous sheet |
Option + Up Arrow
MacBook:
Option + Left Arrow
|
Display list of sheets |
Option + Shift + k |
Open hyperlink |
Option + Enter |
Open Explore |
⌘ + Option + Shift + i
|
Go to side panel |
⌘ + Option + .
⌘ + Option + , |
Move focus out of spreadsheet |
Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift + m |
Move to quicksum
(when a range of cells is selected) |
Option + Shift + q |
Move focus to popup
(for links, bookmarks, and images) |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then p |
Open drop-down menu on filtered cell |
Ctrl + ⌘ + r |
Open revision history |
⌘ + Option + Shift + h |
Close drawing editor |
⌘ + Esc
Shift + Esc |
Show "Go to range" dialog |
Ctrl + G |
Find and replace with Find tab selected |
Ctrl + F |
Edit notes and comments
|
Insert/edit note |
Shift + F2 |
Insert/edit comment |
⌘ + Option + m |
Open comment discussion thread |
⌘ + Option + Shift + a |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then c |
Move to next comment |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then c |
Move to previous comment |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then c |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Open a menu
|
File menu |
Ctrl + Option + f |
Edit menu |
Ctrl + Option + e |
View menu |
Ctrl + Option + v |
Insert menu |
Ctrl + Option + i |
Format menu |
Ctrl + Option + o |
Data menu |
Ctrl + Option + d |
Tools menu |
Ctrl + Option + t |
Open insert menu |
⌘ + Option + = (with cells selected) |
Open delete menu |
⌘ + Option + - (with cells selected) |
Form menu
(present when the spreadsheet is connected to a form) |
Ctrl + Option + m |
Add-ons menu |
Ctrl + Option + n |
Help menu |
Ctrl + Option + h |
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled) |
Ctrl + Option + a |
Sheet menu
(copy, delete, and other sheet actions) |
Option + Shift + s |
Context menu |
⌘ + Shift + \
Shift + F10
|
Table column menu |
⌘ + Option + \ |
Add or change rows and columns
|
Insert rows above |
⌘ + Option + = (with rows selected)
Ctrl + Option + i, press r then r
|
Insert rows below |
Ctrl + Option + i, press r then b |
Insert columns to the left |
⌘ + Option + = (with columns selected)
Ctrl + Option + i, press c then c
|
Insert columns to the right |
Ctrl + Option + i, press c then o |
Delete rows |
⌘ + Option + - (with rows selected)
Ctrl + Option + e, then d, then d |
Delete columns |
⌘ + Option + - (with columns selected)
Ctrl + Option + e, then d, then e |
Hide row |
⌘ + Option + 9 |
Unhide row |
⌘ + Shift + 9 |
Hide column |
⌘ + Option + 0 |
Unhide column |
⌘ + Shift + 0 |
Group rows or columns |
Option + Shift + Right Arrow |
Ungroup rows or columns |
Option + Shift + Left Arrow |
Expand grouped rows or columns |
Option + Shift + Down Arrow |
Collapse grouped rows or columns |
Option + Shift + Up Arrow |
Use formulas
|
Show all formulas |
Ctrl + ~ |
Insert array formula |
⌘ + Shift + Enter |
Collapse an expanded array formula |
⌘ + e |
Show/hide formula help
(when entering a formula) |
Shift + Fn + F1 |
Full/compact formula help
(when entering a formula) |
Fn + F1 |
Absolute/relative references
(when entering a formula) |
Fn + F4 |
Toggle formula result previews
(when entering a formula) |
Fn + F9 |
Resize formula bar
(move up or down) |
Ctrl + Option + Up and Ctrl + Option + Down |
Toggle formula range selection (when entering a formula)
|
F2
Ctrl + e
|
Help for screen readers
|
Turn on screen reader support
Learn more about using Google Sheets with a screen reader |
⌘ + Option + z |
Enable braille support |
⌘ + Option + h |
Read column |
⌘ + Option + Shift + c |
Read row |
⌘ + Option + Shift + r |
Chrome OS shortcuts
Common actions
|
Select column |
Ctrl + Space |
Select row |
Shift + Space |
Select all |
Ctrl + a |
Undo |
Ctrl + z |
Redo |
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + Shift + z |
Find |
Ctrl + f |
Find and replace |
Ctrl + h |
Fill range |
Ctrl + Enter |
Fill down |
Ctrl + d |
Fill right |
Ctrl + r |
Save
(every change is saved automatically in Drive) |
Ctrl + s |
Open |
Ctrl + o |
Print |
Ctrl + p |
Copy |
Ctrl + c |
Cut |
Ctrl + x |
Paste |
Ctrl + v |
Paste values only |
Ctrl + Shift + v |
Show common keyboard shortcuts |
Ctrl + / |
Compact controls |
Ctrl + Shift + f |
Input tools on/off
(available in spreadsheets in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Shift + k |
Select input tools |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k |
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus) |
Alt + / |
Convert range to table |
Ctrl + Alt + T |
Format cells
|
Bold |
Ctrl + b |
Underline |
Ctrl + u |
Italic |
Ctrl + i |
Strikethrough |
Alt + Shift + 5 |
Center align |
Ctrl + Shift + e |
Left align |
Ctrl + Shift + l |
Right align |
Ctrl + Shift + r |
Apply top border |
Alt + Shift + 1 |
Apply right border |
Alt + Shift + 2 |
Apply bottom border |
Alt + Shift + 3 |
Apply left border |
Alt + Shift + 4 |
Remove borders |
Alt + Shift + 6 |
Apply outer border |
Alt + Shift + 7
Ctrl + Shift + 7
|
Insert link |
Ctrl + k |
Insert time |
Ctrl + Shift + ; |
Insert date |
Ctrl + ; |
Insert date and time |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + ; |
Format as decimal |
Ctrl + Shift + 1 |
Format as time |
Ctrl + Shift + 2 |
Format as date |
Ctrl + Shift + 3 |
Format as currency |
Ctrl + Shift + 4 |
Format as percentage |
Ctrl + Shift + 5 |
Format as exponent |
Ctrl + Shift + 6 |
Clear formatting |
Ctrl + \ |
Navigate spreadsheet
|
Move to beginning of row |
Search + Left Arrow |
Move to end of row |
Search + Right Arrow |
Move to first cell in row with data |
Ctrl + Left Arrow |
Move to top left of sheet |
Ctrl + Search + Left Arrow |
Move to last cell in row with data |
Ctrl + Right Arrow |
Move to bottom right of sheet |
Ctrl + Search + Right Arrow |
Scroll to active cell |
Ctrl + Backspace |
Move to beginning of sheet |
Ctrl + Search + Left Arrow |
Move to end of sheet |
Ctrl + Search + Right Arrow |
Move to next sheet |
Ctrl + Shift + Search + Down Arrow |
Move to previous sheet |
Ctrl + Shift + Search + Up Arrow |
Display list of sheets |
Alt + Shift + k |
Open hyperlink |
Alt + Enter |
Open Explore |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + i
|
Go to side panel |
Alt + Shift + .
Alt + Shift + , |
Move focus out of spreadsheet |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + m |
Move to quicksum
(when a range of cells is selected) |
Alt + Shift + q |
Move focus to popup
(for links, bookmarks, and images) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then p |
Open drop-down menu on filtered cell |
Ctrl + Alt + r |
Open revision history |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + h |
Close drawing editor |
Ctrl + Esc
Shift + Esc |
Edit notes and comments
|
Insert/edit note |
Shift + Search + 2 |
Insert/edit comment |
Ctrl + Alt + m |
Open comment discussion thread |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then c |
Move to next comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c |
Move to previous comment |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Open a menu
|
File menu |
Alt + f |
Edit menu |
Alt + e |
View menu |
Alt + v |
Insert menu |
Alt + i |
Format menu |
Alt + o |
Data menu |
Alt + d |
Tools menu |
Alt + t |
Open insert menu |
Ctrl + Alt + = (with cells selected) |
Open delete menu |
Ctrl + Alt + - (with cells selected) |
Form menu
(present when the spreadsheet is connected to a form) |
Alt + m |
Add-ons menu |
Alt + n |
Help menu |
Alt + h |
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled) |
Alt + a |
Sheet menu
(copy, delete, and other sheet actions) |
Ctrl + Shift + s |
Context menu |
Ctrl + Shift + \
Shift + F10
|
Table column menu |
Ctrl + Alt + \ |
Add or change rows and columns
|
Insert rows above |
Ctrl + Alt + = (with rows selected)
Alt + i, then r, then r |
Insert rows below |
Alt + i, then r, then b |
Insert columns to the left |
Ctrl + Alt + = (with columns selected)
Alt + i, then c, then c |
Insert columns to the right |
Alt + i, then c, then o |
Delete rows |
Ctrl + Alt + - (with rows selected)
Alt + e, then d, then d |
Delete columns |
Ctrl + Alt + - (with columns selected)
Alt + e, then d, then e |
Hide rows |
Ctrl + Alt + 9 |
Unhide rows |
Ctrl + Shift + 9 |
Hide columns |
Ctrl + Alt + 0 |
Unhide columns |
Ctrl + Shift + 0 |
Group rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Right Arrow |
Ungroup rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Left Arrow |
Expand grouped rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Down Arrow |
Collapse grouped rows or columns |
Alt + Shift + Up Arrow |
Use formulas
|
Show all formulas |
Ctrl + ~ |
Insert array formula |
Ctrl + Shift + Enter |
Collapse an expanded array formula |
Ctrl + e |
Show/hide formula help
(when entering a formula) |
Shift + Search + 1 |
Full/compact formula help (when entering a formula) |
Search + 1 |
Absolute/relative references (when entering a formula) |
Search + 4 |
Toggle formula result previews (when entering a formula) |
Search + 9 |
Resize formula bar (move up or down) |
Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow and
Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow
|
Toggle formula range selection (when entering a formula)
|
F2
Ctrl + e
|
Help for screen readers
|
Turn on screen reader support
Learn more about using Google Sheets with a screen reader |
Ctrl + Alt + z |
Enable braille support |
Ctrl + Alt + h |
Read column |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c |
Read row |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + r |
Use other spreadsheet shortcuts
You can use shortcuts for spreadsheets made by other companies in Google Sheets.
- On your computer, open a spreadsheet at sheets.google.com.
- At the top, click Help Keyboard shortcuts.
- At the bottom of the window, turn on Enable compatible spreadsheet shortcuts.
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Slides keyboard shortcuts
To open a list of keyboard shortcuts in Google Slides, press Ctrl + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or ⌘ + / (Mac).
Tool finder (formerly search the menus), press Alt + / (Windows, Chrome OS) or Option + / (Mac).
You can also use menu access keys. Open any application menu using the keyboard, then type the underlined letter for the item you'd like to select. For example, to open the Insert menu on a Mac, press Ctrl + Option + i. To select "Image," type the underlined letter i.
PC shortcuts
Common actions
|
New slide |
Ctrl + m |
Duplicate slide |
Ctrl + d |
Undo |
Ctrl + z |
Redo |
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + Shift + z |
Copy |
Ctrl + c |
Cut |
Ctrl + x |
Paste |
Ctrl + v |
Copy formatting of the selected text or shape |
Ctrl + Alt + c |
Paste formatting of the selected text or shape |
Ctrl + Alt + v |
Insert or edit link |
Ctrl + k |
Open link |
Alt + Enter |
Delete |
Delete |
Select all |
Ctrl + a |
Select none |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press u then a |
Find |
Ctrl + f |
Find and replace |
Ctrl + h |
Find again |
Ctrl + g |
Find previous |
Ctrl + Shift + g |
Open... |
Ctrl + o |
Print |
Ctrl + p |
Save
Every change is automatically saved in Drive |
Ctrl + s |
Show common keyboard shortcuts |
Ctrl + / |
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus) |
Alt + /
Alt + z (Google Chrome) |
Hide or show menus (compact mode) |
Ctrl + Shift + f |
Turn on captions while presenting |
Ctrl + Shift + c |
Alt text |
Ctrl + Alt + y |
Film strip actions
|
Move to previous slide |
Page Up
Up arrow |
Move to next slide |
Page Down
Down arrow |
Move focus to first slide |
Home |
Move focus to last slide |
End |
Move slide up |
Ctrl + Up arrow |
Move slide down |
Ctrl + Down arrow |
Move slide to beginning |
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow |
Move slide to end |
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow |
Select previous slide |
Shift + Up arrow |
Select next slide |
Shift + Down arrow |
Select first slide |
Shift + Home |
Select last slide |
Shift + End |
Navigation
|
Zoom in |
Ctrl + + |
Zoom out |
Ctrl + - |
Zoom 100% |
Ctrl + 0 |
Move to filmstrip |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + f |
Move to canvas |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c |
Open speaker notes panel |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + s |
Change to HTML view of presentation |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + p |
Open animations panel |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + b |
Continue in animation preview |
Enter |
Open Explore |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + i |
Go to side panel |
Ctrl + Alt + .
Ctrl + Alt + , |
Open dictionary |
Ctrl + Shift + y |
Open revision history panel |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + h |
Open cell border selection (for tables) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then p |
Play the selected video |
Enter |
Present slides |
Ctrl + F5 |
Exit the current mode |
Esc |
Menus
|
Context menu |
Ctrl + Shift + \
Ctrl + Shift + x
Shift + F10
|
File menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + f
other browsers: Alt + Shift + f |
Edit menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + e
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e |
View menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + v
other browsers: Alt + Shift + v |
Insert menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + i
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i |
Format menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + o
other browsers: Alt + Shift + o |
Tools menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + t
other browsers: Alt + Shift + t |
Help menu |
in Google Chrome: Alt + h
other browsers: Alt + Shift + h |
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled) |
in Google Chrome: Alt + a
other browsers: Alt + Shift + a |
Input tools menu
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k |
Toggle input controls
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Shift + k |
Comments
|
Insert comment |
Ctrl + Alt + m |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + Enter |
Move to next comment in the presentation |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c |
Move to previous comment in the presentation |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c |
When focus is on comment, move to next comment |
j |
When focus is on comment, move to previous comment |
k |
When focus is on comment, reply to comment |
r |
When focus is on comment, resolve comment |
e |
Open comment discussion thread |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Hide comment |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + j |
Text
|
Bold |
Ctrl + b |
Italic |
Ctrl + i |
Underline |
Ctrl + u |
Subscript |
Ctrl + , |
Superscript |
Ctrl + . |
Strikethrough |
Alt + Shift + 5 |
Clear formatting |
Ctrl + \
Ctrl + Space |
Increase font size |
Ctrl + Shift + > |
Decrease font size |
Ctrl + Shift + < |
Left align |
Ctrl + Shift + l |
Right align |
Ctrl + Shift + r |
Center align |
Ctrl + Shift + e |
Justify |
Ctrl + Shift + j |
Move paragraph down |
Alt + Shift + Down arrow |
Move paragraph up |
Alt + Shift + Up arrow |
Increase indent |
Ctrl + ] |
Decrease indent |
Ctrl + [ |
Bulleted list |
Ctrl + Shift + 8 |
Numbered list |
Ctrl + Shift + 7 |
Select list item |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then i |
Select list items at current level |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then o |
Move to next text formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then w |
Move to previous text formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then w |
Move to next misspelling |
Ctrl + ' |
Move to previous misspelling |
Ctrl + ; |
Move and arrange objects
|
Duplicate |
Ctrl + d |
Group |
Ctrl + Alt + g |
Ungroup |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + g |
Send backward |
Ctrl + Down arrow |
Bring forward |
Ctrl + Up arrow |
Send to back |
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow |
Bring to front |
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow |
Select next shape |
Tab |
Select previous shape |
Shift + Tab |
Nudge up, down, left, or right |
Arrow keys |
Nudge one pixel at a time |
Shift + Arrow keys |
Rotate counterclockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Right arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 15° |
Alt + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 15° |
Alt + Right arrow |
Resize larger horizontally |
Ctrl + Alt + b |
Resize larger vertically |
Ctrl + Alt + i |
Resize smaller |
Ctrl + Alt + j |
Resize larger |
Ctrl + Alt + k |
Resize smaller vertically |
Ctrl + Alt + 9 |
Resize smaller horizontally |
Ctrl + Alt + w |
Exit crop mode |
Enter |
Suppress guides |
Alt + Move with mouse |
Duplicate |
Ctrl + Move with mouse |
Resize from center |
Ctrl + Resize with mouse |
Constrain to vertical or horizontal movements |
Shift + Move with mouse |
Constrain to object's aspect ratio |
Shift + Resize with mouse |
Constrain to 15° rotation increments |
Shift + Rotate with mouse |
Presenting
|
Stop presenting |
Esc |
Next |
Right arrow |
Previous |
Left arrow |
Go to specific slide (7 followed by Enter goes to slide 7) |
Number followed by Enter |
First slide |
Home |
Last slide |
End |
Open speaker notes |
s |
Open audience tools |
a |
Toggle laser pointer |
l |
Print |
Ctrl + p |
Toggle captions (English only) |
Ctrl + Shift + c |
Toggle full screen |
F11 |
Show a blank black slide |
b or . |
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide |
Press any key |
Show a blank white slide |
w or , |
Return to the presentation from a blank white slide |
Press any key |
Video Player
|
Toggle play/pause |
k |
Rewind 10 seconds |
u |
Fast forward 10 seconds |
o |
Previous frame (while paused) |
Shift + , |
Next frame (while paused) |
Shift + . |
Decrease playback rate |
Ctrl + Shift + , |
Increase playback rate |
Ctrl + Shift + . |
Seek to specific point in the video (Shift+7 advances to 70% of duration) |
Shift + 0..9 |
Toggle captions on/off |
c |
Toggle full screen |
f |
Toggle mute |
m |
Screen reader support
|
Verbalize selection |
Ctrl + Alt + x |
Enable screen reader support
Learn more about using Google Slides with a screen reader |
Ctrl + Alt + z
Alt + Shift + ~ |
Enable braille support |
Ctrl + Alt + h |
Verbalize from cursor location |
Ctrl + Alt + r |
Announce formatting at cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then f |
Mac shortcuts
Common actions
|
New slide |
Ctrl + m |
Duplicate slide |
⌘ + d |
Undo |
⌘ + z |
Redo |
⌘ + y
⌘ + Shift + z |
Copy |
⌘ + c |
Cut |
⌘ + x |
Paste |
⌘ + v |
Copy formatting of the selected text or shape |
⌘ + Option + c |
Paste formatting of the selected text or shape |
⌘ + Option + v |
Insert or edit link |
⌘ + k |
Open link |
Option + Enter |
Delete |
Delete |
Select all |
⌘ + a |
Select none |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press u then a |
Find |
⌘ + f |
Find and replace |
⌘ + Shift + h |
Find again |
⌘ + g |
Find previous |
⌘ + Shift + g |
Open... |
⌘ + o |
Print |
⌘ + p |
Save
Every change is automatically saved in Drive |
⌘ + s |
Show common keyboard shortcuts |
⌘ + / |
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus) |
Option + /
Ctrl + Option + z
Mozilla Firefox: Ctrl + ~ |
Hide or show menus (compact mode) |
Ctrl + Shift + f |
Turn on captions while presenting |
⌘ + Shift + c |
Alt text |
⌘ + Option + y |
Film strip actions
|
Move to previous slide |
Up arrow |
Move to next slide |
Down arrow |
Move focus to first slide |
Fn + Left arrow |
Move focus to last slide |
Fn + Right arrow |
Move slide up |
⌘ + Up arrow |
Move slide down |
⌘ + Down arrow |
Move slide to beginning |
⌘ + Shift + Up arrow |
Move slide to end |
⌘ + Shift + Down arrow |
Select previous slide |
Shift + Up arrow |
Select next slide |
Shift + Down arrow |
Select first slide |
Shift + Fn + Left arrow |
Select last slide |
Shift + Fn + Right arrow |
Navigation
|
Zoom in |
⌘ + + |
Zoom out |
⌘ + - |
Zoom 100% |
⌘ + 0 |
Move to filmstrip |
⌘ + Option + Shift + f |
Move to canvas |
⌘ + Option + Shift + c |
Open speaker notes panel |
⌘ + Option + Shift + s |
Change to HTML view of presentation |
⌘ + Option + Shift + p |
Open animations panel |
⌘ + Option + Shift + b |
Continue in animation preview |
Enter |
Open explore tool |
⌘ + Option + Shift + i |
Define selected word in explore tool |
⌘ + Shift + y |
Go to side panel |
⌘ + Option + .
⌘ + Option + , |
Open revision history panel |
⌘ + Option + Shift + h |
Open cell border selection (for tables) |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then p |
Play the selected video |
Enter |
Present slides |
⌘ + Enter |
Present slides from beginning |
⌘ + Shift + Enter |
Exit the current mode |
Esc |
Menus
|
Context menu |
⌘ + Shift + \
Shift + F10
|
File menu |
Ctrl + Option + f |
Edit menu |
Ctrl + Option + e |
View menu |
Ctrl + Option + v |
Insert menu |
Ctrl + Option + i |
Slide menu |
Ctrl + Option + s |
Format menu |
Ctrl + Option + o |
Arrange menu |
Ctrl + Option + r |
Tools menu |
Ctrl + Option + t |
Help menu |
Ctrl + Option + h |
Input tools menu
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages) |
⌘ + Option + Shift + k |
Toggle input controls
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages) |
⌘ + Shift + k |
Comments
|
Insert comment |
⌘ + Option + m |
Enter current comment |
holding Ctrl + Enter |
Move to next comment in the presentation |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then c |
Move to previous comment in the presentation |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then c |
When focus is on comment, move to next comment |
j |
When focus is on comment, move to previous comment |
k |
When focus is on comment, reply to comment |
r |
When focus is on comment, resolve comment |
e |
Open comment discussion thread |
⌘ + Option + Shift + a |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
|
Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Hide comment |
⌘ + Option + Shift + j |
Text
|
Bold |
⌘ + b |
Italic |
⌘ + i |
Underline |
⌘ + u |
Subscript |
⌘ + , |
Superscript |
⌘ + . |
Strikethrough |
⌘ + Shift + x |
Clear formatting |
⌘ + \ (back slash) |
Increase font size |
⌘ + Shift + > |
Decrease font size |
⌘ + Shift + < |
Left align |
⌘ + Shift + l |
Right align |
⌘ + Shift + r |
Center align |
⌘ + Shift + e |
Justify |
⌘ + Shift + j |
Select paragraph above |
Option + Shift + Up arrow |
Select paragraph below |
Option + Shift + Down arrow |
Increase indent |
⌘ + ] |
Decrease indent |
⌘ + [ |
Bulleted list |
⌘ + Shift + 8 |
Numbered list |
⌘ + Shift + 7 |
Select list item |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press e then i |
Select list items at current level |
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press e then o |
Move to next text formatting change |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then w |
Move to previous text formatting change |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then w |
Move to next misspelling |
⌘ + ' |
Move to previous misspelling |
⌘ + ; |
Move and arrange objects
|
Duplicate |
⌘ + d |
Group |
⌘ + Option + g |
Ungroup |
⌘ + Option + Shift + g |
Send backward |
⌘ + Down arrow |
Bring forward |
⌘ + Up arrow |
Send to back |
⌘ + Shift + Down arrow |
Bring to front |
⌘ + Shift + Up arrow |
Select next shape |
Tab |
Select previous shape |
Shift + Tab |
Nudge up, down, left, or right |
Arrow keys |
Nudge one pixel at a time |
Shift + Arrow keys |
Rotate counterclockwise by 1° |
Option + Shift + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 1° |
Option + Shift + Right arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 15° |
Option + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 15° |
Option + Right arrow |
Resize larger horizontally |
⌘ + Ctrl + b |
Resize larger vertically |
⌘ + Ctrl + i |
Resize smaller |
⌘ + Ctrl + j |
Resize larger |
⌘ + Ctrl + k |
Resize smaller horizontally |
⌘ + Ctrl + w |
Exit crop mode |
Enter |
Suppress guides |
⌘ + Move with mouse |
Duplicate |
Option + Move with mouse |
Resize from center |
Option + Resize with mouse |
Constrain to vertical or horizontal movements |
Shift + Move with mouse |
Constrain to object's aspect ratio |
Shift + Resize with mouse |
Constrain to 15° rotation increments |
Shift + Rotate with mouse |
Presenting
|
Stop presenting |
Esc |
Next |
Right arrow |
Previous |
Left arrow |
Go to specific slide (7 followed by Enter goes to slide 7) |
Number followed by Enter |
First slide |
Home |
Last slide |
End |
Open speaker notes |
s |
Open audience tools |
a |
Toggle laser pointer |
l |
Print |
⌘ + p |
Toggle captions (English only) |
⌘ + Shift + c |
Toggle full screen |
⌘ + Shift + f |
Show a blank black slide |
b or . |
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide |
Press any key |
Show a blank white slide |
w or , |
Return to the presentation from a blank white slide |
Press any key |
Video Player
|
Toggle play/pause |
k |
Rewind 10 seconds |
u |
Fast forward 10 seconds |
o |
Previous frame (while paused) |
Shift + , |
Next frame (while paused) |
Shift + . |
Decrease playback rate |
⌘ + Shift + , |
Increase playback rate |
⌘ + Shift + . |
Seek to specific point in the video (Shift+7 advances to 70% of duration |
Shift + 0..9 |
Toggle captions on/off |
c |
Toggle full screen |
f |
Toggle mute |
m |
Screen reader support
|
Verbalize selection |
Ctrl + ⌘ + x |
Enable screen reader support
Learn more about using Google Slides with a screen reader |
Option + ⌘ + z |
Enable braille support |
⌘ + Option + h |
Verbalize from cursor location |
Ctrl + ⌘ + r |
Announce formatting at cursor location |
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then f |
Chrome OS shortcuts
Common actions
|
New slide |
Ctrl + m |
Duplicate slide |
Ctrl + d |
Undo |
Ctrl + z |
Redo |
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + Shift + z |
Copy |
Ctrl + c |
Cut |
Ctrl + x |
Paste |
Ctrl + v |
Copy formatting of the selected text or shape |
Ctrl + Alt + c |
Paste formatting of the selected text or shape |
Ctrl + Alt + v |
Insert or edit link |
Ctrl + k |
Open link |
Alt + Enter |
Delete |
Backspace |
Select all |
Ctrl + a |
Select none |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press u then a |
Find |
Ctrl + f |
Find and replace |
Ctrl + h |
Find again |
Ctrl + g |
Find previous |
Ctrl + Shift + g |
Open... |
Ctrl + o |
Print |
Ctrl + p |
Save
Every change is automatically saved in Drive |
Ctrl + s |
Show common keyboard shortcuts |
Ctrl + / |
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus) |
Alt + /
Alt + z |
Hide or show menus (compact mode) |
Ctrl + Shift + f |
Turn on captions while presenting |
Ctrl + Shift + c |
Alt text |
Ctrl + Alt + y |
Film strip actions
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Move focus to previous slide |
Alt + Up arrow
Up arrow |
Move focus to next slide |
Alt + Down arrow
Down arrow |
Move focus to first slide |
Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow |
Move focus to last slide |
Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow |
Extend selection to previous slide |
Shift + Up arrow |
Extend selection to next slide |
Shift + Down arrow |
Move slide up |
Ctrl + Up arrow |
Move slide down |
Ctrl + Down arrow |
Move slide to beginning |
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow |
Move slide to end |
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow |
Navigation
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Zoom in |
Ctrl + + |
Zoom out |
Ctrl + - |
Zoom 100% |
Ctrl + 0 |
Move to filmstrip |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + f |
Move to canvas |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c |
Open speaker notes panel |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + s |
Change to HTML view of presentation |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + p |
Open animations panel |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + b |
Continue in animation preview |
Enter |
Open explore tool |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + i |
Define selected word in explore tool |
Ctrl + Shift + y |
Go to side panel |
Alt + Shift + .
Alt + Shift + , |
Open cell border selection (for tables) |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then p |
Present slides |
Ctrl + Search + 5 |
Exit the current mode |
Esc |
Context menu |
Ctrl + Shift + x
Shift + F10
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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 presentations in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k |
Toggle input controls
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages) |
Ctrl + Shift + k |
Comments
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Insert comment |
Ctrl + Alt + m |
Enter current comment |
Ctrl + Enter |
Move to next comment in the presentation |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c |
Move to previous comment in the presentation |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c |
When focus is on comment, move to next comment |
j |
When focus is on comment, move to previous comment |
k |
When focus is on comment, reply to comment |
r |
When focus is on comment, resolve comment |
e |
Open comment discussion thread |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a |
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
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Reply to current comment |
R |
Move to next comment |
J |
Move to previous comment |
K |
Resolve current comment |
E |
Exit current comment |
U |
Hide comment |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + j |
Text
|
Bold |
Ctrl + b |
Italic |
Ctrl + i |
Underline |
Ctrl + u |
Subscript |
Ctrl + , |
Superscript |
Ctrl + . |
Strikethrough |
Alt + Shift + 5 |
Clear formatting |
Ctrl + Space
Ctrl + \ |
Increase font size |
Ctrl + Shift + > |
Decrease font size |
Ctrl + Shift + < |
Right align |
Ctrl + Shift + r |
Center align |
Ctrl + Shift + e |
Justify |
Ctrl + Shift + j |
Increase indent |
Ctrl + ] |
Decrease indent |
Ctrl + [ |
Bulleted list |
Ctrl + Shift + 8 |
Numbered list |
Ctrl + Shift + 7 |
Select list item |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then i |
Select list items at current level |
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then o |
Move to next text formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then w |
Move to previous text formatting change |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then w |
Move to next misspelling |
Ctrl + ' |
Move to previous misspelling |
Ctrl + ; |
Move and arrange objects
|
Duplicate |
Ctrl + d |
Group |
Ctrl + Alt + g |
Ungroup |
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + g |
Send backward |
Ctrl + Down arrow |
Bring forward |
Ctrl + Up arrow |
Send to back |
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow |
Bring to front |
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow |
Select next shape |
Tab |
Select previous shape |
Shift + Tab |
Nudge up, down, left, or right |
Arrow keys |
Nudge one pixel at a time |
Shift + Arrow keys |
Rotate counterclockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 1° |
Alt + Shift + Right arrow |
Rotate counterclockwise by 15° |
Alt + Left arrow |
Rotate clockwise by 15° |
Alt + Right arrow |
Resize larger horizontally |
Ctrl + Alt + b |
Resize larger vertically |
Ctrl + Alt + i |
Resize smaller |
Ctrl + Alt + j |
Resize larger |
Ctrl + Alt + k |
Resize smaller vertically |
Ctrl + Alt + 9 |
Resize smaller horizontally |
Ctrl + Alt + w |
Exit crop mode |
Enter |
Duplicate |
Ctrl + Move with mouse |
Resize from center |
Ctrl + Resize with mouse |
Constrain to vertical or horizontal movements |
Shift + Move with mouse |
Constrain to object's aspect ratio |
Shift + Resize with mouse |
Constrain to 15° rotation increments |
Shift + Rotate with mouse |
Add to selection |
Shift + Click |
Presenting
|
Stop presenting |
Esc |
Next |
Right arrow |
Previous |
Left arrow |
Go to specific slide (7 followed by Enter goes to slide 7) |
Number followed by Enter |
First slide |
Home |
Last slide |
End |
Open speaker notes |
s |
Open audience tools |
a |
Toggle laser pointer |
l |
Print |
Ctrl + p |
Toggle captions (English only) |
Ctrl + Shift + c |
Toggle full screen |
F11 |
Show a blank black slide |
b or . |
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide |
Press any key |
Show a blank white slide |
w or , |
Return to the presentation from a blank white slide |
Press any key |
Video Player
|
Toggle play/pause |
k |
Rewind 10 seconds |
u |
Fast forward 10 seconds |
o |
Previous frame (while paused) |
Shift + , |
Next frame (while paused) |
Shift + . |
Decrease playback rate |
Ctrl + Shift + , |
Increase playback rate |
Ctrl + Shift + . |
Seek to specific point in the video (Shift+7 advances to 70% of duration) |
Shift + 0..9 |
Toggle captions on/off |
c |
Toggle full screen |
f |
Toggle mute |
m |
Screen reader support
|
Verbalize selection |
Ctrl + Alt + x |
Enable screen reader support
Learn more about using Google Slides with a screen reader |
Ctrl + Alt + z
Alt + Shift + ~ |
Enable braille support |
Ctrl + Alt + h |
Verbalize from cursor location |
Ctrl + Alt + r |
Announce formatting at cursor location |
holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then f |
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Meet keyboard shortcuts
Note: To see a complete list of keyboard shortcuts, open Google Meet and in a video meeting, press Shift + ?.
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Accessible info (requires screen reader) |
Mac |
Windows/Chrome OS |
Announce who is currently speaking |
Ctrl + ⌘ + s |
Ctrl + Alt + s |
Announce current information about the room |
Ctrl + ⌘ + i |
Ctrl + Alt + i |
Announce recently received reactions |
Ctrl + ⌘ + x |
Ctrl + Alt + x |
Meeting controls |
Mac |
Windows/Chrome OS |
Show or hide captions |
c |
c |
Open picture-in-picture mode |
Shift + m |
Shift + m |
Turn on or off camera |
⌘ + e |
Ctrl + e |
Mute or unmute your microphone |
⌘ + d |
Ctrl + d |
Increase the number of participant tiles |
Ctrl + ⌘ + k |
Ctrl + Alt + k |
Decrease the number of participant tiles |
Ctrl + ⌘ + j |
Ctrl + Alt + j |
Show or hide meeting chat window |
Ctrl + ⌘ + c |
Ctrl + Alt + c |
Show or hide participants |
Ctrl + ⌘ + p |
Ctrl + Alt + p |
Raise or lower your hand |
Ctrl + ⌘ + h |
Ctrl + Alt + h |
Minimize or expand your video |
Ctrl + ⌘ + m |
Ctrl + Alt + m |
Push to Talk*
*Enable "Push to Talk" in settings to use this shortcut. |
Press and hold spacebar |
Press and hold spacebar |
Meet keyboard shortcuts (Android)
Note: These shortcuts won't be available unless you have connected an external keyboard to your Android device.
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