Google Docs keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 219 Google Docs 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+B — Bold
Ctrl+I — Italic
Ctrl+U — Underline
Shift+Alt+X — Strikethrough
Ctrl+Shift+Period — Superscript
Ctrl+Shift+Comma — Subscript
Ctrl+Backslash — Clear Formatting
Ctrl+Period — Increase Font Size
Ctrl+Comma — Decrease Font Size
Ctrl+Alt+0 — Apply Normal Text
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Apply Heading 1
Ctrl+Alt+2 — Apply Heading 2
Ctrl+Alt+3 — Apply Heading 3
Ctrl+Alt+4 — Apply Heading 4
Ctrl+Alt+5 — Apply Heading 5
Ctrl+Alt+6 — Apply Heading 6
Ctrl+Shift+L — Align Left
Ctrl+Shift+E — Align Center
Ctrl+Shift+R — Align Right
Ctrl+Shift+J — Justify
Ctrl+Shift+7 — Numbered List
Ctrl+Shift+8 — Bulleted List
Ctrl+Shift+9 — Checklist
Ctrl+BracketRight — Increase Indent
Ctrl+BracketLeft — Decrease Indent
Ctrl+Shift+1 — Single Line Spacing
Ctrl+Shift+2 — Double Line Spacing
Ctrl+Shift+5 — 1.5 Line Spacing
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Y — Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo (Alt)
Ctrl+X — Cut
Ctrl+C — Copy
Ctrl+V — Paste
Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste Without Formatting
Ctrl+A — Select All
Ctrl+F — Find
Ctrl+H — Find and Replace
Ctrl+G — Find Next
Ctrl+Shift+G — Find Previous
Ctrl+Backspace — Delete Word Before Cursor
Ctrl+Delete — Delete Word After Cursor
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Select Word to the Left
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Select Word to the Right
Shift+Home — Select to Beginning of Line
Shift+End — Select to End of Line
Ctrl+Shift+Home — Select to Beginning of Document
Ctrl+Shift+End — Select to End of Document
Ctrl+Enter — Insert Page Break
Shift+Enter — Insert Line Break (Soft Return)
Ctrl+Shift+Space — Insert Non-Breaking Space
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Move Cursor One Word Left
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Move Cursor One Word Right
Home — Go to Beginning of Line
End — Go to End of Line
Ctrl+Home — Go to Beginning of Document
Ctrl+End — Go to End of Document
Ctrl+Alt+BracketRight — Go to Next Heading
Ctrl+Alt+BracketLeft — Go to Previous Heading
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+1 — Go to Next Heading 1
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+2 — Go to Next Heading 2
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+3 — Go to Next Heading 3
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+4 — Go to Next Heading 4
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+5 — Go to Next Heading 5
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+6 — Go to Next Heading 6
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Go to Previous Heading 1
Ctrl+Alt+O — Go to Next List
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O — Go to Previous List
Ctrl+Quote — Go to Next Misspelling
Ctrl+Shift+Quote — Go to Previous Misspelling
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A — Open Document Outline
Ctrl+K — Insert / Edit Link
Alt+Enter — Open Link
Ctrl+Alt+M — Insert Comment
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+M — Open Discussion Thread
Ctrl+Alt+F — Insert Footnote
Ctrl+Alt+B — Insert Bookmark
Ctrl+Alt+H — Insert / Move to Header
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F — Insert / Move to Footer
Ctrl+Alt+E — Insert Equation
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P — Insert Special Characters
Ctrl+Alt+L — Insert Horizontal Line
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Insert Table Row Above
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Insert Table Row Below
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Insert Table Column to the Left
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Insert Table Column to the Right
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Backspace — Delete Table Row
Ctrl+Alt+Delete — Delete Table Column
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Delete — Delete Table
Ctrl+Alt+Home — Move to Start of Table
Ctrl+Alt+End — Move to End of Table
Tab — Move to Next Table Cell
Shift+Tab — Move to Previous Table Cell
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to Start of Table Cell
Ctrl+Alt+D — Move to End of Table Cell
Ctrl+Alt+ArrowDown — Move to Next Table Row
Ctrl+Alt+ArrowUp — Move to Previous Table Row
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E — Select Table Column
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R — Select Table Row
Ctrl+P — Print
Ctrl+O — Open File
Ctrl+S — Save (All Changes Saved to Drive)
Ctrl+Shift+S — Make a Copy
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H — Open Version History
Ctrl+Shift+C — Word Count
Ctrl+Shift+S — Voice Typing
Alt+Slash — Search the Menus
Ctrl+Slash — Open Help Menu / Search Commands
Alt+F — Open File Menu
Alt+E — Open Edit Menu
Alt+V — Open View Menu
Alt+I — Open Insert Menu
Alt+O — Open Format Menu
Alt+T — Open Tools Menu
Alt+B — Open Table Menu
Alt+H — Open Help Menu
Alt+A — Open Accessibility Menu
Ctrl+Shift+F2 — Open Context Menu
Ctrl+Alt+Z — Enable Screen Reader Support
Ctrl+Shift+M — Show Editor Chat
Ctrl+Alt+J — Navigate to Next Comment
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+J — Navigate to Previous Comment
Ctrl+Alt+E — Resolve Current Comment
Escape — Dismiss / Close Popup
PageUp — Page Up
PageDown — Page Down
Alt+ArrowUp — Scroll Up
Alt+ArrowDown — Scroll Down
Ctrl+Alt+C — Copy Formatting (Paint Format)
Ctrl+Alt+V — Paste Formatting (Paint Format)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X — Toggle Suggesting Mode
Ctrl+Shift+F7 — Toggle Compact Controls
Ctrl+Equal — Zoom In
Ctrl+Minus — Zoom Out
F11 — Toggle Fullscreen
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R — Show / Hide Ruler
Tab — Insert Tab Character
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Select to Previous Paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Select to Next Paragraph
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Move to Previous Paragraph
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Move to Next Paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+Enter — Repeat Find (in Find Bar)
Ctrl+Shift+D — Define Selected Word (Dictionary)
Ctrl+Alt+S — Open Spelling Suggestions
Ctrl+Shift+F — Hide the menus (compact mode)
Ctrl+Space — Clear text formatting
Ctrl+Alt+Y — Alt text
Ctrl+Alt+K — Resize larger
Ctrl+Alt+I — Resize larger vertically
Ctrl+Alt+W — Resize smaller horizontally
Ctrl+Alt+Q — Resize smaller vertically
Alt+ArrowRight — Rotate clockwise by 15°
Alt+ArrowLeft — Rotate counterclockwise by 15°
Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Rotate counterclockwise by 1°
Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Rotate clockwise by 1°
Shift+Escape — Close drawing editor
Ctrl+Alt+E — Move to current footnote
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next footnote
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous footnote
Ctrl+Shift+X — Context (right-click) menu
Shift+Alt+F — File menu
Shift+Alt+E — Edit menu
Shift+Alt+V — View menu
Shift+Alt+I — Insert menu
Shift+Alt+O — Format menu
Shift+Alt+T — Tools menu
Shift+Alt+H — Help menu
Shift+Alt+A — Accessibility menu
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K — Input Tools menu (available in documents in non-Latin languages)
Shift+ArrowLeft — Extend selection one character
Shift+ArrowUp — Extend selection one line
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E — Select current list item
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E — Select all list items at current level
Ctrl+Alt+X — Speak selection
Ctrl+Alt+R — Speak from cursor location
Ctrl+Alt+A — Announce cursor location
Ctrl+Alt+A — Announce formatting at cursor location
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table column and row header
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table cell location
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table row header
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table column header
Ctrl+Alt+A — Show document outline
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next heading
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous heading
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next graphic (image or drawing)
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous graphic (image or drawing)
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next list
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous list
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next item in the current list
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous item in the current list
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next link
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous link
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next bookmark
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous bookmark
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next formatting change
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous formatting change
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next edit (while viewing revision history or new changes)
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous edit (while viewing revision history or new changes)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Move to the start of the table
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Move to the end of the table

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Google Docs keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet

Printable cheat sheet covering all 219 Google Docs 2025 keyboard shortcuts and hotkeys, organized by category. Export as PDF or print directly.

All shortcuts

Ctrl+B — Bold
Ctrl+I — Italic
Ctrl+U — Underline
Shift+Alt+X — Strikethrough
Ctrl+Shift+Period — Superscript
Ctrl+Shift+Comma — Subscript
Ctrl+Backslash — Clear Formatting
Ctrl+Period — Increase Font Size
Ctrl+Comma — Decrease Font Size
Ctrl+Alt+0 — Apply Normal Text
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Apply Heading 1
Ctrl+Alt+2 — Apply Heading 2
Ctrl+Alt+3 — Apply Heading 3
Ctrl+Alt+4 — Apply Heading 4
Ctrl+Alt+5 — Apply Heading 5
Ctrl+Alt+6 — Apply Heading 6
Ctrl+Shift+L — Align Left
Ctrl+Shift+E — Align Center
Ctrl+Shift+R — Align Right
Ctrl+Shift+J — Justify
Ctrl+Shift+7 — Numbered List
Ctrl+Shift+8 — Bulleted List
Ctrl+Shift+9 — Checklist
Ctrl+BracketRight — Increase Indent
Ctrl+BracketLeft — Decrease Indent
Ctrl+Shift+1 — Single Line Spacing
Ctrl+Shift+2 — Double Line Spacing
Ctrl+Shift+5 — 1.5 Line Spacing
Ctrl+Z — Undo
Ctrl+Y — Redo
Ctrl+Shift+Z — Redo (Alt)
Ctrl+X — Cut
Ctrl+C — Copy
Ctrl+V — Paste
Ctrl+Shift+V — Paste Without Formatting
Ctrl+A — Select All
Ctrl+F — Find
Ctrl+H — Find and Replace
Ctrl+G — Find Next
Ctrl+Shift+G — Find Previous
Ctrl+Backspace — Delete Word Before Cursor
Ctrl+Delete — Delete Word After Cursor
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowLeft — Select Word to the Left
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowRight — Select Word to the Right
Shift+Home — Select to Beginning of Line
Shift+End — Select to End of Line
Ctrl+Shift+Home — Select to Beginning of Document
Ctrl+Shift+End — Select to End of Document
Ctrl+Enter — Insert Page Break
Shift+Enter — Insert Line Break (Soft Return)
Ctrl+Shift+Space — Insert Non-Breaking Space
Ctrl+ArrowLeft — Move Cursor One Word Left
Ctrl+ArrowRight — Move Cursor One Word Right
Home — Go to Beginning of Line
End — Go to End of Line
Ctrl+Home — Go to Beginning of Document
Ctrl+End — Go to End of Document
Ctrl+Alt+BracketRight — Go to Next Heading
Ctrl+Alt+BracketLeft — Go to Previous Heading
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+1 — Go to Next Heading 1
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+2 — Go to Next Heading 2
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+3 — Go to Next Heading 3
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+4 — Go to Next Heading 4
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+5 — Go to Next Heading 5
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+6 — Go to Next Heading 6
Ctrl+Alt+1 — Go to Previous Heading 1
Ctrl+Alt+O — Go to Next List
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+O — Go to Previous List
Ctrl+Quote — Go to Next Misspelling
Ctrl+Shift+Quote — Go to Previous Misspelling
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A — Open Document Outline
Ctrl+K — Insert / Edit Link
Alt+Enter — Open Link
Ctrl+Alt+M — Insert Comment
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+M — Open Discussion Thread
Ctrl+Alt+F — Insert Footnote
Ctrl+Alt+B — Insert Bookmark
Ctrl+Alt+H — Insert / Move to Header
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F — Insert / Move to Footer
Ctrl+Alt+E — Insert Equation
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+P — Insert Special Characters
Ctrl+Alt+L — Insert Horizontal Line
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowUp — Insert Table Row Above
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowDown — Insert Table Row Below
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Insert Table Column to the Left
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Insert Table Column to the Right
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Backspace — Delete Table Row
Ctrl+Alt+Delete — Delete Table Column
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Delete — Delete Table
Ctrl+Alt+Home — Move to Start of Table
Ctrl+Alt+End — Move to End of Table
Tab — Move to Next Table Cell
Shift+Tab — Move to Previous Table Cell
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to Start of Table Cell
Ctrl+Alt+D — Move to End of Table Cell
Ctrl+Alt+ArrowDown — Move to Next Table Row
Ctrl+Alt+ArrowUp — Move to Previous Table Row
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E — Select Table Column
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R — Select Table Row
Ctrl+P — Print
Ctrl+O — Open File
Ctrl+S — Save (All Changes Saved to Drive)
Ctrl+Shift+S — Make a Copy
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+H — Open Version History
Ctrl+Shift+C — Word Count
Ctrl+Shift+S — Voice Typing
Alt+Slash — Search the Menus
Ctrl+Slash — Open Help Menu / Search Commands
Alt+F — Open File Menu
Alt+E — Open Edit Menu
Alt+V — Open View Menu
Alt+I — Open Insert Menu
Alt+O — Open Format Menu
Alt+T — Open Tools Menu
Alt+B — Open Table Menu
Alt+H — Open Help Menu
Alt+A — Open Accessibility Menu
Ctrl+Shift+F2 — Open Context Menu
Ctrl+Alt+Z — Enable Screen Reader Support
Ctrl+Shift+M — Show Editor Chat
Ctrl+Alt+J — Navigate to Next Comment
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+J — Navigate to Previous Comment
Ctrl+Alt+E — Resolve Current Comment
Escape — Dismiss / Close Popup
PageUp — Page Up
PageDown — Page Down
Alt+ArrowUp — Scroll Up
Alt+ArrowDown — Scroll Down
Ctrl+Alt+C — Copy Formatting (Paint Format)
Ctrl+Alt+V — Paste Formatting (Paint Format)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+X — Toggle Suggesting Mode
Ctrl+Shift+F7 — Toggle Compact Controls
Ctrl+Equal — Zoom In
Ctrl+Minus — Zoom Out
F11 — Toggle Fullscreen
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R — Show / Hide Ruler
Tab — Insert Tab Character
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowUp — Select to Previous Paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+ArrowDown — Select to Next Paragraph
Ctrl+ArrowUp — Move to Previous Paragraph
Ctrl+ArrowDown — Move to Next Paragraph
Ctrl+Shift+Enter — Repeat Find (in Find Bar)
Ctrl+Shift+D — Define Selected Word (Dictionary)
Ctrl+Alt+S — Open Spelling Suggestions
Ctrl+Shift+F — Hide the menus (compact mode)
Ctrl+Space — Clear text formatting
Ctrl+Alt+Y — Alt text
Ctrl+Alt+K — Resize larger
Ctrl+Alt+I — Resize larger vertically
Ctrl+Alt+W — Resize smaller horizontally
Ctrl+Alt+Q — Resize smaller vertically
Alt+ArrowRight — Rotate clockwise by 15°
Alt+ArrowLeft — Rotate counterclockwise by 15°
Shift+Alt+ArrowLeft — Rotate counterclockwise by 1°
Shift+Alt+ArrowRight — Rotate clockwise by 1°
Shift+Escape — Close drawing editor
Ctrl+Alt+E — Move to current footnote
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next footnote
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous footnote
Ctrl+Shift+X — Context (right-click) menu
Shift+Alt+F — File menu
Shift+Alt+E — Edit menu
Shift+Alt+V — View menu
Shift+Alt+I — Insert menu
Shift+Alt+O — Format menu
Shift+Alt+T — Tools menu
Shift+Alt+H — Help menu
Shift+Alt+A — Accessibility menu
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+K — Input Tools menu (available in documents in non-Latin languages)
Shift+ArrowLeft — Extend selection one character
Shift+ArrowUp — Extend selection one line
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E — Select current list item
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+E — Select all list items at current level
Ctrl+Alt+X — Speak selection
Ctrl+Alt+R — Speak from cursor location
Ctrl+Alt+A — Announce cursor location
Ctrl+Alt+A — Announce formatting at cursor location
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table column and row header
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table cell location
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table row header
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Speak the table column header
Ctrl+Alt+A — Show document outline
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next heading
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous heading
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next graphic (image or drawing)
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous graphic (image or drawing)
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next list
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous list
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next item in the current list
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous item in the current list
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next link
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous link
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next bookmark
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous bookmark
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next formatting change
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous formatting change
Ctrl+Alt+N — Move to next edit (while viewing revision history or new changes)
Ctrl+Alt+P — Move to previous edit (while viewing revision history or new changes)
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Move to the start of the table
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+T — Move to the end of the table