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Google Docs & Spreadsheets Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut

Function

Documents

Spreadsheets

Ctrl+A

Select all

Yes

 

Ctrl+B

Bold

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+C

Copy

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+D

Copy Down (used in combo with Shift + arrow)

 

Yes

Ctrl+E

Center alignment

Yes

 

Ctrl+H

Replace

Yes

 

Ctrl+I

Italicize

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+J

Full justify

Yes

 

Ctrl+K

Insert link

Yes

 

Ctrl+L

Left alignment

Yes

 

Ctrl+M

Insert comment

Yes

 

Ctrl+P

Print

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+R

Right alignment (documents)

Copy Right (used in combo with Shift + arrow) (spreadsheets)

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+S

Save

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+U

Underline

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+V

Paste

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+X

Cut

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Yes

Yes

Ctrl+End

Go to last cell in data region

 

Yes

Ctrl+Home

Go to first cell in data region

 

Yes

Ctrl+left-arrow

Go to left-most cell in data region (current row)

 

Yes

Ctrl+right-arrow

Go to right-most cell in data region (current row)  

Yes

Ctrl+down-arrow

Go to bottom-most cell in data region (current column)

 

Yes

Ctrl+up-arrow

Go to top-most cell in data region (current column)

 

Yes

Ctrl+Page Down

Move to next worksheet

 

Yes

Ctrl+Page Up

Move to previous worksheet

 

Yes

Ctrl+Shift+L

Bulleted list

Yes

 

Ctrl+Shift+Space

Insert non-breaking space

Yes

 

Ctrl+Space

Remove formatting

Yes

 

Ctrl+1

Header style 1

Yes*

 

Ctrl+2

Header style 2

Yes*

 

Ctrl+3

Header style 3

Yes*

 

F2

Edit active cell

 

Yes

Enter

Move to next cell in column

 

Yes

Esc

Cancel cell entry

 

Yes

Shift+Enter

Move to previous cell in column

 

Yes

Shift+page up/down

Extend the selection up/down one screen

 

Yes

Ctrl+spacebar

Select entire column

 

Yes

Shift+spacebar

Select entire row

 

Yes

Shift+down, up, left, right arrow key

Manual select

 

Yes

Page Down

Move down one screen

 

Yes

Page Up

Move up one screen

 

Yes

Shift+Tab

Move to previous cell in table (documents) or row (spreadsheets)

Yes

Yes

Tab

Move to next cell in table (documents) or row (spreadsheets)

Yes

Yes


* FireFox users will recognize that Ctrl + 1, 2, 3 can also be used to select tabs. While this will still work in most cases, this shortcut will no longer allow a switch to these tabs when a document is selected as the active tab.