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Google is well-known for being a go-to provider for Internet-related services and solutions. Your business might already be taking advantage of them, but are you using them to the best of your ability? With keyboard shortcuts and other various tips and tricks, you’ll be able to take advantage of them in previously unforeseen ways. Here are just a few of them.

Google Drive

X allows you to select or deselect items.
Shift + A allows you to select all visible items. You can use Shift + N to clear your selection of visible items.
Enter or O will let you open an item you have selected, while N will let you rename it.
Z lets you move an item to a selected folder, while S will star or unstar them.
You can use these shortcuts to create various items:
- Folder – Shift + f
- Document – Shift + t
- Spreadsheet – Shift + s
- Presentation – Shift + p

Google Docs

Ctrl + K: Insert or edit a link.
Alt + Enter: Open a link.
Alt + Shift + 5: Type with a strikethrough in your text.
Ctrl +: Format your text with a superscript.
Ctrl -: Format your text with a subscript.
Ctrl + Alt + F: Insert a footnote.

Google Sheets

Ctrl + Space: Select all contents in one column.
Shift + Space: Select all contents in one row.
Alt + Shift + 7 or Ctrl + Shift + 7: Apply a border to your selected cells.
Ctrl + \\: Clear formatting of your selection.
Ctrl + Page Up or Ctrl + Page Down: Jump to either the previous sheet or the next sheet.
Ctrl + ~: See the list of formulas.

Google Slides

Ctrl + D: Duplicate a slide or object.
Page Up/Page Down, Up/Down: Move from slide to slide in the filmstrip.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F: Move over to the filmstrip.
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C: Move back to the canvas.
Alt + Shift + Left/Right Arrow: Rotate objects by one degree.
Alt + Left/Right Arrow: Rotate objects by fifteen degrees.

By using these shortcuts, you should be able to get more out of your Google services. There are far too many shortcuts to include here, so for the complete list, you’ll need to be in Drive, Docs, Sheets, or Slides. Once you’re in, just use Ctrl + / to pull up the list of keyboard shortcuts for the Google app you’re using.

Do you have any tips and tricks to share? Let us know in the comments.

Do you use Google Docs for your business’ word processor? It functions in largely the same way as Microsoft Word, and as such, there are various features that carry over between programs. One of these features is the table of contents, which can help you organize and sort your documents into consumable sections.

To use the table of contents, you’ll need to use the preset heading and formatting options that are located in the toolbar next to the font options. Take note that anything formatted as the title won’t be included in the table of contents.

You can use Heading 1 for major divisions of subject matter, including phases, chapters, and sections.

They are set to use a predetermined heading size and font, but you can change that yourself by clicking on the arrow next to the selection in the table of contents dropdown. You just have to select Update Heading to Match.

Once you’ve updated the heading information, you’ll see that the drop-down menu has also updated the heading options for your selection.

Just repeat the two previous steps for your other subheadings.

Once you’ve finished changing your settings, you can tell Docs to create a table of contents. You can use Insert > Table of Contents to select a table that fits your specific needs. You can pick an option with page numbers: