Google Docs - Keyboard shortcut to correct a misspelled word?

Question

In Google Docs, if a misspelled word is present in a document, a red underline is displayed under that word, as is typical in text-composition applications.

When the caret (insertion point) is positioned over the misspelled word, is there a keyboard shortcut that can be used to get Google Docs to display suggested corrected spellings (i.e. the same behavior that Google Docs provides when you right-click the misspelled word with the mouse)?

On a Windows PC, I would normally use the "Menu" / "Applications" key for this; however, in Google Docs, this causes an unrelated context menu to be displayed that does not include spelling suggestions. (Tested in both Firefox and Chrome.)

Answer 1

Try Control+Shift+\

Works in Google Chrome for me.

I found this at https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/going-google/accessibility/google-documents-keyboard-shortcuts---mac

Answer 2

According to Google Docs help, context menu can be opened with following keys.

Cmd / Ctrl+Shift+\

or

Cmd / Ctrl+Shift+x

Answer 3

1. Move courser into underlined misspelled word,
   (=> correction bubble will pop up (see image))
2. press Tab to select,
3. press Enter to apply.

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Based on this answer by Miso Takacs.

Answer 4

Hit f7 followed by enter. Hope this helps!

Answer 5

On a full-sized keyboard on Windows, the Menu key now opens the contextual Did you mean: menu.

The sequence Menu, Down, Enter validates the suggest spelling. This also works if the caret is right at the beginning of the word (where Tab, Enter does not). So this is the fastest way if the caret is at the beginning of the word, and the second-fastest way if not.

If your keyboard does not have a menu key, know that Shift + F10 replicates it. So the full sequence becomes Shift + F10, Down, Enter: one less keystroke compared to other combinations suggested here, though admittedly the F10 key is awkwaredly placed.