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Google Docs toolbar zoomed out even when I press Cmd +
Google Docs for one of my Chrome profiles is zoomed out. When I open a new page, both the toolbar and the document are quite zoomed out, and even when I press Command+ or change the 100% dropdown menu ...
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Can't switch off YouTube dark mode
I can't switch off YouTube dark mode; the image here explains it:
Can someone help? Restarting the browser doesn't help. If I switch mode and restart it, it is dark again.
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Keyboard shortcut to move a row in Google Sheets
In Google Sheets, what keyboard shortcut moves a row? The row should be removed from the source location and inserted into the destination location (not overwrite an existing row).
In Excel, you can ...
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Disable keyboard shortcuts in Google Drive
Usually I'm a fan of keyboard shortcuts. However, I'm also a fan of typing the first few letters of a file I'd like to find in a document list or a tree.
Since this is automatic behavior for me, I ...
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How can I create custom keyboard shortcuts for arrows in Google Docs?
When studying biology and mechanisms, it's very useful to take notes with arrows that illustrate a stepwise process: A --> B --> C and up/down arrows to denote increase/decrease. This is very ...
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How to map Gmail's "delete conversation" shortcut to use the actual "delete" key instead of the pound # key
I use Gmail's web application and I would like to delete a conversation by pressing the DEL key on my keyboard. By default, the delete shortcut is #.
I found the "Keyboard Shortcuts" section ...
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Quickbooks online app overrides Chrome "open last closed tab" shortcut
Quickbooks Online's web app for macros overrides Chrome's command+shift+t command to open the last closed tab. Is there a way to make Chrome win this fight, or disable Quickbook's keyboard shortcut?
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Google Sheets moving to a new column if cell not blank
I have to scan barcodes of inventory for techs to install I wanted to find a way to skip to the next column after I scan a certain number of meters for example: John needs 90 units his name is on A1 I ...
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Date and time keyboard shortcut for Google Docs document (not sheets)
I am trying to find out if I can set up a keyboard shortcut to print/type in the current date and time in a Google Docs document (not sheets). Anyone?
The best I could find is an Add-on Text Factory ...
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How to change cell range without deleting it?
In a function, let's say the SUM function, I have a range H25:H37 I want to change this range to H23:H40 using the mouse. The only way I could find is to delete the initial value, then I can drag the ...
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Keyboard shortcut for jumping to Google Sheets formula bar
I couldn't find this shortcut in Sheets support. Basically I want a keyboard shortcut that makes me jump to the formula bar.
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Is there a way to change "Tab Key" Function in Google Sheets to that of "Enter/Return Key". Like a way to change the Key Bindings Temporarily
If you Select two columns, and keep pressing tab key, it starts the selection of the cell from A1, Then moves to B1 & then to A2, Then to B2 and so on.
I need to be able to use Enter key to ...
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Keyboard shortcut to pause YouTube when it is not the active window?
For applications such as VLC I have global function keys I can map to, for example, pause my music/video even when I have a different program running.
Is there any way to get this functionality with ...
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Gmail shortcut keys overridden by DevTools shortcut keys
I can't get Gmail shortcut keys to perform the Gmail actions because (I think) the DevTools actions for that shortcut are performed instead. For instance, to mark an email as read is Ctrl+Shift+I, but ...
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How to get the SUM total value to appear in cell vs the formula?
So I have created a spreadsheet to add cells =SUM(B2:B20) ... When I hit enter the sum value should be in the cell I created the formula but instead, I have just the formula after hitting enter. How ...
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How can I quickly change the color of text in a cell in Google Sheets?
How can I quickly, with either a single or double click, assign a color to the text in a cell in Google Sheets?
In order to quickly determine the status of certain pieces of data in a spreadsheet I ...
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Archive a message in Gmail without displaying the next/previous email message?
In the Gmail web-app, is there a way to use a keyboard shortcut to archive a message but not display the next/previous email message?
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Is there a keyboard shortcut in Google Docs for accepting the suggestion showed in the autocorreptor popup?
I want to use only keyboard so I wonder if there is a keyboard shortcut in Google Docs for accepting the suggestion showed in the autocorreptor popup.
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Is there any way to disable YouTube's miniplayer mode?
Miniplayer is a YouTube mode that puts the current video in a "picture-in-picture" so you can continue watching the video while browsing other videos.
I never want to use this mode. However, ...
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Google drive keyboard shortcuts not working with non-US keyboard
Some important keyboard shortcuts in Google Drive and Google Docs seem not to work on a non-US keyboard, at least on Macs.
For example, I have a French keyboard and in Google Drive, hitting "/" opens ...
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A faster way to access strikethrough than Alt+Shift+5
The keyboard shortcut for strike-through in the Google Docs web UI is AltShift5 (yes that is a five), and the toolbar doesn't have a strike-through button.
It's very awkward (I actually have to swivel ...
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is there a gdocs hotkey for "focus the comment thread that my caret is currently in?"
Is there a Google Docs hotkey for "focus the comment thread that my caret is currently in"?
Eg in the scene below, see my caret on the left... if I want to add a reply to the comment that's ...
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How can I disable the CMD + ENTER Gmail "send email" shortcut?
On a Mac, hitting Cmd+Enter will send the current message (on Windows it is Ctrl+Enter). I’m constantly hitting this accidentally and sending emails before I’m done with them. Usually, it’s because I’...
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Shortcut key for send button in ChatGPT
I usually use ChatGPT on a portrait monitor on a computer using Windows. Due to this, whenever I press the Enter key instead of triggering the send button, it just creates a new line.
My question is: ...
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Whatsapp Web on Chrome/Windows: Shift+Delete not cutting to clipboard
When I press Shift + Delete I'm expecting the selected text to be cut into the clipboard. That is not happening on any text field of Whatsapp Web running on Windows/Chrome. Ctrl + X works fine though. ...
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How to create user-defined key bindings or shortcuts to run App Scripts in Google Docs
This question specifically applies to Google Documents, not Google Spreadsheets (but if the answer applies to both, all the better).
Google Documents has built-in Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs. ...
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Facebook shortcut Alt + Del for archiving messages has stopped working
Some months ago, the shortcut Alt+Del for archiving messages on Facebook stopped working. From what I can see in this help file (the Norwegian version), the shortcut is currently supposed to be Ctrl+...
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How to hide the display of formula in Google Sheets?
How to hide the display of formula in a protected range of Google sheet? In Excel, I can do that, but in Google sheet not finding any function. Please help.
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How to apply mutiple labels on one conversation in Gmail using keyboard only
I use keyboard shortcut a lot for gmail.
Always using L and V to apply label and move conversation.
However, I can only apply one label at a time using shortcut L. I am wondering if there is sommthing ...
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How do I fix copy/paste in Google Documents?
At the beginning of this week, I noticed that I can no longer properly copy and paste into or out of a Google Document. I find that if I highlight more than one paragraph and press Edit / Copy or ctrl ...
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Use ⌘ + tab_number to navigate to a different chrome tab
When using the Slack web app in Chrome, how can I get ⌘ + tab_number to navigate to a different Chrome tab? This works from any tab except for Slack web app.
This used to work but stopped working in ...
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How to move to the last active row in a Google Spreadsheets
I am using a Google Form to insert data into a Google Spreadsheet.
Is there a shortcut to move to the last row where data is entered?
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Google docs produces a pop up when copying and pasting nearly every time
When I copy and paste into google docs it almost always (3 times out of 4) produces the following box even when I use the keyboard shortcuts (on firefox). Is there any way to permanently tell it to ...
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Keyboard shortcut to close the ads on YouTube
I am wondering if there is any keyboard shortcut to close the ads (advertisement) on YouTube.
For example, as the one as in the picture below.
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How do you turn on hotkeys in Coursera video player?
I like to see lectures like reading, with regressions and tempo variation. This is done by hotkeys, which are especially important in full screen mode, which is also advisable because even fewer ...
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How to enable input tools shortcut in the draft mode while writing an email in Gmail?
The keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + k works in Gmail. It just doesn't work when I need it to.
I have the the languages Marathi and Hindi switched on in Gmail input tools. I regularly use these ...
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Keyboard shortcut for Google Translate's 'Swap languages' button
I'm looking for a keyboard shortcut for the Swap languages button in Google Translate.
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Google Translate keyboard shortcut in Chrome
I want to do this:
Select some text (in Chrome)
Press a keyboard shortcut
Get a translation of that text on the same page (some bubble with the translation or something)
Is there a way to do this?
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Shortcut key to edit cell in Google Sheets
I'm on a Macbook Pro, working quite a lot in Google Sheets. I've deactivated the F-keys (so it's not an option to use F2). I can't find a shortcut for editing a cell with text in it. If it's an empty ...
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Keyboard shortcut to make a selection from a dropdown list
I'm working in Google Sheets and I've set up validation lists in a column. When I tab into that column the dropdown handle appears:
In order to access values from the list, I have to move my hand ...
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Hot keys to switch between tabs?
Does anyone know if there´s a shortcut to switch between tabs in Google Spreadsheets?
If you use CTRL+PgUp / CTRL+PgDown like in Excel you switch between Chrome or Firefox's tabs instead.
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How to use the Delete button as a shortcut in Gmail?
I already have both regular and custom keyboard shortcuts enabled on my Gmail, but I'm unable to set a shortcut with the "Delete" button. I noticed the default configuration has a shortcut ...
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Keyboard Accessibility in Web Applications [closed]
I would put my question this way:
We all know Keyboard is fast (as compare to Mouse). VIM is a simplest example for this.
Is there any standard of creating web applications that are keyboard centric? ...
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What is the shortcut key to toggle between Suggesting and Editing modes in Google Docs?
When copying content into Docs, for collaborative editing, there are some changes that I would like to get confirmation on (in Suggesting mode) and others that I want to make silently (in Editing mode)...
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How to reset the zoom to 100% via keyboard?
I have a fairly big draw.io diagram. I need to move and zoom around a lot. After navigating within the diagram, I would like to reset the zoom to 100%. However, I haven't found a way to do that ...
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What's the shortcut to add emojis in Google Docs text comments?
Talking about adding emojis to text comments. How do I access the emoji drop down menu by keyboard shortcut?
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How can I allow results from a Google Sheets 'filter' action to be mutable?
Brief: The results of a filter are not mutable. I cannot directly add/edit rows to the cells in and around a filter result due to a #REF Error: not expanded because it would overwrite data error.
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Are there any navigation shortcuts for edx courses?
I'm a passionate user of hotkeys. While using the edX (MOOC Platform) I wish I could use some to navigate between the videos without escaping the wide screen. Since the platform is open source, I ...
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Keyboard shortcuts to switch Google Sheets tabs in Firefox
This question has been answered, apparently satisfactorily, for presumably non-Firefox browsers (see Hot keys to switch between tabs?).
The accepted solution there is ctrl+shift+pg up/down. On ...
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