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While Google Docs offers standard shortcuts for actions like copy and paste, it also has more powerful key commands that let you add comment and show word count.

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You can achieve a similar result using Command-Up or Command-Down.

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Ive assembled this short collection to illustrate this truth: Esc Never underestimate the power of the Esc key to get you out of trouble.

Say youre taking a screen shot and managed to select part of your screen for that shot, only to discover its the wrong part tap Esc and you wont need to worry about it.

Another example: Web page wont load and is sucking up your system resources Tap Esc.

Use Option-Command-W to close all currently active app windows.

Further reading: 40 tips to get the most from your Mac (and macOS High Sierra) Command-Y.

Theres also a keyboard shortcut select an item (you can even use the Up and Down arrows to navigate to it in Finder view) and then press Command-Y.

Command Comma (,) This is one of the least-known keyboard commands on a Mac, but its super useful.

It works like this: You are working in an app, and you want to open the applications Preferences.

You can navigate to the Menu bar if you like and scroll through to access the Preferences.

Or you can simply press Command-, (comma) to get to them in the fastest possible time.

Command-G Im sure you use Command-F to find items, such as words in a document or on a webpage.

Use it to navigate through each instance of the item you want to find.

This means that if you use Command-F to find all the mentions of Command on this page, and then tap Command-G, youll be able to navigate through each one.

Oh, and you can also press Shift-Command-G to move back to the previous mention.

Command-M Press this combination to minimize the front app window to Dock, or press Command-Option-M to minimize all the windows belonging to the front app.

Command and Option If you cant see your desktop for all the open applications, just hold Command and Option down and click anywhere on your desktop.

You may just want to get to all the open windows for a specific app, in which case hold down the same keys and click on any available window for that app.

Command-Shift-A Select this combination when in FinderDesktop view to get to your Applications folder, or replace the A with U to open your Utilities folder in a new Finder window (or D for Desktop, H for Home or I to access iCloud Drive).

Command-Space The combination that can change your life, Command-Space invokes Spotlight, just depress these keys and start typing your query.

I guess you know about Command-tab already) Command-L The fastest way to make a search or navigate to a Website in Safari, Command-L instantly selects the address bar: start typing your query, and select the appropriate choice using the updown arrows on the keyboard.

Command-Tab Open application switcher, keeping Command pressed, use Tab to navigate to the app you hope to use.

Command-Option-D Show or hide the Dock from within most apps.

Fn-left arrow (or right arrow) Jump directly to the top or bottom of a web page using the Function key and the right (to the bottom of the page) or left (to the top of the page) arrows on the keyboard.

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