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If you are new to Google Docs or having trouble using it, this post will help you a lot. In this post, I am going to share with you the best Google Docs hacks and tips to boost productivity.

1. Must Know Google Docs Keyboard Shortcuts

Using keyboard shortcuts will improve your productivity while working on a Google Docs. These shortcut are the most important ones which are used frequently.

• Ctrl+Home: Get back to the top of your doc.
• Ctrl+B: Bold text.
• Ctrl+E: Align center
• Ctrl+L: Align left.
• Ctrl+M: Insert a comment.
• Ctrl+H: Replace text.
• Ctrl+Z: Undo.
• Ctrl+Y: Redo.
• Ctrl+J: Full justify.
• Ctrl+Shift+L: Bulleted list.
• Ctrl+Shift+Space: Insert non-breaking space.
• Page Down: Move down one screen.
• Ctrl+K: Inset link.
• Ctrl+Shift+F: Full screen.
• Page Up: Move up one screen.
• Ctrl+Space: Remove formatting.
• Ctrl+: Heading style 1. Change the “1” to any number 1-6 and get the corresponding header.

You are not limited to only use these keyboard shortcuts only. In fact, you can add your own keyboard shortcuts.

Create a new document or open an existing document, then select Tools > Preferences.

Select Automatic Substitution if it’s not already enabled.

On the left, you’ll find replacement fields you can use to enter the phrase you wish to use as the shortcut. Enter the text you want to replace in the field on the right.

2. Export Documents to Your Computer

When you’re done editing, you can save and export the document as a Word file (go to “File,” then “Download as” and select Word doc or your desired format). This works in Sheets (Excel) and Slides (PowerPoint) as well.

3.Use Made up Templates

If you are writing a CV or a cover letter or anything similar, you might need templates to make things easier.

Check out Google’s template library to find templates from project proposals to schedules, invoices, calendars, and business letters.

You can also create and save your special templates to be used for the future.

4. You Can Type by Using Your Voice

You can create and edit documents through Google Docs using only your voice. Before you begin, you must make sure voice typing is open.

In your Google document, select Tools.

Select Voice Typing to open the voice window. It will open on the left-hand side of your document screen.

You’ll need to allow Google Docs to access your microphone if this is your first time. Once approved, you’ll be able to start speaking immediately.

As you speak, Google will transpose your words into your document.

To add punctuation to your document, simply say the punctuation you wish to add. For example, say “period” to add a period to the end of a sentence.

You can also add new paragraphs by saying “new paragraph” or “new line” while speaking into your document.

To edit your document, say “italics” or “bold” to enhance words within your sentences. You can also say, “go to the end of the line” to skip ahead.

5. Use Google Keep within Google Docs

You can also add notes and images from your Google keep without even leaving the Google Docs. Work with Google Keep notes right from Google Docs. You can add a text or image note from Keep to a document. And likewise, you can add a note to Keep using content from a document.

6. Add New Fonts

When you create a new document, Google Docs starts you off with nearly two dozen native fonts you can choose from using the dropdown list on your top editing toolbar. But, there are dozens more fonts and typefaces available to you in that same dropdown.

To add additional Google Doc fonts, open your document and click the fonts dropdown third box from the left on your editing toolbar.

7. Open a New Document from Your Browser’s Address Bar

Simply open a new Chrome tab and type “doc.new” and hit return, and you’ve got yourself a new blank Google doc. Amazing, right? It’s the kind of simple trick that will leave you surprised, impressed and kind of annoyed you didn’t know it already.

8. Tag People Using Comments

There’s an option of adding a comment by highlighting some text. For example, if want to point out mistakes of your writer to the editor then you can tag them by highlighting the text that needs to be overlooked. Google Docs will notify the tagged user through an email the text of your comment.

9. Add Table of Contents

If you’re writing a long essay or a book then this feature will be quite useful. Without adjusting anything, You can simply press the table of contents button and it will generate and stylize content according to subsections and headings that you have used in the document.

From the menu click on the ‘Insert’ then choose ‘Table of Contents’.

10. Publish Docs to the Web

If you can’t afford to have a domain name and web hosting then you can publish your document as a webpage. Here’s how you can publish a Google Doc as a webpage.

• In Google Drive, open your file.
• From select File > Publish to the web.
• Click Publish.
• Copy the link and send it to anyone you’d like to share the file with.
• Updates you make to the original file go live when you re-publish it.

I hope you like this post. Let me know in the comments your favorite Google keyboard shortcuts or productivity hacks.

Google search operators are really helpful for anyone searching for something on Google.  Search engines made the Internet browsing experience easier and comfortable for an average user. Imagine if there were no search engines at your disposal. How’d you find those cool websites?

There are many search engines but the one widely used is Google. So, in this post, I will only discuss the search operators related to Google.

If you use Google Docs then check out these cool Google Docs hacks to improve your productivity.

What are Google Search Operators?

Some people find difficult to use Google search when they are trying to find something, for those people Google made search operators, with the help of search operators anyone can easily find more accurate results.

For instance; I am as a student many times use this search operator option whenever I need to find educational articles or help on the internet.

Inurl:.edu ‘Discrete Mathematic logic’.

This search operator will only include the results from .edu (education) websites. This search operator is really helpful for me when I get stuck. There are different search operators to find more specific results.

In this post, I will tell you some of those search operators and tips to search less and find more. When we are stuck in the middle of a work no one wants to spend time on searching again and again.

Here I have made the list of the search operators which will help you to search more in less time.

Allintitle:
We use this search operator to find the keywords from the title of the webpage. For instance allintitle: Tutorials and tips. Now this will only include the results with the title of ‘Tutorials and tips’.

Define: 
This one is a useful operator to find definitions of the unknown words. Like Define: Alexander. It will tell you who the person was and you can also try many other words to find definition.

Movie: 
This search operator is used for finding movie information. Like, [movie: Tom Hanks talking to volleyball]. Now, this search query will take you to the pages Tom Hanks movie Castaway.

Weather
We use this operator to find weather to any specific city. For instance ‘Weather New York’. The weather forecast of New York will appear at the top of the results.

Flight Search
You can search the flight schedule of the city and also find by flight number. Flight New York, this search operator will let you find next flights from New York to other destinations. If you include your flight number against flight, it will tell you the exact time of the flight. Find the status of a flight by just simply write down the flight number Emirates 601. It will tell you the departure and arrival time.

Recent Search Operators

• Search social media: Put @ in front of a word to search social media. For example: @twitter.
• Search for a price: Put $ in front of a number. For example: camera $400.
• Search hashtags: Put # in front of a word. For example: #throwbackthursday
• Exclude words from your search: Put – in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car
• Search for an exact match: Put a word or phrase inside quotes. For example, “tallest building”.
• Search for wildcards or unknown words: Put a * in your word or phrase where you want to leave a placeholder. For example, “largest * in the world”.
• Search within a range of numbers: Put .. between two numbers. For example, camera $50..$100.
• Combine searches: Put “OR” between each search query. For example, marathon OR race.
• Search for a specific site: Put “site:” in front of a site or domain. For example, site:youtube.com or site:.gov.
• Search for related sites: Put “related:” in front of a web address you already know. For example, related:time.com.
• Get details about a site: Put “info:” in front of the site address.
• See Google’s cached version of a site: Put “cache:” in front of the site address.

Since I have written this post, Google has introduced a lot of new search operators. Also, Google now understands queries intent from a user and show different search results to different users. For example, if you search for your flight status by entering your flight number on Google, it will display the exact time of departure and arrival of your flight.

I hope you found this post useful. Let me know in the comments if you have any suggestions.