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Category: Keyboard Shortcuts

Paste Special

Magic Paste!! Control Shift V

Posted on August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 by Alice Keeler

Paste Special with Control Shift V When you copy and paste off the internet… it messes up your document. It pastes the formatting from the internet and doesn’t match what you had. Strip Formatting Normally you paste with Control V. Try also holding down the SHIFT key with that. This will match your destination formatting….

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UNDO with Control Z

Posted on June 18, 2019June 18, 2019 by Alice Keeler

Essential Skill Undo with Control Z If you do not already know Control Z today is about to be a great day that will save you hours of future heartache. On your keyboard Control Z (or Command Z on a Mac) will UNDO. Wipeout Email Have you ever been typing whole paragraphs and then suddenly……

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Essential Keyboard Shortcuts for Teachers by Alice Keeler

Essential Teacher Keyboard Shortcuts

Posted on April 28, 2019June 7, 2019 by Alice Keeler

Use Control T and Control W I was showing a couple of teachers from my kids school some Google things and one asked me “How did you get that tab open?” KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS! Learning keyboard shortcuts helps us to blast through our digital teacher tasks faster. Control T Control T opens a new tab. I’m…

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Control A Select All

Control A – Select All

Posted on December 31, 2018July 25, 2021 by Alice Keeler

Keyboard Shortcut – Control A to Select All Keyboard shortcuts greatly improve your productivity when using the computer. I recommend learning one a week. Put your shortcut on a post it on your computer and make an effort to use it as often as possible until it becomes muscle memory. What prompted me to write this…

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How to Hyperlink Text

How to Hyperlink in Google Docs

Posted on September 22, 2018January 9, 2022 by Alice Keeler

Hyperlinking text makes your document easier to read and navigate.Here is how to Hyperlink Text in Google Docs

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Create a Google Doc – Shift T

Posted on September 11, 2018October 14, 2018 by Alice Keeler

Create a Google Doc in Google Drive A shortcut for creating a Google Doc is to use Shift T in Google Drive. Google Drive Start with drive.google.comĀ or use the apps switcher (3 dot grid waffle) to choose Drive. Compose Button Instead of using the Compose button to create a Google Doc, try the keyboard shortcut!…

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hold down the Control Key

Have CONTROL Over Your Links – Hold Down the Control Key

Posted on September 5, 2018September 10, 2018 by Alice Keeler

Hold Down the Control Key It is helpful to get in the habit of holding down the Control key (Command on a Mac) when clicking on links. This forces the link to open in a new tab so you do not lose the page you are on.Ā  Google Search When you Google Search something very…

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Control Alt M – Commenting in Google Apps

Posted on July 31, 2018June 9, 2021 by Alice Keeler

Give Faster Feedback with Keyboard Shortcuts When using Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Drawings you can insert feedback comments by using the keyboard shortcut Control Alt M. (Command Option M on a Mac.) This is much faster than other methods to insert feedback comments, and as teachers, we need every second we can get. Control…

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Google Drive Press V

Google Drive: Press V

Posted on July 9, 2018November 2, 2021 by Alice Keeler

In Google Drive the documents are shown either as a list or as a grid of images.

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Press N for a New Tweet

Posted on June 23, 2018August 16, 2018 by Alice Keeler

Press N to Compose a Tweet I love keyboard shortcuts. They make me much more efficient when using the computer. Twitter has a few keyboard shortcuts that can be very helpful. N – New Tweet When using twitter.com or even tweetdeck.com you can press N to start a new tweet. Control EnterĀ – Send After pressing…

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Control Z Undo

Control Z – Undo

Posted on April 21, 2018September 2, 2018 by Alice Keeler

Use Control Z/Undo Liberally Do not be afraid! Try it! You can UNDO! Master the keyboard shortcut Control Z (Command Z on a Mac). Try a new font, do not like it, Control Z. Accidentally type something in a spreadsheet and it deletes what you had in the cell, Control Z. Keep On Control Z…

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5 keyboard shortcuts to try

5 Keyboard Shortcuts to Try

Posted on January 23, 2018January 29, 2018 by Alice Keeler

Try These 5 Keyboard Shortcuts I recommend you learn one keyboard shortcut a week. Here are 5 lesser known shortcuts to get you through the next 5 weeks. Chromebook Shortcuts Control Shift Windows Switcher key: Take a partial screenshot. Hold down the Ctrl key and the Shift key. Press the key which looks like a…

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Find and Replace the double spaces with control F

Control F: Replace the Extra Space

Posted on January 21, 2018May 11, 2021 by Alice Keeler

One Space After the Period Two spaces are for typewriters. If we are not using typewriters then two spaces are outdated and obsolete. We are educators, should we be teaching kids outdated and obsolete practices just because we still do them? I’m 41, I owned a typewriter and learned to put 2 spaces after the…

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Control Key Google Classroom

Google Classroom: Hold Down the Control Key

Posted on December 18, 2017December 28, 2017 by Alice Keeler

Hold Down the Control Key Here is a handy digital literacy tip, hold down the Control key when you click on a link. (Command key on a Mac). This will open the link in a new tab. I am pretty much in this habit of holding down the Control key so that I don’t lose…

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Control D Duplicate

Control D – Duplicate

Posted on November 22, 2017November 27, 2017 by Alice Keeler

Duplicate with Control D Rather than using Control C to copy and Control V to paste, try Control D to duplicate! Control D duplicates objects when drawing, for example in Google Slides or Google Drawing. If you are using Insert->Drawing into Google Docs, you can duplicate shapes in there as well. In Google Slides you…

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Alice Keeler is a mom of 5. High School math teacher. Author. Keynote Speaker/Teacher Trainer Google Certified Innovator, Microsoft Innovative Educator, Google Cloud Innovator Champion, and Google Developer Expert. Founder of #coffeeEDU
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