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The essential Google Drive keyboard shortcuts you need to know

Google Drive is our favorite cloud storage solution, not only because it offers a massive 15GB limit for free users, but because it seamlessly integrates with Google Docs (which is our favorite Microsoft Office alternative). It's the best all-in-one solution for office productivity, and it gets even better when you start using the following essential Google Drive keyboard shortcuts:

Keyboard shortcut Description
Create actions
Shift + F Create a new folder
Shift + P Create a new presentation
Shift + S Create a new spreadsheet
Shift + T Create a new document
Navigation actions
ONE Open the More Actions menu for the currently selected item
do Open the New Item menu
re Toggle details pane
F Opens the folder actions menu.
me Toggle activity panel
R Opens the Sort menu
T Opens the settings menu
V Switch between grid and list views
/ Go to Google Drive search bar
General Actions
north Rename selected item
S Highlight or unhighlight the selected item
Z Move selected item to another folder
Enter Open selected item
Period Share selected article
Shift + 3 Delete selected item
Shift + A Select all visible elements
Shift + N Clear all selections
Shift + // Open list of all shortcuts
Ctrl + F Find
Ctrl + P Printing
Ctrl + Z Undo last action
Ctrl + Shift + Z Redo last undone action
Selection Actions
Down Arrow Select the next item below
Left Arrow Select the next element to the left
Correct Arrow Select the next element to the right
Up Arrow Select the next element above
Shift + Down Arrow Include the next element below in the current selection
Shift + Left Arrow Include the next element to the left in the current selection
Shift + Right Arrow Include the next element to the right in the current selection
Shift + Up Arrow Include the next element in the current selection

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