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Title: How to use Google Drive with keyboard shortcuts
Post by: javajolt on May 05, 2012, 01:07:08 AM
Now that you've got a Google Drive account, you'll want to navigate it as efficiently as possible with keyboard shortcuts.

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Google is one of the biggest proponents of using keyboard shortcuts with Web services. Gmail keyboard shortcuts (http://www.windows8newsinfo.com/smf/index.php?topic=20290.0) are very popular, and you can even control Google Music (http://www.windows8newsinfo.com/smf/index.php?topic=20291.0) with keyboard shortcuts too. It's no surprise then, that Google Drive also supports keyboard shortcuts.
 
As you learn how to get started with Google Drive (http://www.windows8newsinfo.com/smf/index.php?topic=20292.0), try some of these keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate Google Drive a little faster:

Selection
 
 j : navigate to and highlight next item
 k : navigate to and highlight previous item
 x : toggle selection of highlighted item
 Shift + a : select all
 Shift + n : select none

Jumping
 
 g then n : go to navigation panel
 g then l : go to document list
 g then c : go to collections
 g then d : go to details pane

Actions
 
 o or Enter[/b] : open item
 s : toggle star
 . : share
 z : organize

Create new
 
 Shift + t : create a new text document
 Shift + s : create a new spreadsheet
 Shift + p : create a new presentation
 Shift + d : create a new drawing
 Shift + c : create a new collection

Menus
 
 c : display create new menu
 u : display upload menu
 a : display actions menu
 r : display sort menu
 v : display view menu

Applications
 
 / : go to search box
 d : toggle details pane
 ? : display keyboard shortcuts

That's it. If you spend a lot of time in your Google Drive account, these keyboard shortcuts should help you navigate it a lot faster. For a full list of Google Drive keyboard shortcuts, press "?", to launch the shortcut display.