That’s a lot of distraction-free space! Tap F11 again for them to return. In Chrome, you can go to the three-dot Chrome menu and click the square icon next to Zoom. Take it further: Hit F11 (or Fn+F11 on some keyboards) to expand your browser view to full-screen mode to hide all the menus, title bars, and other clutter. If you just want to hide the menu bar, click the up-pointing caret (^) to the far right of the main menu of your Doc or Sheet. Need some distraction-free writing time? Select View > Full Screen to get rid of Google Docs’ menus and toolbars at the top (hit the Esc key to get them back). So you’d type bold to actually get bold, or use one * to start a bulleted list, among other shortcuts.
What’s that, you ask? It's a lightweight set of codes you can use to apply formatting without using the mouse. If you select Automatically Detect Markdown under Tools > Preferences, it lets you use Markdown syntax. Here, we go further in-depth with all the tools to show you how to get the most out of Google's office suite. We've already listed eight simple ways to help make the switch from Microsoft Word to Google Docs, including how to do offline editing and using templates.
But it pays dividends to know more than just the basics. You may use Docs, Sheets, Slides, or Workspace all day and get by fine-in fact, it's entirely likely. And it all works comprehensively with Google Drive, the online repository for your files, which can also be used to sync data between computers and other devices. It includes better integration with Gmail, Calendar, Chat, Meet, and more for $6 per month per user, though nonprofits and schools can get it free. Paid business users get a version that’s nearly as powerful and flexible as Microsoft 365 called Google Workspace. The best part is that anyone with a Google account can access the office suite for free. They’re all so good that they drove Microsoft to create online versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint to work with its OneDrive storage/sync service. Google's office suite now includes not just Docs (a grown-up version of Writely), but also Sheets (a spreadsheet), Slides (for presentations), Drawing, and Forms. It worked so well that Google bought Upstartle less than a year later.Īt the time, that acquisition was considered a gamble. Writely let you create, save, and retrieve documents in your browser that were stored on a server. In 2005, a four-person company called Upstartle launched Writely (Opens in a new window), an online-only word processor that took advantage of a then-new browser technology called AJAX.
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