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Dropbox Paper keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 3/2/2019 on https://defkey.com/dropbox-paper-shortcuts

Dropbox Paper is a web-based document editing application with
collaborative features. Paper originated in October 2015, after Dropbox
purchased Hackpad in April 2014. It also has mobile applications for
Android and iOS.

Dropbox Paper has 55 shortcuts and we have listed all of them below.



Formatting
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Ctrl + B                Bold
Ctrl + I                Italic
Ctrl + U                Underline
Ctrl + Alt + S          Strikethrough
Ctrl + E                Highlight
Ctrl + K                Link


Insert
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@                       Mention person (@Christina)
+                       Link to doc (+ Meeting Notes)
:                       Emoji 😀

#hashtag  #hashtag

/dateSpace  Dates

/datetimeSpace  Dates

/timeSpace  Times



Markdown formatting
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# then Space            Large header
# then # then Space     Medium header
# then # then # then Space Small header
1 then . then Space     1. Numbered list
* then Space            Bulleted list
[ then ] then Space     Task list
> then Space            Blockquote

_italic_  Italic

**bold**  Bold

~Strikethrough~ Strikethrough

``` Code block

`code`  code

--- Divider

$$\LaTeX$$  LATEX



Block formatting
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Ctrl + Alt + 1          Large header
Ctrl + Alt + 2          Medium header
Ctrl + Alt + 3          Small header
Ctrl + Shift + 7        1. Numbered list
Ctrl + Shift + 8        Bulleted list
Ctrl + Shift + C        Task list
Ctrl + Shift + >        Blockquote
Ctrl + Alt + C          Code block


Editing
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Ctrl + F                Find and replace
Ctrl + G                Find next
Ctrl + Shift + G        Find previous
Ctrl + Enter            Check/uncheck checkbox
Tab                     Indent
Shift + Tab             Unindent
Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow Move line up
Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow Move line down
Ctrl + Alt + M          Add a comment
Ctrl + Enter            Post comment
Ctrl + Z                Undo
Ctrl + Y                Redo


Application
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Ctrl + Alt + N          Create new doc
Ctrl + Shift + P        Present
Ctrl + Shift + S        Share
Ctrl + Shift + O        Search docs
Ctrl + Shift + /        Show these keyboard shortcuts


Formatting text (Mac)
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After highlighting a text in Paper, you will see the formatting toolbar.
This toolbar allows you to format text by clicking its buttons or using
following keyboard shortcuts:

Cmd + B                 Bold text
Cmd + Option + S        Strikethrough
Cmd + E                 Highlight text in blue
Cmd + K                 Hyperlink
# then Space            Insert a large header* (h1)
# then # then Space     Insert a medium header (h2)*
# then # then # then Space Insert a small header (h3)
- then Space            Bulleted list
[ then ] then Space     Create to-do
Cmd + Option + M        Add comment
Cmd + Shift + 7         Convert a bulleted list to a numbered list
Cmd + Shift + C         Convert a bulleted list to a task list
Cmd + Shift + C         Convert a bulleted list to a task list
Cmd + /                 Show full list of keyboard shortcuts

* The large and medium header can be collapsed by hovering over the text
and clicking the arrow to the left. This feature isn't available in Mozilla
Firefox.


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