QuestionI have Google Docs open in the Google Chrome browser on a Mac. Now I select a piece of text and want to change it's font just with keyboard shortcuts -- without using the mouse.Example before font change:Example after font change to e.g. Courier New:How do I do that?What I have tried so farI've read the Keyboard shortcuts for Google documents page, but haven't found anything useful.There is the Ctrl+Shift+F keyboard shortcut to collaps the menu bar, which then displays the Search the menus (Alt+/) search box.Menu before pressing Ctrl+Shift+F:Menu after pressing Ctrl+Shift+F:Now this search box is pretty awesome because I can just type Courier New and hit Enter. But! Alt+/ is not working! Why not? I can't get the focus into that search box.At this point, I should perhaps note that the keyboard layout is set to German.The US keyboard layout looks like this:The German keyboard layout looks like this:So the forward slash / is on the 7 key: Shift+7.But when I press Alt+Shift+7, it opens the Mac OS X Help > Search menu:I also switched to the US keyboard layout. But pressing Alt+Shift+7 (which is the key left of the right Shift key) produces the same effect.I've also tried the forward slash key on the number block. No success.Plus, I've tried Option+/ as documented on the Keyboard shortcuts for Google documents page (the Option key is the Alt key according to Wikipedia). No success either.Is Mac OS X highjacking the keyboard shortcut?VersionsGoogle Chrome 31.0.1650.63Mac OS X 10.9.1
How can I change the font in Google Docs just with keyboards shortcuts?
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Update 28.02.2016They seem to have updated the possible keyboard shortcuts. With the new keyboard shortcuts, it also works now on my keyboard with the German layout.For Windows:For OS X:Source: https://support.google.com/docs/answer/179738?hl=enOriginal answerI found a workaround.Select a piece of text in the document.Ctrl+Alt+H opens the Help menu.Arrow down puts the focus in the Search all menus menu.Type cour, hit Enter.