In the top left of Google Docs is the zoom amount – default is 100%.
Is there a way to increase this size – aside from using the browser's zoom (ctrl and "+" or mousewheel).
Google-docs – Are there keyboard shortcuts to zoom in a Google Document
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Create a template in the gallery/repository and select them as the basis when making a new document.
- Create your document and lay out the elements on the page
- Save this document under a name you can remember or sets it apart as a template.
- Go to the menu: Create new > From template...
- You'll be taken to the Template Gallery
- Select the "My Templates" tab
- Click Submit a template
- Select the document you just created as the template you want to use and share.
Next time you want to create a new document based on a template, you'll go back to the Template Gallery and select it from there.
To speed the last step for next time, note the URL that appears in your browser when you open up the template. It will look something like this:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/Awh01EbUNCh0fL3tter5/edit
Make a bookmark out of that. Next time you hit that address you'll load up the document. That's as default as you can get right now.
Keep in mind that while other people using Google Docs will also be able to use your template for their documents, they will not be able to edit it.
nhinkle gives the germ of the answer.
Automatic corrections for → and ← are included as defaults. You just need to add your own for ↑ and ↓. (Maybe |^ and |v?)
While editing a document,
- Select Preferences from the Tools drop-down menu.
- Either deselect the checkbox next to the word for which you'd like to disable text substitution, or press the "x" to the right of the word to delete the row.
Best Answer
I was looking for this as well and did some digging. Google Docs now has keyboard shortcuts to zoom in and out of the document (and not the webpage itself).
The shortcuts are:
Zoom in: Ctrl+Alt++ or ⌘+⌥++ on Mac
Zoom out: Ctrl+Alt+- or ⌘+⌥+- on Mac
I found these in the Help → Keyboard Shortcuts → Search keyboard shortcuts (you can type anything here). Strangely enough, the official Google Docs Keyboard Shortcut page (https://support.google.com/docs/answer/179738) makes absolutely no mention of this at all. Weird. Anyway, below is screenshot showing the info in Google Docs.
I'm guessing these are possibly newer keyboard shortcuts since the official Google Docs page doesn't even list them and other people have struggled with this issue for many years, including me. Makes me wanna search that Help section even more now and find other hidden gems.
Hope this helps!