

You can free up that space by turning on the compact mode by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+F keyboard shortcut (for both PC and Mac). The top and sidebars can be a little distracting and occupy space on the screen for many writers. To paste the formatting, select the text and press CTRL+ALT+V or CMD+OPTION+V. Simply select the text and copy the formatting by pressing CTRL+ALT+C or CMD+OPTION+C. Turns out, you can actually just copy that formatting to any text on the doc. When you wish to change the formatting of text such as changing font, size, color, style, etc, you need to select the text and do it manually. Instead of using CTRL+V, simply press CTRL+SHIFT+V or CMD+SHIFT+V to paste without formatting.Īlternatively, if you just want to remove the formatting of a small piece of text, select the text and press CTRL+\ or CMD+\ to clear formatting from the selected text. If you’ve been manually removing the formatting, there’s an easier way. When you paste a piece of text from the internet in a Google Docs document, it also includes the formatting.
