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Another option is to learn keyboard shortcuts on a Windows or Mac, such as typing “é” with Alt+0233 (on Windows) or Option+E (on a Mac).One is to insert a special character, by going to the spot in your doc where you want to add the accented letter, then select Insert > Special Characters from the menu and click one of the options or draw it with your mouse (or finger, on touchscreen devices).There are a few ways to add accent marks to letters if Google’s autocorrect (or auto-suggestion) doesn’t do it for you: Unfortunately, those who need to insert letters with accent marks – often for words in other languages than English – may not know how to pull this off easily in Google Docs.Įxamples include Spanish or French words like jalapeño (tilde), fiancé (acute), très (accent grave), Noël (diaeresis), façade (cedilla) or hôpital (circumflex). Want to try it? Just make sure that you disable time-out settings or at least touch the mouse every few minutes to keep it from going to sleep. My colleagues even used voice typing to transcribe press conferences during COVID-19 by parking their laptops near a TV speaker. You can even edit and format using your voice – ask to see a list of commands.

With voice typing on, whatever you say out loud will be typed out on the screen in real time. The program might ask for permission to use your device’s microphone (connected to your webcam) or you can select an external mic if you’re using one. Click the Tools menu and select Voice Typing.

To try it, open Google Docs in the Chrome browser and create a new document. By some estimates, dictation can be three to four times faster than typing (and with auto-correct, it’s just as accurate). “Voice typing” should save you a lot of time. Here are a half-dozen tips, tricks and features to explore the next time you log in: Talk instead of type In fact, Google adds new features almost every year. You likely know you can also collaborate with other users in real time.īut there’s a lot more to Google Docs than you may realize. Since these documents are on Google’s servers, you can also pick up where you left off, say, on another device. Guess who’s old enough to drive? Google Docs is now 16 years old.īorn in 2006, Google’s free-to-use word processor lets you create and edit documents in a web browser or mobile app, which is handy as the files are automatically saved online – in the event something happens to your computer.