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Declutter Google Docs by going to the Gemini menu → Bottom bar preferences → Turn off.

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If you come across a Google Docs, Slides, or Sheets “Make a Copy” link but aren’t ready to add it to your Drive, replace /copy in the URL with /edit. You can preview and explore the file first, then decide if you want to make a copy.

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Want Google search results without the AI Overview? Just add -ai to your query.

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When you’re feeling overwhelmed, pause your brain’s alarm response and start organizing the information instead. Tell yourself, “I need to decide what matters most and go slow.”

(from Jennifer Furse, Applied Neuroplasticity Coach)

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Want a handy time-saver in Google Docs? Use text shortcuts to turn short snippets into full phrases and even type special characters and symbols with ease. A small tweak that keeps faster typing at your fingertips.

Go to Tools → Preferences → Substitutions to set up your own shortcuts.

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Force Chrome to ignore the cache and download fresh content for the current page with a hard refresh.

On Windows/Chromebooks: Ctrl + Shift + R

On Macs: Command (⌘) + Shift

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If an AI chatbot keeps giving you ideas you already thought of, tweak your prompt. Add words like unconventional, creative, or something most people wouldn’t think of.

A small change in your prompt can lead to much more interesting ideas.

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Want to use AI to edit part of an image? Try Canva’s Magic Edit tool. Click a photo, select Edit, then choose Magic Edit. Brush over the area and describe what you want changed or added. The rest of the image stays the same.

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Both Gemini and ChatGPT have a Deep Research mode that searches the web for you and delivers a detailed, cited report of what it finds. Great for learning about a new topic, product comparisons, and professional learning.

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Upload an image and ask an AI chatbot, "Write two versions of alt text for this image." Compare the results and choose the one that works best.

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On iPhone and iPad, you can quickly save an image without its background. In Photos, press and hold on the subject of the image, choose Share, then Save Image. The picture is saved to your Photos app as a PNG with a transparent background.

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See the emails you have subscribed to in Gmail and easily unsubscribe by opening this link: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#sub

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Got an phone with Apple Intelligence and iOS 26?

Go to Settings → Camera → Lens Cleaning Hints

When turned on, a message displays when the camera lens should be cleaned to improve image quality.

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Chrome can generate captions for any audio or video in your browser.

1️⃣ Play audio or video.

2️⃣ Click the Media Control icon (≡♪) in the top toolbar.

3️⃣ Toggle on Live Captions.

A black box will appear, transcribing the spoken words in real time.

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Got a phone with Apple Intelligence on iOS 26?

1️⃣ Take a screenshot.

2️⃣ Tap Add to Calendar in the smart actions at the bottom.

3️⃣ Preview the event that is drafted from details in the screenshot.

4️⃣ Edit if needed before confirming the event.

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You can suggest meeting times right inside Gmail.

When you’re writing an email, click ⋮ → 🗓️ Set up a time to meet → ✅ Propose times you’re free. Then enter the dates and times that work for you.

The recipient just clicks the slot that fits their schedule, and Gmail creates a calendar event for both of you. No back-and-forth needed.

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Have a GIF that plays too fast? Upload it to EZGIF and lower the speed to under 100%.

ezgif.com/speed

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Set up keyboard shortcuts like /rubric, /sva, or /commas to instantly paste your full rubric or your most common comments with the Text Blaze extension for Chrome. (via Donnie Piercey)

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/text-blaze-templates-and/idgadaccgipmpannjkmfddolnnhmeklj

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Presenting with Canva? You can use your phone as a clicker! In Present mode, tap More ⋮ in the bottom corner and select Share remote control. Scan the QR code with your phone to open controls in your browser. Use the arrows to change slides and even access Magic Shortcuts.

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Want your AI chatbot (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude) to better match your expectations? Paste or upload examples to give it context for a stronger response.

Not all prompts need examples, but it's handy for when you're

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Know your dashes...

👉 Hyphen (-) joins words (student-made project)

👉 En dash (–) shows ranges (Aug 5–9)

👉 Em dash (—) adds emphasis (Humans used em dashes—long before AI learned them)

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You can start a new Google Vids project by importing Google Slides. It inserts your slides into the timeline and adds transitions. Then you can enter a script and record a voiceover or generate a voiceover with AI.

vids.google.com

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Keep your FigJam files tidy and focused by hiding sections. Select a section and click the "Hide section" icon in the floating toolbar to temporarily gray out the section. Great for revealing content gradually or reducing visual clutter when collaborating.

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Right-click a YouTube video and choose “Copy video URL at current time” to share a specific moment. Use this link to skip the fluff and go straight to the relevant part of the video.

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Notice the new panel in Google Slides? On the right side, it gives quick access to images, templates, and best of all—Building Blocks. Drop in ready-made layouts like Agendas and customize them without starting from scratch.

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Every AI chat has a unique URL. Copy it and paste it into your notes or docs so you can jump back in anytime—right where you left off.

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Instead of removing all animations from objects on a Google Slide, select all the objects and group them. All animations remain deleted, even after you ungroup everything.

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Add an audio file to Apple Notes, and it will automatically transcribe after a few minutes. You can read, search, and copy the text—and even click a word to jump to that moment in the recording.

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Upload a screenshot of a schedule and ask ChatGPT, "Create an ics calendar file for the events in this screenshot." It will make a file you can download and then open in your calendar app.

Gemini can also do this, adding events directly into your Google Calendar.

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Quickly react in a Google Doc by highlighting text, clicking Insert, and choosing Emoji Reaction. Pick an emoji to display in the left margin—hover to see who added it. Reactions can be resolved to remove them.

Bonus: To react to a comment, hover over the comment text to reveal the emoji reaction button.

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Pressing Enter/Return in Google Sheets jumps to the cell below.

Want a new line in the same cell? Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) and press Enter/Return.

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AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini can get a little too creative when revising your writing. Keep it closer to your original by using this prompt: "Revise this for clarity, flow, and grammar."

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If you enable notifications for new responses in a Google Form, you'll receive an email immediately for each submission—which can quickly add up.

To avoid email overload, open the form’s linked spreadsheet, go to Tools → Notification settings → Email notifications, and select Daily Digest to receive a summary instead

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From your Canva homepage, select a presentation, click the More ••• icon, and select "Enable offline presenting." Now, even if your internet isn't cooperating, the presentation will appear on your homepage and you can open it.

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Speed things up! Hold down the spacebar while watching YouTube to play at 2x speed. Let go, and it’s back to normal.

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Instead of saying “I know,” try responding with “That’s right” to come across as more affirming and less defensive.

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If you're on a Mac with Apple Intelligence, set a keyboard shortcut to access the writing tools.

Go to System Settings → Search "keyboard shortcuts" → Keyboard Shortcuts button → App Shortcuts in sidebar → + → Enter menu title "Show Writing Tools" → Press ⌘ + . → Done → Done.

Pressing ⌘ + . is much more convenient than clicking through context menus to access writing tools!

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The writing tools in Apple Intelligence let you rewrite emails and other text in a more professional or friendly tone. And you can quickly launch the writing tools with a keyboard shortcut on your Mac.

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Generate a draft of alt text for an image with AI. Upload the image to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot, or your favorite chatbot. Prompt it with "Write alt text for this image." You may followup by asking for more or less detail.

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Tap the Page Menu icon (a rectangle with two lines underneath) in Safari's address bar and choose Hide Distracting Items. With a slick animation, distracting elements like ads, related content, and extra menus disappear after clicking them.

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Make your iPhone's homescreen icons larger by hiding app names. Touch and hold anywhere on your Home screen's background and click the Edit button that appears. Choose Customize and toggle to Large. Requires in iOS 18.

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The Google Photos app for iOS and Android has a Magic Editor. Similar to the Magic Studio tools in Canva, Google’s Magic Editor can erase or reposition and resize people and objects. It also can improve lighting and blur backgrounds. You get 10 saves per month for free.

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It happens. You close a browser tab and then, oops, you realize you actually wanted to keep that tab open.

You have options for reopening the closed tab:

⌨️ Keyboard shortcut

🖱️ Right-click tab bar

⬇️ Search Tabs button

↖️ File menu

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You can drag and drop files and photos between apps on iPhone and iPad.

Hold down on the photo or file you want to insert into another app until you can move it around. While still holding down, swipe up with your thumb to go to the Home screen. Drag the file or photo onto the destination app.

This 22 second video shows you things you can drag and drop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lPy_fCh_EI&t=21s

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Want to type to Siri instead of talk? On iPhone or iPad open Settings and search for Type to Siri.

Turn it on and when you double-tap the bottom edge of your device, you can type your Siri request and it replies silently through text.

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Quickly stitch together multiple Live Photos into a video.

In Photos on iPhone or iPad, go to Albums → Live Photos → Select → choose some photos → ⋯ → Save as Video.

Each Live Photo is a short video clip, and the clips are played in succession.

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An iPad with USB-C is a portable power bank. Charge items you connect with a USB cable, including phones, Apple Watches, and AirPods.

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Prevent people from changing the color of their posts on your Padlet. Go to Settings → Post Fields and change Color from Show to Hide.

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Select a range of rows and columns in Google Sheets. Go to Format → Convert to table. Sheets automatically formats and organizes the data with a polished design, including column types, filters, colors, dropdown menus, and more.

https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2024/05/tables-in-google-sheets.html

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Turn on Voice Isolation when on a phone or FaceTime call on iPhone. During the call, swipe down from the top-right corner of your screen. Tap Mic Mode and select Voice Isolation. Background noises are blocked, making your voice clear.

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Backup a folder in Google Drive by downloading it. Click More Actions (⋮) next to the folder's name and select Download. The folder and its contents will be downloaded in a zipped format on your computer.

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Designing a custom header for Google Forms? Set the page size in Google Slides, Canva, or design tool of choice to 1600 x 400 pixels.

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Go to Tools → Notification settings in a Google document that you can edit or comment on (you don't have to be the owner). Change to be notified about all new comment activity and when anyone adds or removed content.

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Limit what others can do with a shared Google document. Click the Share button and click Settings ⚙️.

You can uncheck "Editors can change permissions and share."

You can uncheck "Viewers and commenters can see the option to download, print, and copy."

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Insert a checklist into Google Docs by clicking the Checklist button in the toolbar.

Clicking a box adds a check and a strikethrough.

Don't want the item to be crossed out? Go to Format → Bullets & Numbering → Checklist menu and toggle the strikethrough off.

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Replace the end of a Google Docs, Slides, Drawings, or Sheets URL to link to the PDF version.

Original → edit?usp=sharing

Replacement → export?format=pdf

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Prevent yourself (and others) from making edits or adding comments in a Google Workspace document.

Find the file in Google Drive and click More actions (the three dots) on its thumbnail. Hover over "File information" and click Lock.

This is handy for templates that you don't want to accidentally edit.

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Customize the look of a Finder window on your Mac. With a window open, click View → as Icons. Then go to View → Show View Options. Under Background, choose Color or Picture.

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In your Canva design, open the Canva Assistant by clicking the ✨ button or typing "/". Search for and open "Design Accessibility."

A panel opens listing any typography, color contrast, and alternative text issues. Click an issue to fix it.

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Create a link that takes viewers directly to a specific spot in a Google Drive video. Do this by pausing the video at the desired time, clicking the arrow next to the Share button , and selecting “Copy link to this time.”

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As a teacher, if chatbots are blocked for you at school, or you want to try a chatbot made specifically for teachers, try Raina from MagicSchool.

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In Canva, press / on your keyboard to access the Canva Assistant. A popup shows recommended actions and allows you to search for Canva's elements and templates and to search through your own projects.

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You can change your padlet's cover image, which is displayed on other padlets and social media. Click the three dots in the top right of a post, and click Set as padlet cover.

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In Google Docs, go to Insert → Building blocks → Email draft. A table is inserted where you can compose an email in the doc. Easily convert the table into a draft in Gmail by clicking the blue mail icon.

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Add motion and whimsy to Google Slides. Go to Insert → Image → GIFs and Stickers. A side panel opens where you can enter search terms.

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Yes, you can power off newer iPhones and iPads by pressing and holding either volume button and the side button until the power-off slider appears.

Another way to make the power-off slider appear is by quickly pressing and releasing the side button 5 times.

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With a photo selected in Canva, click the Edit photo button. Choose Magic Eraser to brush over unwanted objects or people. Canva intelligently guesses what the photo would look without the erased object or person. [Requires Canva for Education or Canva Pro]

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Ask Siri, "What's my update?"

Siri will tell you the weather forecast, calendar appointments, reminders, and a brief news summary.

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On a Chromebook? Press 🔍 + V to see the last 5 things you copied.

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Instead of asking, “Does anyone have any questions,” ask “What questions do you have?” or “Ask me two questions.”

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MagicSchool.ai has an AI-Resistant Assignment Suggestions tool. Enter your assignment description to receive recommendations for making it more challenging for Al chatbots.

Its suggestions are not groundbreaking. But, they might give a teacher some ideas for modifying their assignments. Suggestions often involve critical thinking, personal reflection, personal experiences, opinions, creativity, emotions, and collaboration.

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Want a chatbot like ChatGPT or Bard to write more like a human? Include in your prompt: "Write in a casual, friendly way using natural language that a real person would use in a conversation."

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Pressing space bar in your browser will scroll down one page length. Hold down Shift + spacebar will scroll up one page length.

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Posing for a photo? Your face forms a more genuine smile by saying “cheeks” instead of “cheese."

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Embed a Google Slideshow on your website. Whenever you update the slides, your website gets fresh content.

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Always referring to a schedule, map or other info? Snap a photo or take a screenshot and make it your device's lock screen.

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Close a Chrome tab by mistake? Go to File → Reopen Closed Tab (or use the shortcut Ctrl-Shift-T / ⌘-Shift-T) to get it back.

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Don’t squish or stretch that picture–hold down Shift while dragging a corner to resize an image in most software.

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Fit more sites into Chrome's bookmarks bar. Right click a bookmark, click Edit, and delete the Name. The page's icon is displayed, but the text is removed.

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Bring up an emoji keyboard on a Mac with this key combo: Control + Command + Spacebar.

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On Macs, Windows PCs & Chromebooks, you can make your cursor easier to see by making it bigger in Accessibility settings.

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Want to know how much free space you have on your Chromebook? Enter chrome://quota-internals in the address bar & hit Enter.

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Each time you type “fun fact” into a Google search you can learn something new.

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Apply text formatting (font, size, color) from one part of a doc to another with the Paint Format tool.

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Select multiple photos in the Photos app. Click Select and hold & drag to choose images. Great for deleting large batches!

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On a Chromebook or Windows computer? With a free Apple ID you can use Keynote & Pages online at iCloud.com .

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In Chrome click Bookmarks →  Bookmark All Tabs to save all open tabs as bookmarks in a new folder.

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Triple-click text to select the entire line or paragraph. It's faster than dragging your mouse to select the text.

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Ask Siri to remind you about something at a certain time or place and Siri will set a reminder.

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Can't find a setting in iOS? Open the Settings app and pull down to reveal a search bar.

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Need to type a ➗ symbol? Use the Emoji character.

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When taking a selfie, it usually looks better if you snap the photo while you are looking at the camera instead of yourself.

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Trouble finding your downloads? Change your browser’s file download location to always save to your desktop.

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Google search “metronome” to get a usable metronome at the top of the results page. Adjust BPM and click Play.

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Display a Chromebook’s battery charge over time by entering chrome://power into Chrome's address bar.

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Walking away from your Chromebook? Lock your screen by holding down the Search button + L.

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Looking for Caps Lock on a Chromebook? Hold down Alt + Search keyboard buttons.

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Use Control or Command + Shift + V to paste as plain text (removes all formatting from copied text).

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See something gross online? Close the tab and open a new one. Image search for kittens. I’ve heard this called a kitten chaser.

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Pasted text in a Google Doc often has its own font, style & size. Highlight the text and click Format → Clear formatting.

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You can link to a specific location in a long Google Doc. Click Insert → Bookmark and copy the link.