This page provides an unofficial LaTeX-like shortcuts list / cheat-sheet for the Google Docs equation editor.
To use these shortcuts, enter them in the equation editor followed by space bar.
If you are looking for special characters or symbols that are not listed here, you can go to Insert → Special characters from the Google Docs toolbar and search by name.
Element | Shortcut |
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\alpha
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\beta
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\gamma
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\delta
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\epsilon
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\varepsilon
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\zeta
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\eta
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\theta
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\vartheta
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\iota
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\kappa
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\lambda
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\mu
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\nu
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\xi
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\pi
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\varpi
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\rho
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\varrho
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\sigma
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\varsigma
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\tau
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\upsilon
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\phi
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\varphi
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\chi
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\psi
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\omega
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\Gamma
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\Delta
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\Theta
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\Lambda
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\Xi
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\Pi
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\Sigma
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\Upsilon
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\Phi
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\Psi
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\Omega
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Element | Shortcut |
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\times
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\div
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\cdot
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\pm
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\mp
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\ast
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\star
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\circ
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\bullet
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\oplus
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\ominus
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\oslash
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\otimes
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\odot
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\dagger
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\ddagger
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\vee
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\wedge
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\cap
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\cup
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\aleph
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\Re
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\Im
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\top
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\bot
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\infty
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\partial
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\forall
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\exists
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\neg
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\triangle
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\diamond
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Element | Shortcut |
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\leq
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\geq
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\prec
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\succ
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\preceq
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\succeq
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\ll
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\gg
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\equiv
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\sim
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\simeq
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\asymp
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\approx
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\ne
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\subset
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\supset
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\subseteq
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\supseteq
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\in
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\ni
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\notin
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Element | Shortcut |
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\frac
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\sqrt
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\rootof
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\subsuperscript
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\subscript
or
_
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\superscript
or
^
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\overline
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\widehat
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\bigcap
or
\bigcapab
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\bigcup
or
\bigcupab
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\prod
or
\prodab
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\coprod
or
\coprodab
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\rbracelr
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\sbracelr
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\bracelr
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\abs
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\int
or
\intab
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\oint
or
\ointab
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\sum
or
\sumab
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\limab
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Element | Shortcut |
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\leftarrow
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\rightarrow
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\leftrightarrow
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\Leftarrow
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\Rightarrow
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\Leftrightarrow
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\uparrow
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\downarrow
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\updownarrow
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\Uparrow
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\Downarrow
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\Updownarrow
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Those aren't in the menus, but they work! If anything is missing, feel free to contribute on GitHub.
These unlisted operations allow you to apply a treatment to some text.
Element | Shortcut |
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\choose
or
\binom
or
\binomab
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\bar |
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\hat |
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\vec |
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\tilde |
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\underline |
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\dot |
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\ddot |
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\max , \maxa |
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\min or \mina |
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\lim or \lima |
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\liminfa |
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\liminfab |
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\limsupa |
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\limsupab |
These unlisted shortcuts render specific symbols.
Element | Shortcut |
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\angle |
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\hbar |
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\vdots |
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\cdots |
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\ldots |
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∇ | \nabla |
⊢ | \vdash |
∥ | \parallel |
∝ | \propto |
These unlisted shortcuts apply a special treatment to some mathematical keywords, rendering them in normal font instead of the default italics.
Element | Shortcut |
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log |
\log
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ln |
\ln
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exp |
\exp
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Trigonometry functions |
\sin , \arcsin , \cos ,
\arccos , \tan , \arctan ,
\csc , \sec , \cot ,
\tanh , \cosh , \sinh ,
\coth
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Other keywords |
\lg , \inf , \dim ,
\Pr , \hom , \sup ,
\arg , \deg , \gcd ,
\det , \ker , \Pr
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