Google Docs Equation Editor Shortcuts

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.

Greek letters

Element	Shortcut
	`\alpha`
	`\beta`
	`\gamma`
	`\delta`
	`\epsilon`
	`\varepsilon`
	`\zeta`
	`\eta`
	`\theta`
	`\vartheta`
	`\iota`
	`\kappa`
	`\lambda`
	`\mu`
	`\nu`
	`\xi`
	`\pi`
	`\varpi`
	`\rho`
	`\varrho`
	`\sigma`
	`\varsigma`
	`\tau`
	`\upsilon`
	`\phi`
	`\varphi`
	`\chi`
	`\psi`
	`\omega`
	`\Gamma`
	`\Delta`
	`\Theta`
	`\Lambda`
	`\Xi`
	`\Pi`
	`\Sigma`
	`\Upsilon`
	`\Phi`
	`\Psi`
	`\Omega`

Miscellaneous operations

Element	Shortcut
	`\times`
	`\div`
	`\cdot`
	`\pm`
	`\mp`
	`\ast`
	`\star`
	`\circ`
	`\bullet`
	`\oplus`
	`\ominus`
	`\oslash`
	`\otimes`
	`\odot`
	`\dagger`
	`\ddagger`
	`\vee`
	`\wedge`
	`\cap`
	`\cup`
	`\aleph`
	`\Re`
	`\Im`
	`\top`
	`\bot`
	`\infty`
	`\partial`
	`\forall`
	`\exists`
	`\neg`
	`\triangle`
	`\diamond`

Relations

Element	Shortcut
	`\leq`
	`\geq`
	`\prec`
	`\succ`
	`\preceq`
	`\succeq`
	`\ll`
	`\gg`
	`\equiv`
	`\sim`
	`\simeq`
	`\asymp`
	`\approx`
	`\ne`
	`\subset`
	`\supset`
	`\subseteq`
	`\supseteq`
	`\in`
	`\ni`
	`\notin`

Maths operations

Element	Shortcut
	`\frac`
	`\sqrt`
	`\rootof`
	`\subsuperscript`
	`\subscript` or `_`
	`\superscript` or `^`
	`\overline`
	`\widehat`
	`\bigcap` or `\bigcapab`
	`\bigcup` or `\bigcupab`
	`\prod` or `\prodab`
	`\coprod` or `\coprodab`
	`\rbracelr`
	`\sbracelr`
	`\bracelr`
	`\abs`
	`\int` or `\intab`
	`\oint` or `\ointab`
	`\sum` or `\sumab`
	`\limab`

Arrows

Element	Shortcut
	`\leftarrow`
	`\rightarrow`
	`\leftrightarrow`
	`\Leftarrow`
	`\Rightarrow`
	`\Leftrightarrow`
	`\uparrow`
	`\downarrow`
	`\updownarrow`
	`\Uparrow`
	`\Downarrow`
	`\Updownarrow`

Unlisted

Those aren't in the menus, but they work! If anything is missing, feel free to contribute on GitHub.

Operations

These unlisted operations allow you to apply a treatment to some text.

Element	Shortcut
	`\choose` or `\binom` or `\binomab`
	`\bar`
	`\hat`
	`\vec`
	`\tilde`
	`\underline`
	`\dot`
	`\ddot`
	`\max`, `\maxa`
	`\min` or `\mina`
	`\lim` or `\lima`
	`\liminfa`
	`\liminfab`
	`\limsupa`
	`\limsupab`

Symbols

These unlisted shortcuts render specific symbols.

Element	Shortcut
	`\angle`
	`\hbar`
	`\vdots`
	`\cdots`
	`\ldots`
∇	`\nabla`
⊢	`\vdash`
∥	`\parallel`
∝	`\propto`

Keywords

These unlisted shortcuts apply a special treatment to some mathematical keywords, rendering them in normal font instead of the default italics.

Element	Shortcut
`log`	`\log`
`ln`	`\ln`
`exp`	`\exp`
Trigonometry functions	`\sin`, `\arcsin`, `\cos`, `\arccos`, `\tan`, `\arctan`, `\csc`, `\sec`, `\cot`, `\tanh`, `\cosh`, `\sinh`, `\coth`
Other keywords	`\lg`, `\inf`, `\dim`, `\Pr`, `\hom`, `\sup`, `\arg`, `\deg`, `\gcd`, `\det`, `\ker`, `\Pr`