# Google Docs Equation Editor Unofficial Shortcuts List / Cheat Sheet

The Google Docs equation editor is based on the LaTeX syntax, but LaTeX is much more complex, so if you aren't familiar with LaTeX, it isn't exactly easy to try and find working shortcuts.

I made this page when I discovered that the shortcuts are actually in the editor code (as an aria-label attribute on the buttons themselves), but aren't really available in an easy-to-search manner as far as I could find. I am not in any way affiliated with Google.

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.

Other people have since contributed to this list. See GitHub issues for a list of contributed elements.

## 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

\bigcapab

\bigcupab

\prodab

\coprodab

\rbracelr

\sbracelr

\bracelr

\abs

\int or \intab

\oint or \ointab

\sum or \sumab

\lim or \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

Element Shortcut
Binomial distribution \choose or \binom
Hat symbol (^) above element \hat
Vector symbol(→) above element \vec
Maximum \max
Minimum \min

### Symbols

Element Shortcut
Del / Nabla symbol \nabla
Angle symbol \angle

### Keywords

Element Shortcut
Logarithm \log
Natural logarithm \ln
Exponent \exp
Trigonometry functions \sin, \arcsin, \cos, \arccos, \tan, \arctan, \csc, \sec, \cot