Top 15 Overleaf Shortcuts to Boost Your Productivity

In Overleaf, a popular LaTeX editor, there are numerous keyboard shortcuts that can enhance your productivity. Here are some of the most useful ones:

1. Compiling Document: Ctrl + Enter
2. Save Document: Ctrl + S
3. Undo: Ctrl + Z
4. Redo: Ctrl + Y
5. Cut: Ctrl + X: if you don’t select text then this prompt will cut the current paragraph
6. Copy: Ctrl + C: if you don’t select text then this prompt will copy the current paragraph
7. Paste: Ctrl + V: this applies not only to text but you can also copy an image from your computer and paste it in overleaf. A dialog will appear and ask how you to name the image
8. Select All: Ctrl + A
9. Find: Ctrl + F
10. Find and Replace: Ctrl + H
11. Go to Line: Ctrl + G
12. Comment/Uncomment: Ctrl + /
13. Indent Line: Tab
14. Unindent Line: Shift + Tab
15. Toggle Fullscreen Mode: F11

Remember that these shortcuts may vary depending on your operating system and browser.

If you’re submitting a paper to a conference, and you already surpassed the page limit, then \vspace{-2.mm} or something like that maybe useful.