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Google Docs

Copy selection

CtrlC

Windows Web app Google Docs web editor

Practice this

In Google Docs this is copy selection. It applies here: selection.

Where it works: Selection

Every documented variant

Variants of this shortcut
System	Environment	Keys
Mac	Web app	`CmdC`
Windows	Web app	`CtrlC`

Where this comes from

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Docs

Documentation checked on 2026-09-11. That is a documentation review, not a test run inside the application.

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