How to Strikethrough text in Google Docs
Strikethrough allows you to invalidate specific text while maintaining its visibility. Use this feature when you want to signal a change or removal without permanently deleting the original content.
Strikethrough allows you to invalidate specific text while maintaining its visibility. Use this feature when you want to signal a change or removal without permanently deleting the original content.
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Navigate to a document in the Google Docs, that you want to edit.
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Click and highlight the portion of text that you want to strike out.
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Once your text is selected, click "Format" from the options along the top of your window.
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Click "Strikethrough" in the "Text" menu.
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See the result - your text is crossed out.
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Alternatively, for a faster way to apply this effect, you can use a keyboard shortcut.
With your text highlight, press:
cmd + shift + x
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This will also apply the Strikethrough effect, and it is much quicker than navigating through the menus.