Google Reader over time has come out to be an indispensable tool for the Bloggers. Its easy to carry all your favorite RSS Feeds and access it from anywhere. But with so many wonderful blogs already there and new one coming up by the seconds, you RSS subscriptions will grow to huge proportion very fast. Mine itself has grown beyond 400 as of writing.
However thanks to Google, Keyword Shortcuts comes to your help when surfing your RSS Feeds. Its easy to do the repititive task quickly at the press of a button rather than moving your mouse every time and click on the specific object. Press ? to quickly view all the keyboard shortcuts.
Frequently Used Shortcuts
- Spacebar – To scroll page down. Use Shift + Spacebar to scroll page up.
- J – To move to next Article in the List. Use K to move to the previous one.
- N – to move to next Article in List Mode. Use P to move to the previous Article.
- S – To star an Article. Use S again to unstar it.
- Shift + S – To share an Article. Use Shift + S again to unshare it.
- 1 – To show an article in expanded view. Use 2 to show it in list view again.
- T – Use for tagging an item. Open a input box for entering the value.
Other Shortcuts
- Shift + N – To move to next Subscription. Use Shift + P to move to previous Subscription.
- Shift + O – To open a Subscription or Folder selected. Use Shift + O again to close it.
- Shift + X – To Expand a Folder. Use Shift + X again to close it.
- E – For Emailing a selected Article.
- Shift + D – To share an Article with a note.
- V – Takes you to the Original source of the Article.
- Enter / O – In list mode, opens the Article.
- C – Lets you add comments. Use Shift + C to view all comments.
- M – Mark as read. Use M again to mark as unread. Use Shift + M to mark all in current list as read.
Navigation Related Shortcuts
- G -> H – Go to home View of Reader Application.
- G -> A – Go to All Items view.
- G -> S – Go to Star Items view.
- G -> Shift + S – Go to Shared Items view.
- G -> U – Open Subscription Selector.
- G – > T – Open Tags Selector.
- G -> Shift + T – Open Trends Selector.
- G -> D – go to Discovery Page.
- G -> F – Open Friend Selector.
- G -> Shift + F – Open Friend’s Shared Items.
- G -> C – Go to Comments View.
- R – Refresh the Reader.
- U – Opens the Full Screen Mode. Use U again to close Full Screen Mode.
- / – Move Cursor to search box.
- A – Add a subscription.
- = – Increase Magnification. Use “-” to Decrease Magnification.
There you have the complete list of Shortcuts for Google Reader. Try to use them as much as possible. After sometime it becomes very easy to remember and you will see notable Speed Gain in your RSS Feeds Reading Activity.
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