• Q: This takes you directly to the Google chat box


• Space Bar: Press the space bar to scroll down the stream


• Shift + Space: This combination takes you up the news stream


• J: Move to the next post in your stream


• K: Move to the previous post in the news stream


• Enter: This opens a post's comment box. When you are going through a post, pressing enter will allow you to comment on the post.



• Tab + Enter: Once done with writing the comment, submit the comment on a post


• Tab + Tab + Enter (press Tab twice, then Enter): This cancels the comment box. This is for when you change your mind.


• / (slash): Pressing slash will take you straight to the search box. And all you have to do is start typing your search keys.

Keyboard Shortcuts to change the text style in a post-

• * (asterisk): This sign before and after a *Word* will make it bold- Word



• _ (underscore): This sign before and after a _Word_ will make it in italics- Word


• - (dash): The dash sign used before and after a Word will strikethrough the - Word

Other Keyboard Shortcuts and Tricks-

• Ctrl - (minus): Pressing them on the Circles page makes Circle management easier, as you can Zoom out.


• Tab: To scroll through links on a page keep pressing the Tab key . Keep in mind that this is a Chrome shortcut only.



• @: This is used to mention other Google+ users within a post or a comment


• +: This also serves the same purpose as the @ symbol.

To post links, photos or videos, simply drag the links directly to the 'share' box. When you click the timestamp on a post, and you will get to see the permalink of the post.

More exciting and handy tips to use Google + are here and here. To learn about Google+ Pages For Business, see this.