Time-saving tricks for Google Docs

I have been using web-based MS Office alternatives from Google for the past five years, like Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides.

Occasionally, I use Google Forms and Google Diagrams.

Today, many users create a new document in the above apps by following these two steps:

Visit the Home page of Google docs (limiting to Google docs for brevity) and
Click on the new document icon.

Many do not know a better way to create a new document.

Google uses the `.new` domain to provide this one-click time-saving trick to create a new document.

docs.new creates a new file in the Google docs. Going on, try it out!

Google docs team took to twitter to announce this trick in 2018.

Introducing a ✨ .new ✨ time-saving trick for users. Type any of these .new domains to instantly create Docs, Sheets, Slides, Sites or Forms ↓ pic.twitter.com/erMTHOsdyH
— Google Docs (@googledocs) October 25, 2018

Listed below are the domains that act as a shortcut to creating a new file in the corresponding app.

Docs: doc.new, docs.new, document.new
Forms: form.new, forms.new
Sheets: sheet.new, sheets.new, spreadsheet.new
Diagrams: drawing.new, drawings.new
Slides: slides.new, deck.new, presentation.new

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