MS.

PPT
SHORTCUTS
General

Ctrl + S = Save a presentation

Ctrl + P = Print a presentation
Ctrl + O = Open a presentation
Ctrl + N = Create a new presentation
Ctrl + M = New slide
Ctrl + D = Duplicate
Ctrl + X = Cut
Ctrl + C = Copy
Ctrl + V = Paste
Ctrl + Z = Undo (last action)
Ctrl + Y = Redo (last action)
Ctrl + A = Select all
Ctrl + W = Close active presentation
Ctrl + Q = Close PowerPoint

Moving In a Presentation

Ctrl + Home = First slide

Ctrl + End = Last slide
Page Down = Next slide
Page Up = Previous slide
F6 = Move from pane to pane
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Moving Around In Text

= One character to the left

= One character to the right
= One line up
= One line down
Ctrl + = One word to the left
Ctrl + = One word to the left
END = To the end of a line
HOME = To the beginning of a line
Ctrl + = Up one paragraph
Ctrl + = Down one paragraph
Ctrl + END = To the end of a text box
Ctrl + HOME = To the beginning of a text
box
Ctrl + ENTER = To the next title or body
text placeholder
Ctrl + F = Find
Shift + F4 = To repeat the last Find
action
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Creating and Selecting Text and Objects

Hold Shift = Draw a perfect shape

while dragging
Shift + Alt + F9 = Show/Hide ruler
Shift + F9 = Show/Hide gridlines
Alt + F9 = Show/Hide guides
Shift + = Select one character
to the left
Shift + = Select one character
to the right
Ctrl + Shift + = Select to the beginning
of a word
Ctrl + Shift + = Select to the end of a word
Shift + = Select one line up
Shift + = Select one line down
Hold Shift = Select multiple objects
and click
Tab or Shift + Tab = Select an object
Ctrl + A = Select all objects
Ctrl + A = Select all slides
Ctrl + A = Select all texts
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Formatting In a Presentation

Ctrl + L = Align left

Ctrl + R = Align right
Ctrl + E = Center
Ctrl + B = Bold Text
Ctrl + K = Insert hyperlink

Deleting and Copying Text and Objects

Ctrl + D = Copy a shape

Ctrl + Shift = Copy a shape and
align with original
Backspace = Delete one character to
the left
Ctrl + Backspace = Delete one word to the left
Delete = Delete one character to
the right
Ctrl + Delete = Delete one word to the left
Ctrl + X = Cut selected object
Ctrl + C = Copy selected object
Ctrl + V = Paste cut or copied object
Ctrl + Z = Undo last action
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Working In an Outline

Ctrl + Shift + Tab = Switch between Outline and

Slides pane in Normal View
Shift + Tab = Promote a paragraph
Tab = Demote a paragraph
Alt + Shift + = Move selected paragraphs up
Alt + Shift + = Move selected paragraphs down
Alt + Shift + 1 = Show heading level 1
Alt + Shift + + = Expand text below a heading
Alt + Shift + - = Collapse text below a heading
Alt + Shift + A = Show all text or headings

Presenter View

Alt + F5 = Start Presenter View

F6 = Cycle between regions
Tab = Cycle through tools
Alt + W = Read the elapsed time
Ctrl + Page Down = Down one screen in Notes Pane
Ctrl + Page Up = Up one screen in Notes Pane
Alt + A = Read the next line in Notes Pane
Alt + Z = Read the previous line in
Notes Pane
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Running & Navigating

F5 = Run slide show from beginning

Shift + F5 = Run slide show from
current slide
Alt + F5 = Run slide show with
Presenter View
, N, Enter, = Advance to the next slide
Spacebar,
Page Down
, Backspace, = Return to the previous slide
P , Page Up
<Number> + Enter = Go to slide <number>
Home or 1 + Enter = Return to the first slide
END = Go to last slide
Ctrl + S= Open the Slide Selector
G= See all slides
S= Stop or restart an automatic
slide show
Esc, Hyphen or = End a slide show
Ctrl + Break
H = Go to next hidden slide
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Displaying & Annotating

B or Period = Display a black screen

W or Comma = Display a white screen
Ctrl + P = Change the pointer to pen
Ctrl + A or Ctrl + U = Change the pointer to arrow
Ctrl + E = Change the pointer to eraser
Ctrl + I = Change the pointer to
highlighter
E = Erase on-screen ink marks
Ctrl + L = Change laser pointer
Ctrl + M = Show/hide ink markups
Ctrl + H = Hide the pointer and
navigation buttons
+ = Zoom in on a slide
- = Zoom out/display slide
navigator
J = Turn subtitles on/off

Rehearsing

T = Set new timings

R = Re-record slide narration
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Working with Hyperlinks

Tab = Next hyperlink on slide

Shift + Tab = Previous hyperlink
Enter = Run selected hyperlink
Shift + Enter = Run mouse-over behavior
of selected hyperlink

Working with Media

Alt + P = Media : Play/Pause

Alt + Q = Media : Stop playback
Alt + or = Media : Volume down/up
Alt +
Alt + Shift + or = Media : Skip backward/forward
Alt + Shift +
Alt + U = Media : Mute/Unmute

Getting Help

F1 = Help during slide show

Ctrl + T = View task bar
Shift + F10 = Display the shortcut menu