top of page
Writer's pictureSharon Rajendra Manmothe

100 Keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint

Here are 100 Keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint


Basic Navigation:

  1. Ctrl + N: Create a new presentation.

  2. Ctrl + O: Open an existing presentation.

  3. Ctrl + S: Save the presentation.

  4. Ctrl + W: Close the current presentation.

  5. Ctrl + P: Print the presentation.

  6. Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action.

  7. Ctrl + Y: Redo the last action.

  8. Ctrl + F2: Open the Print Preview window.

  9. Ctrl + F4: Close the current presentation window.

  10. Ctrl + Tab: Switch between open presentations.

  11. Ctrl + F: Open the Find dialog box.

  12. Ctrl + H: Open the Replace dialog box.

100 Keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint
100 Keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint

Slide Management: 13. Ctrl + Enter: Insert a new slide.

  1. Ctrl + D: Duplicate the selected slide.

  2. Ctrl + M: Insert a new slide in slide sorter view.

  3. Ctrl + Shift + D: Insert a new slide with the same layout as the selected slide.

  4. Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy formatting of selected text or object.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste formatting to selected text or object.

Text Formatting: 19. Ctrl + B: Bold selected text.

  1. Ctrl + I: Italicize selected text.

  2. Ctrl + U: Underline selected text.

  3. Ctrl + E: Center-align selected text.

  4. Ctrl + L: Left-align selected text.

  5. Ctrl + R: Right-align selected text.

  6. Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase font size.

  7. Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease font size.

  8. Ctrl + Shift + A: Make selected text all caps.

  9. Ctrl + Shift + N: Remove all formatting from selected text.

Slide Show: 29. F5: Start the slideshow from the beginning.

  1. Shift + F5: Start the slideshow from the current slide.

  2. B: Turn screen black during a presentation.

  3. W: Turn screen white during a presentation.

  4. Ctrl + H: Hide the pointer and navigation button during a presentation.

  5. Ctrl + P: Show or hide the pen during a presentation.

  6. Ctrl + T: Show or hide the taskbar during a presentation.

  7. Esc: Exit the slideshow.

Object Manipulation: 37. Ctrl + X: Cut selected object.

  1. Ctrl + C: Copy selected object.

  2. Ctrl + V: Paste cut or copied object.

  3. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste as picture.

  4. Ctrl + Shift + D: Duplicate selected object.

  5. Ctrl + G: Group selected objects.

  6. Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup selected objects.

  7. Arrow Keys: Move selected object in small increments.

  8. Shift + Arrow Keys: Move selected object in larger increments.

  9. Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Resize selected object.

Alignment and Distribution: 47. Ctrl + E: Align selected objects horizontally center.

  1. Ctrl + R: Align selected objects horizontally right.

  2. Ctrl + L: Align selected objects horizontally left.

  3. Ctrl + T: Align selected objects vertically top.

  4. Ctrl + M: Align selected objects vertically middle.

  5. Ctrl + B: Align selected objects vertically bottom.

  6. Ctrl + Shift + E: Distribute selected objects horizontally evenly.

  7. Ctrl + Shift + T: Distribute selected objects vertically evenly.

Working with Shapes: 55. Ctrl + 1: Draw a circle.

  1. Ctrl + 2: Draw a rectangle.

  2. Ctrl + 3: Draw a triangle.

  3. Ctrl + 4: Draw a line.

  4. Ctrl + 5: Draw a freeform shape.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + F5: Start a new freeform shape from scratch.

  6. Ctrl + Shift + C: Open the Color Picker for selected shape.

  7. Ctrl + Shift + R: Rotate the selected shape right.

  8. Ctrl + Shift + L: Rotate the selected shape left.

Working with Text Boxes: 64. Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy text format.

  1. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste text format.

  2. Ctrl + T: Create a new text box.

  3. Ctrl + Shift + F: Change the font of selected text.

  4. Ctrl + Shift + P: Change the font size of selected text.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase the font size of selected text.

  6. Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease the font size of selected text.

Animation and Transition: 71. Ctrl + Shift + F2: Open the Animation Pane.

  1. Ctrl + Shift + F3: Open the Slide Transition pane.

  2. Ctrl + Shift + O: Show the object's animation in the Animation Pane.

  3. Ctrl + Enter: Play the selected animation in the Animation Pane.

  4. Ctrl + Space: Play the presentation from the current slide.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + H: Show or hide the animation trigger icon.

Master Slide: 77. Ctrl + M: Insert a new slide in Slide Master view.

  1. Ctrl + Shift + N: Insert a new layout in Slide Master view.

  2. Ctrl + Shift + L: Apply the layout of the selected slide to the current slide in Normal view.

  3. Ctrl + Shift + D: Insert a duplicate slide layout in Slide Master view.

  4. Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy the formatting of the selected slide layout.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste the formatting to another slide layout.

Working with Charts: 83. F11: Create a chart from selected data.

  1. Alt + F1: Create a chart from selected data on a new slide.

  2. Alt + Shift + F1: Create a chart from selected data on the same slide.

  3. Ctrl + Shift + D: Duplicate the selected chart.

  4. Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy the formatting of the selected chart.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste the formatting to another chart.

Working with Tables: 89. Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys: Select table rows or columns.

  1. Ctrl + Shift + L: Insert a new column to the left.

  2. Ctrl + Shift + R: Insert a new column to the right.

  3. Ctrl + Shift + U: Insert a new row above.

  4. Ctrl + Shift + D: Insert a new row below.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + T: Convert text to a table.

Review and Collaboration: 95. F7: Check spelling.

  1. Shift + F7: Open the Thesaurus.

  2. Alt + Shift + F7: Start a new comment.

  3. Ctrl + Shift + E: Edit the selected comment.

  4. Ctrl + Shift + N: Go to the next comment.

  5. Ctrl + Shift + P: Go to the previous comment.

5 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comentarios


bottom of page