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• Frequently used shortcuts in PowerPoint:

  • Create new presentation: Ctrl+N
  • Add a new slide: Ctrl+M
  • Apply bold formatting to selected text: Ctrl+B
  • Open the Font dialog box: Ctrl+T
  • Cut selected text, object, or slide: Ctrl+X
  • Copy selected text, object, or slide: Ctrl+C
  • Paste cut or copied text, object, or slide: Ctrl+V
  • Insert a hyperlink: Ctrl+K
  • Insert a new comment: Ctrl+Alt+M
  • Undo the last action: Ctrl+Z
  • Redo the last action: Ctrl+Y
  • Go to the next slide: Page down
  • Go to the previous slide: Page up
  • Start the slide show: F5
  • End the slide show: Esc
  • Print a presentation: Ctrl+P
  • Save the presentation: Ctrl+S
  • Close PowerPoint: Ctrl+Q
• Shortcuts for working with presentations and slides:

  • Insert a new slide: Ctrl+M
  • Go to the next slide: Page down
  • Go to the previous slide: Page up
  • Zoom out: Ctrl+Minus sign (-)
  • Zoom in: Ctrl+Plus sign (+)
  • Zoom to fit: Ctrl+Alt+O
  • Make a copy of the selected slide: Ctrl+Shift+D
  • Open a presentation: Ctrl+O
  • Close a presentation: Ctrl+D
  • Save a presentation with a different name, location, or file format: Ctrl+Shift+S
  • Cancel a command, such as Save As: Esc
  • Open a recent file: Ctrl+O
• Shortcuts for working with objects and text:

  • Cut selected object or text: Ctrl+X
  • Copy selected object or text: Ctrl+C
  • Paste cut or copied object or text: Ctrl+V
  • Duplicate selected objects: Ctrl+D or Ctrl+Drag the mouse
  • Copy the formatting of the selected object or text: Ctrl+Shift+C
  • Paste copied formatting to the selected object or text: Ctrl+Shift+V
  • Copy animation painter: Alt+Shift+C
  • Paste animation painter: Alt+Shift+V
  • Open the Paste Special dialog box: Ctrl+Alt+V
• Shortcuts for working in objects and text:

  • Move the focus to the first floating shape, such as an image or a text box: Ctrl+Alt+5
  • Select another object when one object is selected: Tab key or Shift+Tab
  • Send object back one position: Ctrl+Left bracket ([)
  • Send object forward one position: Ctrl+Right bracket (])
  • Send object to back: Ctrl+Shift+Left bracket ([)
  • Send object to front: Ctrl+Shift+Right bracket (])
  • Select all objects on a slide: Ctrl+A
  • Group the selected objects: Ctrl+G
  • Ungroup the selected group: Ctrl+Shift+G
  • Regroup the selected objects: Ctrl+Shift+J
• Shortcuts for selecting and deleting text:

  • Select one character to the right: Shift+Right arrow key
  • Select one character to the left: Shift+Left arrow key
  • Select to the end of a word: Ctrl+Shift+Right arrow key
  • Select to the beginning of a word: Ctrl+Shift+Left arrow key
  • Select from the insertion point to the same point one line up: Shift+Up arrow key
  • Select from the insertion point to the same point one line down: Shift+Down arrow key
  • Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph: Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow key
  • Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph: Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow key
• Shortcuts for finding and replacing text:

  • Open the Find dialog box: Ctrl+F
  • Open the Replace dialog box: Ctrl+H
  • Repeat the last Find action: Shift+F4
• Shortcuts for formatting text:

  • Open the Font dialog box: Ctrl+T or Ctrl+Shift+F
  • Increase the font size: Ctrl+Shift+Right angle bracket (>)
  • Decrease the font size: Ctrl+Shift+Left angle bracket (<)
  • Switch between sentence case, lowercase, or uppercase: Shift+F3
  • Apply underline formatting: Ctrl+U
  • Apply italic formatting: Ctrl+I
  • Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing): Ctrl+Equal sign ( = )
  • Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing): Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (+)
  • Remove manual character formatting, such as subscript and superscript: Ctrl+Spacebar
  • Center a paragraph: Ctrl+E
  • Justify a paragraph: Ctrl+J
  • Left align a paragraph: Ctrl+L
  • Right align a paragraph: Ctrl+R
• Shortcuts for moving slides and working with views:

  • Move the selected slide or section up in order: Ctrl+Up arrow key
  • Move the selected slide or section down in order: Ctrl+Down arrow key
  • Move the selected slide or section to the beginning: Ctrl+Shift+Up arrow key
  • Move the selected slide or section to the end: Ctrl+Shift+Down arrow key
  • Switch to Presenter view: Alt+F5
  • Switch to Slide Show: F5
  • Toggle between Outline and Thumbnail views: Ctrl+Shift+Tab
  • Switch to full screen (hide menus): Ctrl+F1
  • Show or hide guides: Alt+F9
  • Show or hide the grid: Shift+F9
• • Open the Recording tab and manage screen recordings, audio, and video in your presentation: Alt+C
  • Open the Help tab and browse the PowerPoint, contact support, and leave feedback: Alt+Y, 2
• Open the ribbon tabs:

  • Move to the Tell me or Search field on the ribbon and type a search term for assistance or Help content: Alt+Q, then type the search term
  • Open the File menu: Alt+F
  • Open the Home tab and format slides, fonts, paragraphs, or drawings: Alt+H
  • Open the Insert tab and insert slides, tables, images, illustrations, forms, links, text, symbols, or media: Alt+N
  • Open the Draw tab and access the drawing tools: Alt+J, I
  • Open the Design tab and apply themes and customize slides: Alt+G
  • Open the Transitions tab and add transitions between slides: Alt+K
  • Open the Animations tab and add animations to slides: Alt+A
  • Open the Slide Show tab and set up and play the slide show: Alt+S
  • Open the Review tab and check spelling and accessibility and add comments: Alt+R
  • Open the View tab and preview presentation layouts, show and hide gridlines and guides, set zoom magnification, manage windows, and view macros: Alt+W