Most of you use Microsoft PowerPoint pretty frequently in your day-to-day work.So, assuming those assumptions are correct, I’d like to help you improve your productivity by sharing the most useful Microsoft PowerPoint shortcut keys.Below is a listing of all the major shortcut keys usable in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Microsoft PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts 2013 | ||
Action | Shortcut Key | |
Switch between outline and thumbnail pane | Ctrl + Shift + Tab | |
Move to next placeholder (if on slide’s last placeholder, this inserts a new slide) | Ctrl + Enter | |
Insert a new slide | Ctrl + M | |
Duplicate the current side | Ctrl + D | |
Increase font size | Ctrl + Shift + > | |
Decrease font size | Ctrl + Shift + < | |
Display the font dialog box | Ctrl + T or Ctrl + Shift + F | |
Change case | Shift + F3 | |
Apply superscript formatting | Ctrl + Equal sign | |
Apply subscript formatting | Ctrl + Shift + Plus sign | |
Remove manual character formatting | Ctrl + Spacebar | |
Center a paragraph | Ctrl + E | |
Justify a paragraph | Ctrl + J | |
Left align a paragraph | Ctrl + L | |
Right align a paragraph | Ctrl + R | |
Promote a paragraph in an outline | Alt + Shift + Left arrow | |
Demote a paragraph in an outline | Alt + Shift + Right arrow | |
Move selected outline paragraphs up | Alt + Shift + Up arrow | |
Move selected outline paragraphs down | Alt + Shift + Down arrow | |
Display outline heading level 1 | Alt + Shift + 1 | |
Expand outline text below a heading | Alt + Shift + + | |
Collapse outline text below a heading | Alt + Shift + – | |
Collapse or show all text or headings | Alt + Shift +A | |
Show or hide the grid | Shift + F9 | |
Show or hide the guides | Alt + F9 | |
Run a presentation | F5 | |
Activate the pen tool during a show | Ctrl + P | |
Erase pen tool drawings during a show | E | |
Turn off the pen tool during a show | Esc | |
Change the pen to a pointer during a show | Ctrl + A | |
Hide the pointer or pen during a show | Ctrl + H | |
Move to the next hyperlink during a show | Tab | |
Make the screen go black during a show | B | |
Make the screen go white during a show | W | |
Stop or restart an automatic show | S | |
Return to the first slide during show | 1 + Enter | |
Group Items (with items selected) | Ctrl + G | |
Ungroup | Ctrl + Shift + G | |
During presentation, Go to slide number | Slide number + Enter | |
Move clockwise among panes in Normal view | F6 | |
Move counterclockwise among panes in Normal view | Shift + F6 | |
Copy formatting of selected shape | Ctrl + Shift + C | |
Paste formatting only to another shape | Ctrl + Shift + V | |
Insert hyperlink | Ctrl + K | |
Help | F1 | |
View the complete slide show | F5 | |
View the slide show from the current slide forward | Shift + F5 | |
Spellcheck | F7 | |
Opens Save As dialog box | F12 | |
Stop the show. Press S again to restart the show | S | |
End the slide show | Esc | |
Select to the end of a word | Ctrl + Shift + Right arrow | |
Select to the beginning of a word | Ctrl + Shift + Left arrow | |
Select all objects | Ctrl + A (on Slides tab) | |
Select all slides | Ctrl + A (in Slide Sorter view) | |
Select all text | Ctrl + A (on the Outline tab) | |
Delete one word to the left | Ctrl + Backspace | |
Delete one word to the right | Ctrl + Delete | |
Cut selected object or text | Ctrl + X | |
Copy selected object or text | Ctrl + C | |
Paste cut or copied object or text | Ctrl + V | |
Undo | Ctrl + Z | |
Redo | Ctrl + Y | |
Open Find dialog box | Ctrl + F | |
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