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MS Powerpoint Short Command

MS Powerpoint Short Command

Microsoft Powerpoint Short Command


Ctrl + N
: Create a new presentation.

Ctrl + O: Open an existing presentation.

Ctrl + S: Save the current presentation.

Ctrl + P: Print the current presentation.

Ctrl + C: Copy selected text or object.

Ctrl + X: Cut selected text or object.

Ctrl + V: Paste copied text or object.

Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action.

Ctrl + Y: Redo the last action.

Ctrl + A: Select all objects or text.

Ctrl + B: Bold selected text.

Ctrl + I: Italicize selected text.

Ctrl + U: Underline selected text.

Ctrl + L: Left-align selected text.

Ctrl + E: Center-align selected text.

Ctrl + R: Right-align selected text.

Ctrl + M: Insert a new slide.

Ctrl + D: Duplicate the current slide.

Ctrl + Backspace: Delete selected slide or object.

Ctrl + F: Find text within the presentation.

Ctrl + H: Replace text within the presentation.

Ctrl + G: Group selected objects.

Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup objects.

Ctrl + T: Create a hanging indent in a text box.

Ctrl + Enter: Insert a new line within a text box.

Ctrl + Spacebar: Remove formatting from selected text.

Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase font size.

Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease font size.

Ctrl + K: Insert a hyperlink.

Ctrl + 1: Change text to single spacing.

Ctrl + 2: Change text to double spacing.

Ctrl + 5: Change text to 1.5 line spacing.

Ctrl + ]: Increase font size by 1 point.

Ctrl + [: Decrease font size by 1 point.

Ctrl + F1: Show or hide the ribbon.

Ctrl + F5: Start the slideshow from the current slide.

F5: Start the slideshow from the beginning.

Shift + F5: Start the slideshow from the current slide in a window.

Esc: Exit the slideshow.

Page Up: Go to the previous slide.

Page Down: Go to the next slide.

Ctrl + Up Arrow: Move selected object up.

Ctrl + Down Arrow: Move selected object down.

Ctrl + Left Arrow: Move selected object left.

Ctrl + Right Arrow: Move selected object right.

Alt + Shift + Left Arrow: Rotate selected object counterclockwise.

Alt + Shift + Right Arrow: Rotate selected object clockwise.

Ctrl + F9: Insert an empty text box.

Alt + Shift + F10: Show the context menu (right-click menu) for a selected object.

Ctrl + W: Close the current presentation.

Ctrl + O, A: Open a recent presentation.

Ctrl + F4: Close the active presentation window.

Ctrl + F12: Open the "Save As" dialog.

Ctrl + F6: Switch between open presentation windows.

Ctrl + Tab: Switch between open presentations.

Ctrl + 0 (zero): Fit slide to current window size.

Ctrl + +: Zoom in.

Ctrl + -: Zoom out.

Ctrl + 0 (zero): Reset zoom to 100%.

Ctrl + F10: Maximize or restore the active window.

Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H: Navigate to the Slide Master.

Ctrl + Semicolon (;): Display slide show timer.

Ctrl + . (period): End the slide show.

Shift + F3: Change case of selected text (title case, uppercase, lowercase).

Ctrl + Alt + V: Paste special (opens paste special dialog).

Ctrl + K: Insert or edit a hyperlink.

Ctrl + Shift + D: Open the font dialog.

Ctrl + T: Create a new slide using the same layout as the current slide.

Ctrl + Enter: Insert a new line within a text box.

Ctrl + ' (apostrophe): Toggle between displaying gridlines.

Ctrl + : (colon): Display guides on/off.

Ctrl + Alt + 1: Change text to title style.

Ctrl + Alt + 2: Change text to subtitle style.

Ctrl + Alt + 3: Change text to body style.

Ctrl + Alt + 4: Change text to object style.

Ctrl + Alt + 5: Change text to emphasis style.

Ctrl + Alt + 6: Change text to quote style.

Ctrl + Alt + 7: Change text to heading 1 style.

Ctrl + Alt + 8: Change text to heading 2 style.

Ctrl + Alt + 9: Change text to heading 3 style.

Ctrl + Shift + L: Create a bulleted list.

Ctrl + Shift + N: Apply the normal style.

Ctrl + Shift + M: Insert a new slide with a blank layout.

Ctrl + Shift + H: Hide or unhide the ribbon.

Ctrl + Alt + F5: Start the slideshow from the current slide with narration.

Ctrl + F2: Open the print preview.

Ctrl + P: Open the print dialog.

Ctrl + Q: Quick access to the "Tell me what you want to do" box.

Ctrl + Backspace: Delete the word to the left of the cursor.

Ctrl + Delete: Delete the word to the right of the cursor.

Ctrl + Spacebar: Reset character spacing to the default.

Ctrl + 0 (zero): Remove paragraph spacing.

Ctrl + Shift + - (hyphen): Create an en dash.

Ctrl + Alt + - (hyphen): Create an em dash.

Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy formatting.

Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste formatting.

Ctrl + Shift + F3: Create a new slide from selected text.

Ctrl + Shift + E: Align text to the center vertically.

Ctrl + Shift + S: Open the "Format Shape" pane.

Ctrl + Shift + O: Open the "Format Object" pane.

Ctrl + Shift + L: Add or remove bullet points in a text box.

Ctrl + Shift + I: Apply italics formatting.

Ctrl + Shift + B: Apply bold formatting.

Ctrl + Shift + U: Apply underline formatting.

Ctrl + Shift + A: Apply all caps formatting.

Ctrl + Shift + P: Add or remove a strikethrough.

Ctrl + Shift + X: Apply subscript formatting.

Ctrl + = (equal sign): Apply superscript formatting.

Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase font size by one point.

Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease font size by one point.

Ctrl + Shift + G: Group selected objects.

Ctrl + Shift + H: Bring selected object to the front.

Ctrl + Shift + J: Send selected object to the back.

Ctrl + Shift + K: Align selected objects to the left.

Ctrl + Shift + C: Align selected objects to the center.

Ctrl + Shift + R: Align selected objects to the right.

Ctrl + Shift + E: Align selected objects to the top.

Ctrl + Shift + M: Align selected objects to the middle.

Ctrl + Shift + B: Align selected objects to the bottom.

Ctrl + Shift + F: Flip selected object horizontally.

Ctrl + Shift + V: Flip selected object vertically.

Ctrl + Shift + N: Align selected objects to the grid.

Ctrl + Shift + , (comma): Decrease the font size of selected text.

Ctrl + Shift + . (period): Increase the font size of selected text.

Ctrl + Shift + ; (semicolon): Hide or show the cursor.

Ctrl + Shift + Spacebar: Reset character spacing.

Ctrl + Shift + Q: Toggle full screen mode.

Ctrl + Shift + W: Close the current presentation window.

Ctrl + Alt + 0 (zero): Insert a nonbreaking space.

Ctrl + Alt + K: Insert a nonbreaking hyphen.

Ctrl + Alt + B: Insert a nonbreaking line break.

Ctrl + Alt + L: Insert a nonbreaking em dash.

Ctrl + Alt + T: Insert a nonbreaking en dash.

Ctrl + Alt + F: Insert a nonbreaking non-space.

Ctrl + Alt + O: Insert a nonbreaking optional hyphen.

Ctrl + Alt + H: Insert a nonbreaking hard return.

Ctrl + Alt + M: Insert a nonbreaking discretionary hyphen.

Ctrl + Alt + . (period): Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking hyphen.

Ctrl + Alt + S: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking non-space.

Ctrl + Alt + P: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking optional hyphen.

Ctrl + Alt + J: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking discretionary hyphen.

Ctrl + Alt + V: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking em dash.

Ctrl + Alt + C: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking en dash.

Ctrl + Alt + I: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking line break.

Ctrl + Alt + X: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking em space.

Ctrl + Alt + Y: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking en space.

Ctrl + Alt + R: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking quarter space.

Ctrl + Alt + 5: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking sixth space.

Ctrl + Alt + G: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking figure space.

Ctrl + Alt + A: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking non-joiner.

Ctrl + Alt + N: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking zero-width non-joiner.

Ctrl + Alt + W: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking word joiner.

Ctrl + Alt + Z: Insert a nonbreaking space followed by a nonbreaking zero-width space.

Ctrl + Shift + O: Start the presentation from the current slide.

Ctrl + Shift + B: Start the presentation from the beginning.

Ctrl + Shift + W: Start the presentation in a window.

Ctrl + Shift + P: Start the presentation in presenter view.

Ctrl + Shift + L: Show or hide the laser pointer during a presentation.

Ctrl + Shift + V: Toggle black screen during a presentation.

Ctrl + Shift + G: Show or hide gridlines during a presentation.

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

Ctrl + Shift + U: Show or hide ink markup during a presentation.

Ctrl + Shift + S: Start a screen recording during a presentation.

Ctrl + Shift + R: Start a video recording during a presentation.

Ctrl + F7: Spellcheck the active document.

Ctrl + Alt + M: Minimize the active window.

Ctrl + C: Copy selected text or object.

Ctrl + X: Cut selected text or object.

Ctrl + V: Paste copied text or object.

Ctrl + Z: Undo the last action.

Ctrl + Y: Redo the last action.

Ctrl + A: Select all objects or text.


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