Shortcut Keys for Power Point

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This is Amey Kulkarni from Amey Knowledge Hub.

In this Blog I will Share Common Keyboard Short cut for Power Point 

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Basic PowerPoint shortcut keys

Ctrl + N – Create a new presentation document

Ctrl + O – Open an existing presentation document

Ctrl + S: Save a presentation

Alt + F2 or F12 – Open the Save As dialog box

Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4 – Close a presentation

Ctrl + Q – Save and close a presentation

Ctrl + Z – Undo an action

Ctrl + Y – Redo an action

Ctrl + F2 – Print Preview View

F1 – Open the Help pane

Alt + Q – Directs to the “Tell me what you want to do” box

F7 – Check for spellings

Alt or F10 – Turn the key tips to ‘on’ or ‘off’

Ctrl + F1 – Show or hide the ribbon

Ctrl + F – Search in a presentation or use Find and Replace

Alt + F – Open the File tab menu

Alt + H – Go to the Home tab

Alt + N – Open the Insert tab

Alt + G – Open the Design tab

Alt + K – Go to the Transitions tab

Alt + A – Go to the Animations tab

Alt + S – Go to the Slide Show tab

Alt + R – Go to the Review tab

Alt + W – Go to View tab

Alt + X – Go to the Add-ins tab

Alt + Y – Go to the Help tab

Ctrl + Tab – Switch between open presentations

PowerPoint shortcut keys for selecting, navigating texts and objects

Ctrl + A – Select all the objects on an active slide

Tab – Select or move on to the next object on a slide

Shift + Tab – Select or move to a previous object on a slide

Home – Go back to the beginning of the slide

End – Go to the end of the slide

PgDn – Go to the next slide

PgUp – Go the previous slide

Ctrl + Up / Down Arrow – Move a slide up or down in the presentation document

Ctrl + Shift + Up / Down Arrow – Move a slide to the beginning or end of your presentation document

PowerPoint shortcut keys for editing and formatting

Ctrl + X – Cut the selected text, object, or slide

Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert – Copy the selected text, object, or selected slide

Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert – Paste the selected text, object, or slide

Ctrl + Alt + V – Open the Paste Special dialog box

Delete – Delete the selected text, object, or slide

Ctrl + B – Toggle bold on the selected text

Ctrl + I – Toggle italics on the selected text

Ctrl + U – Add or remove underline to selected text

Ctrl + E – Center align the selected text

Ctrl + J – Justify the selected text

Ctrl + L – Left align the selected text

Ctrl + R – Right align the selected text

Ctrl + T – Display the Font dialog box after text or object is selected

Ctrl + K – Insert a hyperlink

Ctrl + M – Insert a new slide

Ctrl + D – Duplicate the selected object or a slide 

Useful PowerPoint shortcut keys for Slideshows

F5 – Play the presentation from the start

Shift + F5 – Play the presentation from the current slide

Ctrl + P – Annotate using a Pen tool while playing the slideshow

N or Page Down – Move to the next slide while playing the slideshow

P or Page Up – Return to the previous slide while playing the slideshow

B – Change the screen to black during a slideshow 

Esc – End the slideshow