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PowerPoint Keyboard shortcuts

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Show / hide grid and guides

Show or hide the grid. SHIFT+F9
Show or hide guides. ALT+F9

Moving around text

One character to the left

LEFT ARROW

One character to the right

RIGHT ARROW

One word to the left

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

One word to the right

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

One paragraph up

CTRL+UP ARROW

One paragraph down

CTRL+DOWN ARROW

One cell to the left (in a table)

SHIFT+TAB

One cell to the right (in a table)

TAB

Up one line

UP ARROW

Down one line

DOWN ARROW

To the end of a line

END

To the beginning of a line

HOME

To the top of the window

ALT+CTRL+PAGE UP

To the end of the window

ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN

Up one screen (scrolling)

PAGE UP

Down one screen (scrolling)

PAGE DOWN

To the top of the next page

CTRL+PAGE DOWN

To the top of the previous page

CTRL+PAGE UP

To the end of a document

CTRL+END

To the beginning of a document

CTRL+HOME

To a previous revision

SHIFT+F5

After opening a document, to the location you were working in when the document was last closed

SHIFT+F5


Font Size

Increase the font size.

CTRL+SHIFT+>

Decrease the font size.

CTRL+SHIFT+<


Formatting Text

Open the Font dialog box to change the formatting of characters.

CTRL+D

Change the case of letters.

SHIFT+F3

Format all letters as capitals.

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Apply bold formatting.

CTRL+B

Apply an underline.

CTRL+U

Underline words but not spaces.

CTRL+SHIFT+W

Double-underline text.

CTRL+SHIFT+D

Apply hidden text formatting.

CTRL+SHIFT+H

Apply italic formatting.

CTRL+I

Format letters as small capitals.

CTRL+SHIFT+K

Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing).

CTRL+EQUAL SIGN

Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing).

CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

Remove manual character formatting.

CTRL+SPACEBAR

Change the selection to the Symbol font.

CTRL+SHIFT+Q


Slideshows shortcuts

Start a presentation from the beginning.

F5

Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide.

N, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or SPACEBAR

Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide.

P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or BACKSPACE

Go to slide number.

number+ENTER

Display a blank black slide, or return to the presentation from a blank black slide.

B or PERIOD

Display a blank white slide, or return to the presentation from a blank white slide.

W or COMMA

Stop or restart an automatic presentation.

S

End a presentation.

ESC or HYPHEN

Erase on-screen annotations.

E

Go to the next slide, if the next slide is hidden.

H

Set new timings while rehearsing.

T

Use original timings while rehearsing.

O

Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing.

M

Re-record slide narration and timing

R

Return to the first slide.

Press and hold Right and Left Mouse buttons for 2 seconds

Show or hide the arrow pointer

A or =

Change the pointer to a pen.

CTRL+P

Change the pointer to an arrow.

CTRL+A

Change the pointer to an eraser

CTRL+E

Show or hide ink markup

CTRL+M

Hide the pointer and navigation button immediately.

CTRL+H

Hide the pointer and navigation button in 15 seconds.

CTRL+U

View the All Slides dialog box

CTRL+S

View the computer task bar

CTRL+T

Display the shortcut menu.

SHIFT+F10

Go to the first or next hyperlink on a slide.

TAB

Go to the last or previous hyperlink on a slide.

SHIFT+TAB

Perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink.

ENTER while a hyperlink is selected


Media shortcuts during a presentation

Stop media playback

ALT+Q

Toggle between play and pause

ALT+P

Go to the next bookmark

ALT+END

Go to the previous bookmark

ALT+HOME

Increase the sound volume

ALT+Up

Decrease the sound volume

ALT+Down

Seek forward

ALT+SHIFT+PAGE DOWN

Seek backward

ALT+SHIFT+PAGE UP

Mute the sound

ALT+U