MS PowerPoint is a program that is remembered for the Microsoft Office suite. It is utilized to make introductions for individual and expert purposes.
Initial release date: 1987
Available in: 102 languages
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 |
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. |
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. |
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 (Press B again to return to the slideshow) |
Esc | End the slideshow |