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Dawn Bjork, MCT for PowerPoint 365, 2019, 2016, 2013 & 2010
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Helpful Shortcut Keys Selecting Text and Objects
To Do Press To Select Press
Save a presentation CTRL+S One character to the right SHIFT+
Print a presentation CTRL+P One character to the left SHIFT+
Open a presentation CTRL+O To the end of a word CTRL+SHIFT+
Create a new presentation CTRL+N To the beginning of a word CTRL+SHIFT+
New slide CTRL+M One line up SHIFT+
Duplicate CTRL+D One line down SHIFT+
Cut CTRL+X An object TAB or SHIFT+TAB until
Copy CTRL+C the object you want is
selected
Paste CTRL+V
All objects (slide view) CTRL+A
Undo (last action) CTRL+Z
All slides (slide sorter view) CTRL+A
Redo (last action) CTRL+Y or F4
All text (outline view) CTRL+A
Select all CTRL+A
Show/Hide grid lines SHIFT+F9
Close active presentation CTRL+W or CTRL+F4
Show/Hide guide lines ALT+F9 *
Close PowerPoint CTRL+Q or ALT+F4 *
Moving In a Presentation Deleting and Copying Text and Objects
To Press
To Move Press
Delete one character to the left BACKSPACE
First slide CTRL+HOME
Delete one word to the left CTRL+BACKSPACE
Last slide CTRL+END
Delete one character to the right DELETE
Next slide (depending on Zoom) PAGE DOWN
Delete one word to the right CTRL+DELETE
Previous slide (depending on Zoom) PAGE UP
Cut selected object CTRL+X
Move from pane to pane F6
Copy selected object CTRL+C
Moving Around In Text
Paste cut or copied object CTRL+V
To Move Press
Undo the last action CTRL+Z
One character to the left 
One character to the right  Working In an Outline
To Press
One line up 
Switch between Outline and Slides CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
One line down 
pane in Normal View
One word to the left CTRL+
Promote a paragraph SHIFT+TAB
One word to the right CTRL+
Demote a paragraph TAB
To the end of a line END
Move selected paragraphs up ALT+SHIFT+ *
To the beginning of a line HOME
Move selected paragraphs down ALT+SHIFT+ *
Up one paragraph CTRL+
Show heading level 1 ALT+SHIFT+1 *
Down one paragraph CTRL+
Expand text below a heading ALT+SHIFT+PLUS *
To the end of a text box CTRL+END
Collapse text below a heading ALT+SHIFT+MINUS *
To the beginning of a text box CTRL+HOME
Show all text or headings ALT+SHIFT+A *
To the next title or body text CTRL+ENTER
Turn character formatting on or off SLASH (/) on the numeric
placeholder
keypad
Find CTRL+F or F4
TIP: You can use these same keys in the slide view to promote and
To repeat the last Find action SHIFT+F4 demote paragraphs and to move selected paragraphs up and down.
Formatting In a Presentation
To Format Press
Align left CTRL+L Find more PowerPoint Tips & Tricks at:
Align right CTRL+R
Center CTRL+E TheSoftwarePro.com/PowerPoint
Bold text CTRL+B
Insert hyperlink CTRL+K
© Dawn Bjork, The Software Pro® • (303) 699-6868 • TheSoftwarePro.com
Technology Speaker • Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) • Certified Microsoft Office Specialist Master (MOSM)
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for Slide Show Presentations
Dawn Bjork, MCT
TheSoftwarePro.com

Slide Show Controls


Try these keyboard shortcuts when running a slide show
To Press
Run a slide show from beginning F5
Run a slide show from current slide SHIFT+F5
Advance to the next slide , , N, ENTER, SPACEBAR,
PAGE DOWN (or click the left mouse)
Return to the previous slide , , P, BACKSPACE, PAGE UP
Go to slide <number> <number>+ENTER
Display a black screen, or return to the slide B or PERIOD
show from a black screen (press any key to return to the slide show)
Display a white screen, or return to the slide W or COMMA
show from a white screen (press any key to return to the slide show)
Stop or restart an automatic slide show S
End a slide show ESC, HYPHEN, or CTRL+BREAK
Go to next hidden slide H
Set new timings while rehearsing T
Use original timings while rehearsing O
Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing M
Return to the first slide 1+ENTER or
press both mouse buttons for 2 seconds
Change the pointer to pen CTRL+P
Change the pointer to arrow CTRL+A
Change the pointer to eraser CTRL+E
Change to laser pointer CTRL+click (and hold)
Show/hide ink markups CTRL+M
Hide the pointer and button temporarily CTRL+H
Hide pointer in 15 seconds CTRL+U
Hide the pointer and button always CTRL+L
Erase on-screen ink markups/drawings E
View task bar CTRL+T
Display the shortcut menu SHIFT+F10 (or right-click)
Next hyperlink on slide TAB
Previous hyperlink SHIFT+TAB
Run selected hyperlink ENTER (while hyperlink is selected)
Run mouse-over behavior of selected hyperlink SHIFT+ENTER (while hyperlink is selected)
Media: Play/pause ALT+P *
Media: Stop playback ALT+Q *
Media: Volume down/up ALT+DOWN * or ALT+UP *
Media: Skip backward/forward ALT+SHIFT+LEFT * or ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT *
Media: Mute/unmute ALT+U *
Help during slide show F1

* Now that the ALT key is used to access the PowerPoint Ribbon, these shortcuts work best when the keys are
pressed simultaneously.

© Dawn Bjork, The Software Pro® • (303) 699-6868 • TheSoftwarePro.com


Technology Speaker • Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) • Certified Microsoft Office Specialist Master (MOSM)

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