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”
• F7 – Check for spellings (to check 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 to the previous slide
• Ctrl + Up / Down Arrow – Move a slide up or down in the presentation document (you will need to click on a slide thumbnail
before performing this shortcut)
• Ctrl + Shift + Up / Down Arrow – Move a slide to the beginning or end of your presentation document (click on a slide thumbnail first)
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 (for selecting a slide, you will first need to click on a slide thumbnail)
Useful PowerPoint Shortcut Keys for Slideshows
• F5 – Play the presentation from the beginning
• Shift + F5 – Play the presentation from the current slide
• Ctrl + P – Annotate using a Pen tool while