PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts are essential tools that can significantly enhance your productivity. By using these shortcuts, you can perform tasks more quickly and efficiently. Below, you’ll find a categorized list of the most useful PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts.
General Shortcuts of PowerPoint
Ctrl + N: Create a new presentation
Ctrl + O: Open an existing presentation
Ctrl + S: Save a presentation
F12: Save As
Ctrl + P: Print a presentation
Ctrl + W / Ctrl + F4: Close a presentation
Ctrl + Q: Quit PowerPoint
Navigating the Ribbon of Power Point
Alt: Activate the Ribbon KeyTips
Alt + H: Go to the Home tab
Alt + N: Go to the Insert tab
Alt + G: Go to 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 the View tab
Slide Navigation of Power Point
Page Down / N / Right Arrow / Down Arrow: Next slide
Page Up / P / Left Arrow / Up Arrow: Previous slide
Home: First slide
End: Last slide
Ctrl + M: New slide
Ctrl + D: Duplicate selected slides
Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow / Down Arrow: Move slide up or down in the sequence
Text and Object Formatting
Ctrl + B: Bold
Ctrl + I: Italic
Ctrl + U: Underline
Ctrl + E: Center text
Ctrl + L: Left align text
Ctrl + R: Right align text
Ctrl + T: Open the Font dialog box
Ctrl + Shift + > / <: Increase / Decrease font size
Working with Objects of Power Point
Ctrl + A: Select all objects
Shift + Click: Select multiple objects
Ctrl + G: Group selected objects
Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup selected objects
Ctrl + K: Insert hyperlink
Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy formatting
Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste formatting
Slide Show Shortcuts of Power Point
F5: Start the slide show from the beginning
Shift + F5: Start the slide show from the current slide
Esc: End slide show
B: Black screen
W: White screen
Ctrl + P: Activate the pen tool
E: Erase annotations
View Shortcuts of Power Point
Ctrl + 1: Normal view
Ctrl + 2: Slide Sorter view
Ctrl + 3: Notes Page view
Ctrl + 4: Reading view
Alt + F5: Presenter view
Important Note
Using keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint can dramatically speed up your workflow and make your presentations more dynamic and professional. Memorizing even a few of these shortcuts can save you a significant amount of time. It is especially beneficial to learn shortcuts for tasks you perform frequently, such as creating new slides, navigating between slides, and formatting text and objects.
