Microsoft PowerPoint is a powerful presentation software developed by Microsoft Corporation. It is widely used for creating, editing, and delivering dynamic and visually engaging presentations. Here are the shortcut keys helps you to use Microsoft Power Point.
General Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + N: New presentation
- Ctrl + O: Open presentation
- Ctrl + S: Save presentation
- Ctrl + P: Print presentation
- Ctrl + Z: Undo
- Ctrl + Y: Redo
- Ctrl + X: Cut
- Ctrl + C: Copy
- Ctrl + V: Paste
- Ctrl + A: Select all
- Ctrl + F: Find
- Ctrl + H: Replace
- Ctrl + B: Bold
- Ctrl + I: Italic
- Ctrl + U: Underline
- Ctrl + E: Center align text
- Ctrl + L: Left align text
- Ctrl + R: Right align text
- Ctrl + M: Insert a new slide
- Ctrl + Shift + C: Copy formatting
- Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste formatting
Slide Navigation Shortcuts:
- Home: Go to beginning of slide
- End: Go to end of slide
- Ctrl + Home: Go to first slide
- Ctrl + End: Go to last slide
- Page Up: Previous slide
- Page Down: Next slide
- Ctrl + G: Gridlines toggle
Slide Show Shortcuts:
- F5: Start slide show from the beginning
- Shift + F5: Start slide show from current slide
- B or Period (.) key: Blank screen during presentation
- W or Comma (,) key: White screen during presentation
- Esc: End slide show
Formatting Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase font size
- Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease font size
- Ctrl + [ : Decrease font size by 1 point
- Ctrl + ] : Increase font size by 1 point
- Ctrl + Shift + A: Make text all uppercase
- Ctrl + Shift + L: Make text all lowercase
Object Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + D: Duplicate selected object(s)
- Ctrl + Shift + D: Open the Font dialog box
- Ctrl + E: Align selected objects horizontally center
- Ctrl + L: Align selected objects left
- Ctrl + R: Align selected objects right
Slide Management Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + Enter: Insert a new slide below the current one
- Ctrl + Shift + D: Duplicate the selected slide
- Ctrl + Shift + M: Insert a new slide with a predefined layout
- Ctrl + K: Insert a hyperlink
- Ctrl + Enter: While in Slide Show mode, end the show and return to PowerPoint
Text Editing Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + Space: Remove character formatting
- Ctrl + Shift + N: Apply the Normal style to the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + F: Change the font of the selected text
- Ctrl + Shift + P: Change the font size of the selected text
Object Formatting Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + T: Create a table
- Ctrl + Shift + O: Group selected objects
- Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup selected objects
- Ctrl + Shift + V: Paste as a picture
View Shortcuts:
- Alt + Shift + F9: Display gridlines (can be used in Slide Sorter view)
- Alt + F5: Start a slide show from the current slide
- Alt + F9: Show or hide guides
- Alt + F10: Show or hide the ruler
- Alt + Shift + F10: Show or hide the grid
Animation and Transition Shortcuts:
- Ctrl + T: Open the Animation task pane
- Ctrl + Shift + F5: Start a slide show from the beginning
- Alt + S: Open the Slide Show tab