Microsoft PowerPoint in 2 Hours:

Keyboard Shortcuts
PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts
Learn some of the most useful keyboard combinations in
PowerPoint and work much faster!

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 Ctrl Shortcuts in PowerPoint

Select all Ctrl & A Find Text Ctrl & F Left Align Ctrl & L
Hold Press Hold Press Text Hold Press

Bold Ctrl & B Group Ctrl & G New Slide Ctrl & M
Hold Press Hold Press Hold Press

Copy Ctrl & C Replace text Ctrl & H New Ctrl & N
Hold Press Hold Press Presentation Hold Press

Ctrl & D Ctrl & J Open Ctrl & O

Duplicate Justify
Hold Press Hold Press Hold Press

Center Text Ctrl & E Insert Ctrl & K Print Ctrl & P
Hold Press Hyperlink Hold Press Hold Press

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 Ctrl Shortcuts in PowerPoint

Close Ctrl & Q Paste Ctrl & V

PowerPoint Hold Press Hold Press

Right Align Ctrl & R Close the Ctrl & W

Text Hold Press document Hold Press

Save Ctrl & S Cut Ctrl & X

Text Hold Press Hold Press

Format Fonts Ctrl & T Redo Last Ctrl & Y

Hold Press Action Hold Press

Underline Text Ctrl & U Undo Last Ctrl & Z

Hold Press Action Hold Press

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The power of the Alt key

When we press the Alt button, we see the following:

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Each of the tabs, has its “own” letter (for example the letter corresponding to
the Home tab is “H”)

Then after pressing “H”, we see the following:

One or two letters (or a number) are assigned to each button within the tabs

Almost all commands are accessible through shortcuts formed with Alt

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Alt + Quick Access Toolbar buttons

When we activate the

PowerPoint Ribbon, the
Quick Access Toolbar
buttons are activated as
well. As we can see in the
picture on the left, each
Quick Access Toolbar button
is assigned with a given
number (1-9).

What we will have in the

example on the left is:

Alt + 1 – Align Left

Alt + 2 – Align Center
We can use the Quick Access Toolbar buttons in Alt + 3 – Align Right, etc.
order to generate shortcut combinations

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Combinations generated with Alt

Select a Alt & H & FS Insert Alt & N & H Slide Show Alt & S & B
Font Size Press Press Press Picture Press Press Press Beginning Press Press Press

Alt & H & AL/AC/AR Alt & N & SH Alt & S & C
Align Insert Slide Show
Text Press Press Press Shape Press Press Press Current Press Press Press

Alt & H & FC Alt & N & X Alt & R & C

Font Insert Insert
Color Press Press Press Text Box Press Press Press Comment Press Press Press

Shape Alt & H & SF Alt & A & S Slide Alt & W & M
Animations
Fill Press Press Press Press Press Press Master Press Press Press
View

Shape Alt & H & SO Animation Alt & A & C Alt & W & Q
Outline Pane Zoom
Press Press Press Press Press Press Press Press Press

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Paste Special shortcuts

Alt + E + S
Paste Special

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 Other shortcuts

F5 F12
Slide Save as
Show Press Press

Ctrl & Shift & G

Ungroup Cancel an Esc
Hold Hold Press action Press

Shift & F9 Ctrl & Shift & P

Gridlines Font Size
Hold Press Hold Hold Press

Ctrl & Arrow F1

Nudge Help
Hold Press Press

Repeat last F4 Close Alt & F4

action Press PowerPoint Hold Press

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