Learn Google Slides keyboard shortcuts for Windows to create and present slides faster. Google Slides is a web-based presentation application by Google for creating, editing, and collaborating on slide-based presentations.
Common actions
New slide
Ctrl +
M
Duplicate slide
Ctrl +
D
Undo
Ctrl +
Z
Redo
Ctrl +
Y
or
Ctrl +
+
Z
Copy
Ctrl +
C
Cut
Ctrl +
X
Paste
Ctrl +
V
Copy formatting of the selected text or shape
Ctrl +
Alt +
C
Paste formatting of the selected text or shape
Ctrl +
Alt +
V
Insert or edit link
Ctrl +
K
Open link
Alt +
Delete
Select all
Ctrl +
A
Select none
Ctrl +
Alt +
U,
Ctrl +
Alt +
A
Find
Ctrl +
F
Find and replace
Ctrl +
H
Find again
Ctrl +
G
Find previous
Ctrl +
+
G
Open…
Ctrl +
O
Print
Ctrl +
P
Save Every change is automatically saved in Drive
Ctrl +
S
Show common keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl +
/
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus)
Alt +
/
or
Alt +
Z
Hide or show menus (compact mode)
Ctrl +
+
F
Turn on captions while presenting
Ctrl +
+
C
Alt text
Ctrl +
Alt +
Y
Filmstrip actions
Move to previous slide
Pg Up
or
Move to next slide
Pg Dn
or
Move focus to first slide
Home
Move focus to last slide
End
Move slide up
Ctrl +
Move slide down
Ctrl +
Move slide to beginning
Ctrl +
+
Move slide to end
Ctrl +
+
Select previous slide
+
Select next slide
+
Select first slide
+
Home
Select last slide
+
End
Navigation
Zoom in
Ctrl +
=
Zoom out
Ctrl +
-
Zoom 100%
Ctrl +
0
Move to filmstrip
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
F
Move to canvas
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
C
Open speaker notes panel
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
S
Change to HTML view of presentation
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
P
Open animations panel
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
B
Continue in animation preview
Open Explore
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
I
Go to side panel
Ctrl +
Alt +
.
or
Ctrl +
Alt +
,
Open dictionary
Ctrl +
+
Y
Open revision history panel
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
H
Open cell border selection (for tables)
Ctrl +
Alt +
E,
Ctrl +
Alt +
P
Play the selected video
Present slides
Ctrl +
F5
Exit the current mode
Esc
Menus
Context menu
Ctrl +
+
\
or
Ctrl +
+
X
or
+
F10
File menu
Alt +
F
or
+
Alt +
F
Edit menu
Alt +
E
or
+
Alt +
E
View menu
Alt +
V
or
+
Alt +
V
Insert menu
Alt +
I
or
+
Alt +
I
Format menu
Alt +
O
or
+
Alt +
O
Tools menu
Alt +
T
or
+
Alt +
T
Help menu
Alt +
H
or
+
Alt +
H
Accessibility menu (present when screen reader support is enabled)
Alt +
A
or
+
Alt +
A
Input tools menu (available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
K
Toggle input controls (available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
Ctrl +
+
K
Comments
Insert comment
Ctrl +
Alt +
M
Enter current comment
Ctrl +
Move to next comment in the presentation
Ctrl +
Alt +
N,
Ctrl +
Alt +
C
Move to previous comment in the presentation
Ctrl +
Alt +
P,
Ctrl +
Alt +
C
When focus is on a comment, move to next comment
J
When focus is on a comment, move to previous comment
K
When focus is on a comment, reply to comment
R
When focus is on a comment, resolve comment
E
Open comment discussion thread
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
A
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
Reply to current comment
R
Move to next comment
J
Move to previous comment
K
Resolve current comment
E
Exit current comment
U
Hide comment
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
J
Text
Bold
Ctrl +
B
Italic
Ctrl +
I
Underline
Ctrl +
U
Subscript
Ctrl +
,
Superscript
Ctrl +
.
Strikethrough
+
Alt +
5
Clear formatting
Ctrl +
\
or
Ctrl +
Increase font size
Ctrl +
+
.
Decrease font size
Ctrl +
+
,
Left align
Ctrl +
+
L
Right align
Ctrl +
+
R
Centre align
Ctrl +
+
E
Justify
Ctrl +
+
J
Move paragraph down
+
Alt +
Move paragraph up
+
Alt +
Increase indent
Ctrl +
]
Decrease indent
Ctrl +
[
Bulleted list
Ctrl +
+
8
Numbered list
Ctrl +
+
7
Select list item
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
E,
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
I
Select list items at current level
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
E,
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
O
Move to next text formatting change
Ctrl +
Alt +
N,
Ctrl +
Alt +
W
Move to previous text formatting change
Ctrl +
Alt +
P,
Ctrl +
Alt +
W
Move to next misspelling
Ctrl +
'
Move to previous misspelling
Ctrl +
;
Move and arrange objects
Duplicate
Ctrl +
D
Group
Ctrl +
Alt +
G
Ungroup
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
G
Send backwards
Ctrl +
Bring forwards
Ctrl +
Send to back
Ctrl +
+
Bring to front
Ctrl +
+
Select next shape
Select previous shape
+
Nudge one pixel at a time
or
or
or
Nudge by larger increment
+
or
+
or
+
or
+
Rotate anticlockwise by 1°
+
Alt +
Rotate clockwise by 1°
+
Alt +
Rotate anticlockwise by 15°
Alt +
Rotate clockwise by 15°
Alt +
Resize larger horizontally
Ctrl +
Alt +
B
Resize larger vertically
Ctrl +
Alt +
I
Resize smaller
Ctrl +
Alt +
J
Resize larger
Ctrl +
Alt +
K
Resize smaller vertically
Ctrl +
Alt +
9
Resize smaller horizontally
Ctrl +
Alt +
W
Exit crop mode
Suppress guides
Alt +
move with mouse
Duplicate
Ctrl +
move with mouse
Resize from centre
Ctrl +
resize with mouse
Constrain to vertical or horizontal movements
+
move with mouse
Constrain to object's aspect ratio
+
resize with mouse
Constrain to 15° rotation increments
+
rotate with mouse
Presenting
Stop presenting
Esc
Next
Previous
Go to specific slide
Slide's number,
First slide
Home
Last slide
End
Open speaker notes
S
Open audience tools
A
Toggle laser pointer
L
Print
Ctrl +
P
Toggle captions (English only)
Ctrl +
+
C
Toggle full screen
F11
Show a blank black slide
B
or
.
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide
Any key
Show a blank white slide
W
or
,
Return to the presentation from a blank white slide
Any key
Video player
Toggle play/pause
K
Rewind 10 seconds
U
Fast-forward 10 seconds
O
Previous frame (while paused)
+
,
Next frame (while paused)
+
.
Decrease playback rate
Ctrl +
+
,
Increase playback rate
Ctrl +
+
.
Seek to specific point in the video (Shift + 7 advances to 70% of duration)
+
0–9
Toggle captions on/off
C
Toggle full screen
F
Toggle mute
M
Screen reader support
Verbalise selection
Ctrl +
Alt +
X
Enable screen reader support Learn more about using Google Slides with a screen reader
Ctrl +
Alt +
Z
or
+
Alt +
`
Enable braille support
Ctrl +
Alt +
H
Verbalise from cursor location
Ctrl +
Alt +
R
Announce formatting at cursor location
Ctrl +
Alt +
A,
Ctrl +
Alt +
F
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