Learn Google Slides keyboard shortcuts for Android to work with presentations more efficiently. 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
Open link
Alt +
Delete
Select all
Ctrl +
A
Select none
Ctrl +
Alt +
U
or
Ctrl +
Alt +
A
Insert link
Ctrl +
K
Insert comment
Ctrl +
Alt +
M
Find
Ctrl +
F
Show common keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl +
/
Filmstrip actions
Move focus to previous slide
Alt +
or
Move focus to next slide
Alt +
or
Extend selection to previous slide
+
Extend selection to next slide
+
Move slide up
Ctrl +
Move slide down
Ctrl +
Move slide to beginning
Ctrl +
+
Move slide to end
Ctrl +
+
Navigation
Move to filmstrip
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
F
Move to canvas
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
C
Open speaker notes panel
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
S
Present from current slide (device)
Ctrl +
Alt +
P
Present from beginning (device)
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
P
Present from current slide (meeting)
Ctrl +
Alt +
H
Present from beginning (meeting)
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
H
Exit the current mode
Esc
Comments and footnotes
Move to next comment in the presentation
Ctrl +
Alt +
N
or
Ctrl +
Alt +
C
Text formatting
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
Increase indent
Ctrl +
]
Decrease indent
Ctrl +
[
Move paragraph down
+
Alt +
Move paragraph up
+
Alt +
Bulleted list
Ctrl +
+
8
Numbered list
Ctrl +
+
7
Presenting
Next
Previous
Go to specific slide
Slide's number,
Toggle laser pointer
L
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)
+
.
Seek to specific point in the video (Shift + 7 advances to 70% of duration)
+
0–9
Toggle captions on/off
C
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 by larger increment
or
or
or
Nudge one pixel at a time
+
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 horizontally
Ctrl +
Alt +
W
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