Google Slides Keyboard Shortcuts for ChromeOS

Keyboard shortcuts for Google Slides on ChromeOS. Add slides, apply layouts, and navigate presentations on a Chromebook.

New slide: Ctrl+M
Duplicate slide: Ctrl+D
Undo: Ctrl+Z
Redo: Ctrl+Y
or
Ctrl+Shift+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+Enter
Delete: Bksp
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+Shift+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+Shift+F
Turn on captions while presenting: Ctrl+Shift+C
Alt text: Ctrl+Alt+Y

Move focus to previous slide: Alt+Up
or
Up
Move focus to next slide: Alt+Down
or
Down
Move focus to first slide: Ctrl+Alt+Up
Move focus to last slide: Ctrl+Alt+Down
Extend selection to previous slide: Shift+Up

Extend selection to next slide: Shift+Down
Move slide up: Ctrl+Up
Move slide down: Ctrl+Down
Move slide to beginning: Ctrl+Shift+Up
Move slide to end: Ctrl+Shift+Down

Zoom in: Ctrl+=
Zoom out: Ctrl+-
Zoom 100%: Ctrl+0
Move to filmstrip: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F
Move to canvas: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C
Open speaker notes panel: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S
Change to HTML view of presentation: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+P
Open animations panel: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+B
Continue in animation preview: Enter
Open explore tool: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I
Define selected word in explore tool: Ctrl+Shift+Y
Go to side panel: Alt+Shift+.
or
Alt+Shift+,
Open cell border selection (for tables): Ctrl+Alt+E,Ctrl+Alt+P

Present slides: Super+Ctrl+5
Exit the current mode: Esc
Context menu: Shift+F10
or
Ctrl+Shift+X
File menu: Alt+F
Edit menu: Alt+E
View menu: Alt+V
Insert menu: Alt+I
Format menu: Alt+O
Tools menu: Alt+T
Help menu: Alt+H
Accessibility menu (present when screen reader support is enabled): Alt+A
Input tools menu (available in presentations in non-Latin languages): Ctrl+Alt+Shift+K
Toggle input controls (available in presentations in non-Latin languages): Ctrl+Shift+K

Insert comment: Ctrl+Alt+M
Enter current comment: Ctrl+Enter
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+Shift+A

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+Shift+J

Bold: Ctrl+B
Italic: Ctrl+I
Underline: Ctrl+U
Subscript: Ctrl+,
Superscript: Ctrl+.
Strikethrough: Alt+Shift+5
Clear formatting: Ctrl+Space
or
Ctrl+\
Increase font size: Ctrl+Shift+.
Decrease font size: Ctrl+Shift+,
Right align: Ctrl+Shift+R
Centre align: Ctrl+Shift+E

Justify: Ctrl+Shift+J
Increase indent: Ctrl+]
Decrease indent: Ctrl+[
Bulleted list: Ctrl+Shift+8
Numbered list: Ctrl+Shift+7
Select list item: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+I
Select list items at current level: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E,Ctrl+Alt+Shift+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+;

Duplicate: Ctrl+D
Group: Ctrl+Alt+G
Ungroup: Ctrl+Alt+Shift+G
Send backwards: Ctrl+Down
Bring forwards: Ctrl+Up
Send to back: Ctrl+Shift+Down
Bring to front: Ctrl+Shift+Up
Select next shape: Tab
Select previous shape: Shift+Tab
Nudge one pixel at a time: Up
or
Down
or
Left
or
Right
Nudge by larger increment: Shift+Up
or
Shift+Down
or
Shift+Left
or
Shift+Right
Rotate anticlockwise by 1°: Alt+Shift+Left
Rotate clockwise by 1°: Alt+Shift+Right
Rotate anticlockwise by 15°: Alt+Left

Rotate clockwise by 15°: Alt+Right
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: Enter
Duplicate: Ctrl+move with mouse
Resize from centre: Ctrl+resize with mouse
Constrain to vertical or horizontal movements: Shift+move with mouse
Constrain to object's aspect ratio: Shift+resize with mouse
Constrain to 15° rotation increments: Shift+rotate with mouse
Add to selection: Shift+click

Stop presenting: Esc
Next: Right
Previous: Left
Go to specific slide: Slide's number,Enter
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+Shift+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

Toggle play/pause: K
Rewind 10 seconds: U
Fast-forward 10 seconds: O
Previous frame (while paused): Shift+,
Next frame (while paused): Shift+.
Decrease playback rate: Ctrl+Shift+,

Increase playback rate: Ctrl+Shift+.
Seek to specific point in the video (Shift + 7 advances to 70% of duration): Shift+0–9
Toggle captions on/off: C
Toggle full screen: F
Toggle mute: M

Verbalise selection: Ctrl+Alt+X
Enable screen reader support Learn more about using Google Slides with a screen reader: Ctrl+Alt+Z
or
Alt+Shift+`
Enable braille support: Ctrl+Alt+H

Verbalise from cursor location: Ctrl+Alt+R
Announce formatting at cursor location: Ctrl+Alt+A,Ctrl+Alt+F

Need more than shortcuts?
Visit the Google Slides app page for an overview and helpful links.

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