Complete list of Google Slides keyboard shortcuts for ChromeOS and Chromebooks. 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 focus to previous slide
Alt +
or
Move focus to next slide
Alt +
or
Move focus to first slide
Ctrl +
Alt +
Move focus to last slide
Ctrl +
Alt +
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
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 tool
Ctrl +
+
Alt +
I
Define selected word in explore tool
Ctrl +
+
Y
Go to side panel
+
Alt +
.
or
+
Alt +
,
Open cell border selection (for tables)
Ctrl +
Alt +
E,
Ctrl +
Alt +
P
Present slides
Ctrl +
+
5
Exit the current mode
Esc
Context menu
Ctrl +
+
X
or
+
F10
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 +
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 +
+
,
Right align
Ctrl +
+
R
Centre align
Ctrl +
+
E
Justify
Ctrl +
+
J
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
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
Add to selection
+
click
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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