Master Google Slides keyboard shortcuts on macOS to design and present slides 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
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M
Duplicate slide
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D
Undo
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Z
Redo
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Y
or
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+
Z
Copy
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C
Cut
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X
Paste
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V
Copy formatting of the selected text or shape
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+
C
Paste formatting of the selected text or shape
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+
V
Insert or edit link
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K
Open link
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Delete
Select all
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A
Select none
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U,
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A
Find
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F
Find and replace
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+
H
Find again
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G
Find previous
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G
Open…
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O
Print
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P
Save. Every change is automatically saved in Drive
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S
Show common keyboard shortcuts
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/
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus)
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/
or
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Z
or
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`
Hide or show menus (compact mode)
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F
Turn on captions while presenting
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+
C
Alt text
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Y
Filmstrip actions
Move to previous slide
Move to next slide
Move focus to first slide
Fn +
Move focus to last slide
Fn +
Move slide up
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Move slide down
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Move slide to beginning
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+
Move slide to end
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+
Select previous slide
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Select next slide
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Select first slide
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Fn +
Select last slide
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Fn +
Navigation
Zoom in
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=
Zoom out
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-
Zoom 100%
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0
Move to filmstrip
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+
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F
Move to canvas
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C
Open speaker notes panel
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S
Change to HTML view of presentation
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P
Open animations panel
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B
Continue in animation preview
Open explore tool
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I
Define selected word in explore tool
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Y
Go to side panel
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or
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,
Open revision history panel
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H
Open cell border selection (for tables)
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E,
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P
Play the selected video
Present slides
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Present slides from beginning
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+
Exit the current mode
Esc
Menus
Context menu
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\
or
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F10
File menu
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F
Edit menu
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E
View menu
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V
Insert menu
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I
Slide menu
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S
Format menu
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O
Arrange menu
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R
Tools menu
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T
Help menu
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H
Input tools menu (available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
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+
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K
Toggle input controls (available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
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K
Comments
Insert comment
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+
M
Enter current comment
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Move to next comment in the presentation
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+
N,
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C
Move to previous comment in the presentation
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P,
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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
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+
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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
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+
+
J
Text
Bold
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B
Italic
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I
Underline
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U
Subscript
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,
Superscript
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.
Strikethrough
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X
Clear formatting
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\
Increase font size
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+
.
Decrease font size
+
+
,
Left align
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L
Right align
+
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R
Centre align
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E
Justify
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J
Select paragraph above
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+
Select paragraph below
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+
Increase indent
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]
Decrease indent
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[
Bulleted list
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8
Numbered list
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7
Select list item
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E,
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+
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I
Select list items at current level
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E,
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+
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O
Move to next text formatting change
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N,
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W
Move to previous text formatting change
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P,
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W
Move to next misspelling
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'
Move to previous misspelling
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;
Move and arrange objects
Duplicate
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D
Group
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G
Ungroup
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+
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G
Send backwards
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Bring forwards
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Send to back
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+
Bring to front
+
+
Select next shape
Select previous shape
+
Nudge one pixel at a time
or
or
or
Nudge by larger increment
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or
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or
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or
+
Rotate anticlockwise by 1°
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+
Rotate clockwise by 1°
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+
Rotate anticlockwise by 15°
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Rotate clockwise by 15°
+
Resize larger horizontally
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+
B
Resize larger vertically
+
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I
Resize smaller
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J
Resize larger
+
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K
Resize smaller horizontally
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+
W
Exit crop mode
Suppress guides
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move with mouse
Duplicate
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move with mouse
Resize from centre
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resize with mouse
Constrain to vertical or horizontal movements
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move with mouse
Constrain to object's aspect ratio
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resize with mouse
Constrain to 15° rotation increments
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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
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P
Toggle captions (English only)
+
+
C
Toggle full screen
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+
F
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)
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,
Next frame (while paused)
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.
Decrease playback rate
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,
Increase playback rate
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+
.
Seek to specific point in the video (Shift + 7 advances to 70% of duration)
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0–9
Toggle captions on/off
C
Toggle full screen
F
Toggle mute
M
Screen reader support
Verbalise selection
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+
X
Enable screen reader support Learn more about using Google Slides with a screen reader
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Z
Enable braille support
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H
Verbalise from cursor location
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R
Announce formatting at cursor location
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A,
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F
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