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Microsoft Power Point

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation application by Microsoft for creating, designing, and delivering slide-based presentations.

Frequently used shortcuts

Create a new presentation
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N
Add a new slide
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N
Apply bold formatting to the selected text
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B
Open the Font dialog box
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T
Cut the selected text, object, or slide
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X
Copy the selected text, object, or slide
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C
Paste the cut or copied text, object, or slide
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V
Insert a hyperlink
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K
Insert a comment
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M
Undo the last action
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Z
Redo the last action
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Y
Go to the next slide
Pg Dn
Go to the previous slide
Pg Up
Start the slide show
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End the slide show
Esc
Print a presentation
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P
Save the presentation
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S
Close PowerPoint
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Q

Work with presentations and slides

Create a new presentation with a template from the PowerPoint template gallery
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P
Insert a new slide
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N
Go to the next slide
Pg Dn
Go to the previous slide
Pg Up
Format slide background
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Zoom out
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Zoom in
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Zoom to fit
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O
Make a copy of the selected slide
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D
Open a presentation
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O
Close a presentation
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W
Print a presentation
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P
Save a presentation with a different name, location, or file format
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S
Cancel a command, such as Save As
Esc
Move through multiple open presentations
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Open a recent file
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O

Copy objects and text

Cut selected object or text
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X
Copy selected object or text
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C
Paste cut or copied object or text
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V
Duplicate selected objects
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D
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Drag the mouse
Copy the formatting of the selected object or text
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C
Paste copied formatting to the selected object or text
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V
Copy animation
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C
Paste animation
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Open the Paste Special dialog box
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V

Work in objects and text

Select another object when one object is selected
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Send object back one position
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B
Send object forward one position
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F
Send object to back
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B
Send object to front
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F
Select all objects on a slide
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A
Group the selected objects
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G
Ungroup the selected objects
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Regroup the selected objects
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J
Rotate the selected object clockwise 15 degrees
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Rotate the selected object counterclockwise 15 degrees
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Play or pause media
Insert a hyperlink
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K
Insert a comment
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M
Format the selected object
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Resize selected objects
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Move the selected object in the direction of the arrow
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Select text

Select one character to the right
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Select one character to the left
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Select to the end of a word
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Select to the beginning of a word
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Select from the insertion point to the same point one line up
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Select from the insertion point to the same point one line down
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Select all text to the start of the line
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Select all text to the end of the line
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Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph
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Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph
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Select text within an object (with an object selected)
Select an object when the text inside the object is selected
Esc

Delete text

Delete one character to the left
Delete one word to the left
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Delete one character to the right
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Delete one word to the right (with the cursor between the words)
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Fn +

Move around in text

Move one character to the left
Move one character to the right
Move one line up
Move one line down
Move to the beginning of a word or one word to the left
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Move one word to the right
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Move to the end of a line
End
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Move to the beginning of a line
Home
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Move to the beginning of a paragraph or up one paragraph
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Move down one paragraph
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Move to the start or end of all the text in the object you are editing
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Promote a paragraph
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Demote a paragraph
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Find and replace text

Open the Search in Presentation search field
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F
Open the Find and Replace pane
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H

Format text

Open the Font dialog box
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T
Increase the font size of the selected text
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Decrease the font size of the selected text
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Open the Paragraph dialog box
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M
Switch between sentence case, uppercase, or lowercase
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F3
Apply bold formatting to the selected text
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B
Apply an underline to the selected text
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U
Apply italic formatting to the selected text
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I
Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing)
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Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing)
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Remove manual character formatting, such as subscript and superscript
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Center a paragraph
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E
Justify a paragraph
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J
Left align a paragraph
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L
Right align a paragraph
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R

Work with tables

Move to the next cell
Move to the preceding cell
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Move to the next line or row
Move to the preceding line or row
Insert a tab in a cell
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Start a new paragraph in a cell
Add a new row at the bottom of the table (with the cursor in the last cell of the last row)

Move a slide

Move the selected slide or section up in order
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Move the selected slide or section down in order
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Move the selected slide or section to the beginning
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Move the selected slide or section to the end
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Work with views and panes

Switch to Normal view
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1
Switch to Slide Sorter view
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2
Switch to Notes Page view
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3
Switch to Outline View
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4
Switch to Slide Master view
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Switch to Handout Master view
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Switch to Notes Master view
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Switch to Presenter view
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Switch to slide show
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Toggle between Outline View and thumbnail pane
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Switch to full screen (hide menus)
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F
Show or hide guides
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G
Show or hide the grid
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F9
Cycle clockwise through panes in the Normal view
F6
Cycle counterclockwise through panes in the Normal view
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F6
Select all text in the Outline View
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A
Select all slides in the Slide Sorter view or the thumbnail pane
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A
Show the help menu
F1

Other useful shortcut keys

Switch Drawing mode on and off
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Z
Show Thesaurus entry for a selected word
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R

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