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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

Apply bold formatting to the selected text
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B
Cut selected text, object, or slide
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X
Copy selected text, object, or slide
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C
Paste cut or copied text, object, or slide
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V
Insert a hyperlink
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K
Undo the last action
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Z
Redo the last action
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Y
Delete selected text, object, or slide
Open the Find dialog box
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F
Move a shape
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Go to the next slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
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Go to the previous slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
Fn +
When a task pane option has focus, move to the next or previous option in the task pane
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Exit the slide show
Esc
Print a presentation
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P

Work with presentations and slides

Go to the next slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
Fn +
Go to the previous slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
Fn +
Go to the next slide in the Slide Show view
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Pg Dn
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Go to the previous slide in the Slide Show view
P
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Pg Up
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Go to a specific slide in the Slide Show view
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Turn captions or subtitles on or off in the Slide Show view
J
Exit the Slide Show view
Esc

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
Paste text, unformatted
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V

Work in objects and text

Move left to right through placeholders on a slide
Select or edit the current placeholder
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F2
End editing text in a placeholder
F2
Select multiple single objects
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Click
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Click
Select multiple objects
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Drag the mouse
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Drag the mouse
Select all objects on the page
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A
Select all text in the active text box
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A
Insert a hyperlink
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K
Send the object to the back
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Send the object back one position
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B
Send the object to the front
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F
Send the object forward one position
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F
Rotate the selected object by 15 degrees increments clockwise
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Rotate the selected object by 15 degrees increments counterclockwise
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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 one word to the right
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Select one word to the left
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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 from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph
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Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph
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Select to the beginning of a line
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Select to the end of a line
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Select to the beginning of a placeholder or notes
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Fn +
Select to the end of a placeholder or notes
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Fn +
Select all within the placeholder or notes
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A

Delete text

Delete one character to the left
Delete one word to the left
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Delete one character to the right
Fn +
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 right
Move one character to the left
Move one word to the right
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Move one word to the left
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Move one line up
Move one line down
Move to the end of a line
End
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Fn +
Move to the beginning of a line
Home
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Move up one paragraph
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Move down one paragraph
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Move to the end of a text box
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Fn +
Move to the beginning of a text box
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Fn +

Format text

Increase the font size
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Decrease the font size
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Apply bold formatting
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B
Apply italic formatting
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I
Apply underline formatting
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U
Remove manual character formatting, such as subscript and superscript
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Left align a paragraph
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L
Center a paragraph
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E
Right align a paragraph
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R
Justify a paragraph
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J

Work with tables

Move to the next cell
Move to the preceding cell
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Move to the next row
Move to the preceding row
Start a new paragraph
Add a new row at the bottom of the table with the cursor in the last cell of the last row

Work with comments

Add a new comment
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M
Go to the next comment thread
Go to the previous comment thread
Expand a comment thread when the focus is on it
Collapse a comment thread
Go to the next reply in a comment thread
Go to the previous reply in a thread or the parent comment
Move the focus to the reply box
Edit a parent comment or reply (when the focus is on the parent comment or reply)
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Post a comment or a reply or save an edit
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Move a slide

Move the selected slide up one position in the thumbnail pane
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Move the selected slide down one position in the thumbnail pane
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Move the selected slide to the beginning in the thumbnail pane
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Move the selected slide to the end in the thumbnail pane
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Navigate the ribbon and panes

Move forward between the following regions: Slide pane Notes pane Status bar Title bar Ribbon Thumbnail pane
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F6
Move backward between the following regions: Slide pane Thumbnail pane Ribbon Title bar Status bar Notes pane
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F6
Go to a different ribbon tab
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Carry out the currently selected ribbon option
Move between ribbon options or controls
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Switch between the simplified and classic ribbons
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Z
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R
Display the access keys (ribbon commands) on the ribbon
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