Microsoft Power Point Keyboard Shortcuts for Web Mac

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Frequently used shortcuts

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

Work with presentations and slides

Go to the next slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
Fn+Down
Go to the previous slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
Fn+Up
Go to the previous/next slide in the Slide Show view
PN
or
Pg UpPg Dn
or
LeftRight
or
UpDown
or
ReturnSpaceFwd Del
Go to a specific slide in the Slide Show view
G,Right,Return
or
G,Left,Return
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
Cmd+X
Copy selected object or text
Cmd+C
Paste cut or copied object or text
Cmd+V
Duplicate selected objects
Cmd+D
Paste text, unformatted
Cmd+Shift+V

Work in objects and text

Move left to right through placeholders on a slide
Tab
Select or edit the current placeholder
Return
or
F2
End editing text in a placeholder
F2
Select multiple single objects
Cmd+Click
or
Shift+Click
Select multiple objects
Click+Drag
or
Shift+Drag
Select all objects on the page
Cmd+A
Select all text in the active text box
Cmd+A
Send the object to the back
Cmd+Opt+Shift+[
Send the object back one position
Cmd+Opt+Shift+B
Send the object to the front
Cmd+Shift+F
Send the object forward one position
Cmd+Opt+Shift+F
Rotate the selected object by 15 degrees increments clockwise
Opt+Right
Rotate the selected object by 15 degrees increments counterclockwise
Opt+Left

Select text

Select one character to the left/right
Shift+LeftRight
Select one word to the right
Opt+Shift+Right
Select one word to the left
Opt+Shift+Left
Select from the insertion point to the same point one line up
Shift+Up
Select from the insertion point to the same point one line down
Shift+Down
Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph
Cmd+Shift+Up
Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph
Cmd+Shift+Down
Select to the beginning of a line
Cmd+Shift+Left
Select to the end of a line
Cmd+Shift+Right
Select to the beginning of a placeholder or notes
Cmd+Shift+Fn+Left
Select to the end of a placeholder or notes
Cmd+Shift+Fn+Right
Select all within the placeholder or notes
Cmd+A

Delete text

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

Move around in text

Move one character to the right
Right
Move one character to the left
Left
Move one word to the right
Opt+Right
Move one word to the left
Opt+Left
Move one line up
Up
Move one line down
Down
Move to the end of a line
End
or
Fn+Right
Move to the beginning of a line
Home
or
Fn+Left
Move up one paragraph
Cmd+Up
Move down one paragraph
Cmd+Down
Move to the end of a text box
Cmd+Fn+Right
Move to the beginning of a text box
Cmd+Fn+Left

Format text

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

Work with tables

Move to the next cell
Tab
Move to the preceding cell
Shift+Tab
Move to the next row
Down
Move to the preceding row
Up
Start a new paragraph
Return
Add a new row at the bottom of the table with the cursor in the last cell of the last row
Tab

Work with comments

Add a new comment
Cmd+Shift+M
Go to the next comment thread
Down
Go to the previous comment thread
Up
Expand a comment thread when the focus is on it
Right
Collapse a comment thread
Left
Go to the next reply in a comment thread
Down
Go to the previous reply in a thread or the parent comment
Up
Move the focus to the reply box
Tab
Edit a parent comment or reply (when the focus is on the parent comment or reply)
Tab,Return,Down
Post a comment or a reply or save an edit
Cmd+Return

Move a slide

Move the selected slide up one position in the thumbnail pane
Cmd+Up
Move the selected slide down one position in the thumbnail pane
Cmd+Down
Move the selected slide to the beginning in the thumbnail pane
Cmd+Shift+Up
Move the selected slide to the end in the thumbnail pane
Cmd+Shift+Down

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