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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

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

Work with presentations and slides

Create a new slide after the currently selected slide
Ctrl +
M
Go to the next slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
Pg Dn
Go to the previous slide (with the focus in the thumbnail pane or the slide pane)
Pg Up
Go to the next slide in the Slide Show view
N
or
Pg Dn
or
or
or
Go to the previous slide in the Slide Show view
P
or
Pg Up
or
or
or
Go to a specific slide in the Slide Show view
G,
,
or
G,
,
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
Ctrl +
X
Copy selected object or text
Ctrl +
C
Paste cut or copied object or text
Ctrl +
V
Duplicate selected objects
Ctrl +
D
Paste text, unformatted
Ctrl +
+
V

Work in objects and text

Move left to right through placeholders on a slide
Select or edit the current placeholder
or
F2
End editing text in a placeholder
F2
Select multiple single objects
Ctrl +
Click
or
+
Click
Select multiple objects
Click +
Drag the mouse
or
+
Drag the mouse
or
Ctrl +
Drag the mouse
Select all objects on the page
Ctrl +
A
Select all text in the active text box
Ctrl +
A
Insert a hyperlink
Ctrl +
K
Send the object to the back
Ctrl +
+
[
Send the object back one position
Ctrl +
[
Send the object to the front
Ctrl +
+
]
Send the object forward one position
Ctrl +
]
Rotate the selected object by 15 degrees increments clockwise
Alt +
Rotate the selected object by 15 degrees increments counterclockwise
Alt +

Select text

Select one character to the right
+
Select one character to the left
+
Select one word to the right
Ctrl +
+
Select one word to the left
Ctrl +
+
Select from the insertion point to the same point one line up
+
Select from the insertion point to the same point one line down
+
Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the paragraph
Ctrl +
+
Select from the insertion point to the end of the paragraph
Ctrl +
+
Select to the beginning of a line
+
Home
Select to the end of a line
+
End
Select to the beginning of a placeholder or notes
Ctrl +
+
Home
Select to the end of a placeholder or notes
Ctrl +
+
End
Select all within the placeholder or notes
Ctrl +
A

Delete text

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

Move around in text

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

Format text

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

Work with tables

Move to the next cell
Move to the preceding cell
+
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
Ctrl +
Alt +
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)
,
,
Post a comment or a reply or save an edit
Ctrl +

Move a slide

Move the selected slide up one position in the thumbnail pane
Ctrl +
Move the selected slide down one position in the thumbnail pane
Ctrl +
Move the selected slide to the beginning in the thumbnail pane
Ctrl +
+
Move the selected slide to the end in the thumbnail pane
Ctrl +
+

Navigate the ribbon and panes

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

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