Common keyboard shortcuts are used in PowerPoint

If you often use PowerPoint as presentations, instead of using the mouse cursor to manipulate, you should know the keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint to be able to work faster. Using keyboard shortcuts will help you work more efficiently and save you time.

Here are the commonly used keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint.

Keyboard shortcuts when editing in PowerPoint

Ctrl + A : Select all slides or select all contents in the Slide depending on the current cursor position.

Ctrl + M : Add a new Slide.

Ctrl + B : Bold selected text.

Ctrl + I : Italicizes selected text.

Ctrl + U : Underline the selected text.

Ctrl + " + ": subscript (chemistry).

Ctrl + Shift + " + ": superscript (exponent).

Ctrl + T : Open the Font format dialog box.

Ctrl + F : Open the search dialog (Find).

Ctrl + H : Open the replacement dialog box (Replace).

Ctrl + K : Insert link (Hyperlink).

Ctrl + C : Copy selected text.

Ctrl + V : Paste the selected text.

Ctrl + Z : Restore previous action (Undo).

Ctrl + Shift + > : Increase the font size.

Ctrl + Shift + < : Decrease font size.

F4 or Ctrl + Y : Repeat the previous operation.

F7 : Check for spelling errors.

Ctrl + Backspace : Delete one word in front.

Ctrl + Delete : Delete a word at the back.

Keyboard shortcuts when presenting in PowerPoint

F5 : Start a slideshow from the first Slide.

Shift + F5 : Start a slideshow from the currently selected Slide.

ESC (or - key): Exit the slideshow to the editing interface.

N (arrow right or down): Move to the next Slide while playing.

P (arrow left or up): Move to the previous Slide during a slideshow.

Other keyboard shortcuts when working in PowerPoint

Ctrl + N : Open a new PowerPoint window.

Ctrl + D : Copy the selected Slide right below that Slide (duplicate the current Slide).

Ctrl + S : Save the Slide (Save).

Ctrl + P : Print Slide (Print).

Page up / down : Move between slides.

Shift + F9 : Turn on / off gridlines in Slide.

So you know the keyboard shortcuts are used in PowerPoint, many shortcuts are very common so you can easily remember to use. Good luck!

Marvin Fry

Update 19 May 2020

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