September 14, 2005

Keyboard Shortcuts To Create A PowerPoint Presentation

Most PowerPoint users, once they become familiar with the software, prefer to use the keyboard when preparing a presentation.

Obviously this preference could be extended to any other software, since using the keyboard allows everyone to save precious time.

During my PowerPoint training courses as well, my trainees often asked me about PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts, so that they could work quicker when preparing their presentations.


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Photo Credit: troubleboy

Here you may find some useful keyboard shortcuts applicable to all PowerPoint versions (please note that most commands are the same in Word as well):

  1. Open a new presentation: CTRL+N
  2. Add a new slide: CTRL+M
  3. Open an existing presentation: CTRL+O
  4. Close a presentation: CTRL+W
  5. Spellcheck: F7
  6. Run the Slide Show: F5
  7. Save the presentation: CTRL+S
  8. Select All: CTRL+A
  9. Duplicate a slide, or an object: CTRL+D
  10. Copy: CTRL+C
  11. Paste: CTRL+V
  12. Cut: CTRL+X
  13. Open the grid and guides window: CTRL+G
  14. Undo: CTRL+Z
  15. Redo: CTRL+Y
  16. Open PowerPoint Help: F1
  17. Print: CTRL+P
  18. Find: CTRL+F
  19. Replace: CTRL+H
  20. Open the Font window: CTRL+T
  21. Select items in sequence: TAB key
  22. Select previous item: SHIFT+TAB
  23. Move items selected: arrow keys
  24. Insert a hyperlink: CTRL+K

By using these PowerPoint shortcuts, you can singificantly speed up many of the tasks involved in creating, editing and preparing an effective PowerPoint presentation.


posted by on Wednesday, September 14 2005
Tuesday, January 15 2008

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