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If you frequently use PowerPoint for presentations, knowing keyboard shortcuts can make your work more efficient and save time compared to using the mouse for every action.
Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint.
Shortcuts for Editing in PowerPoint
Ctrl + A: Select all Slides or select all content within the Slide depending on the current mouse cursor position.
Ctrl + M: Add a new Slide.
Ctrl + B: Bold the selected text.
Ctrl + I: Italicize the selected text.
Ctrl + U: Underline the selected text.
Ctrl + '+': Subscript (chemistry).
Ctrl + Shift + '+': Superscript (exponent).
Ctrl + T: Open the Font formatting dialog box.
Ctrl + F: Open the search dialog box (Find).
Ctrl + H: Open the replace dialog box (Replace).
Ctrl + K: Insert hyperlink (Hyperlink).
Ctrl + C: Copy the selected text.
Ctrl + V: Paste the selected text.
Ctrl + Z: Undo the previous action (Undo).
Ctrl + Shift + >: Increase font size.
Ctrl + Shift + <: Decrease font size.
F4 or Ctrl + Y: Repeat the last action.
F7: Spell check.
Ctrl + Backspace: Delete a word to the left.
Ctrl + Delete: Delete a word to the right.
Keyboard shortcuts during PowerPoint presentations
F5: Start the presentation from the first slide.
Shift + F5: Start the presentation from the currently selected slide.
ESC (or the - key): Exit the presentation and return to the editing interface.
N (right arrow or down arrow): Move to the next slide during the presentation.
P (left arrow or up arrow): Move to the previous slide during the presentation.
Other shortcuts in PowerPoint
Ctrl + N: Open a new PowerPoint window.
Ctrl + D: Duplicate the selected slide immediately below it (duplicate the current slide).
Ctrl + S: Save the slide (Save).
Ctrl + P: Print the slide (Print).
Page up/down: Navigate between slides.
Shift + F9: Toggle gridlines on/off in slide view.
Now you are familiar with the commonly used shortcuts in PowerPoint. Many of these shortcuts are very useful and easy to remember, so you can use them with ease. Wishing you success!
