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Microsoft PowerPoint

Professional presentation software for creating slideshows with animations, transitions, and multimedia content

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Frequently Used

ActionShortcut
Create new presentation⌘+N
Open presentation⌘+O
Save presentation⌘+S
Close presentation⌘+W
Print⌘+P
Cut⌘+X
Copy⌘+C
Paste⌘+V
Undo⌘+Z
Redo⌘+Y
Find⌘+F
Find and replace⌘+⇧+H
Create new presentation⌃+N
Open presentation⌃+O
Save presentation⌃+S
Close presentation⌃+W
Print⌃+P
Cut⌃+X
Copy⌃+C
Paste⌃+V
Undo⌃+Z
Redo⌃+Y
Find⌃+F
Find and replace⌃+H

Slides

ActionShortcut
Add new slide⌘+⇧+N
Duplicate slide⌘+⇧+D
Delete slide⌘+Delete
Go to next slidePageDown
Go to previous slidePageUp
Go to first slideHome
Go to last slideEnd
Add new slide⌃+M
Duplicate slide⌃+⇧+D
Delete slideDelete
Go to next slidePageDown
Go to previous slidePageUp
Go to first slide⌃+Home
Go to last slide⌃+End

Text Formatting

ActionShortcut
Bold⌘+B
Italic⌘+I
Underline⌘+U
Increase font size⌘+⇧+>
Align left⌘+L
Center⌘+E
Align right⌘+R
Justify⌘+J
Open Font dialog⌘+T
Bold⌃+B
Italic⌃+I
Underline⌃+U
Increase font size⌃+⇧+>
Align left⌃+L
Center⌃+E
Align right⌃+R
Justify⌃+J
Open Font dialog⌃+T
Change case⇧+F3

Objects

ActionShortcut
Select all⌘+A
Group objects⌘+⌥+G
Ungroup objects⌘+⌥+⇧+G
Send to back⌘+⇧+B
Bring to front⌘+⇧+F
Duplicate object⌘+D
Copy formatting⌘+⌥+C
Paste formatting⌘+⌥+V
Select all⌃+A
Group objects⌃+G
Ungroup objects⌃+⇧+G
Send to back⌃+⇧+[
Bring to front⌃+⇧+]
Duplicate object⌃+D
Copy formatting⌃+⌥+C
Paste formatting⌃+⌥+V
Rotate clockwise 15 degrees⌥+→
Rotate counterclockwise 15 degrees⌥+←

Insert

ActionShortcut
Insert hyperlink⌘+K
Insert comment⌘+⇧+M
Insert text box⌘+⌥+T
Insert hyperlink⌃+K
Insert comment⌃+⌥+M

Slideshow

ActionShortcut
Start slideshow from beginning⌘+⇧+↩
Start slideshow from current slide⌘+↩
End slideshowEsc
Next slide in slideshow→or↓orSpace
Previous slide in slideshow←or↑
Go to slide numberNumber↩
Black screenB
White screenW
Show/hide pointerC
Presenter view⌥+↩
Start slideshow from beginningF5
Start slideshow from current slide⇧+F5
End slideshowEsc
Next slide in slideshow→or↓orSpaceorEnter
Previous slide in slideshow←or↑orBackspace
Go to slide numberNumberEnter
Black screenB
White screenW
Show/hide pointer⌃+H
Presenter view⌥+F5
Erase annotationsE

View

ActionShortcut
Normal view⌘+1
Slide Sorter view⌘+2
Notes Page view⌘+3
Outline view⌘+4
Zoom in⌘++
Zoom out⌘+-
Show guides⌘+⌥+⌃+G
Show grid⇧+F9
Zoom in⌃++
Zoom out⌃+-
Show guides⌥+F9
Show grid⇧+F9
Full screen⌃+F1
ActionShortcut
Open Home tab⌥+H
Open Insert tab⌥+N
Open Design tab⌥+G
Open Transitions tab⌥+K
Open Animations tab⌥+A
Open Slide Show tab⌥+S
Open Review tab⌥+R
Open View tab⌥+W