| Shortcut |
Description |
| B | Change the screen to black during a slideshow (Press B again to return to the slideshow) |
| Alt + A | Go to the Animations tab |
| Alt + F | Open the File tab menu |
| Alt + G | Open the Design tab |
| Alt + H | Go to the Home tab |
| Alt + K | Go to the Transitions tab |
| Alt + N | Open the Insert tab |
| Alt + R | Go to the Review tab |
| Alt + S | Go to the Slide Show tab |
| Alt + W | Go to View tab |
| Alt + F2 | Open the Save As dialog box (same as F12) |
| Ctrl + A | Select all page content or all content of any active object or shape |
| Ctrl + B | Make selected text bold |
| Ctrl + C | Copy the selected content, shape, object, or active slide |
| Ctrl + D | Duplicate the selected shape, object, or slide |
| Ctrl + E | Align selected content in center |
| Ctrl + F | Open find text dialog box |
| Ctrl + G | Go to a particular page or section |
| Ctrl + H or F5 | Open replace text dialog box |
| Ctrl + I | Italicize the selected text |
| Ctrl + J | Apply justify alignment |
| Ctrl + K | Insert a hyperlink |
| Ctrl + L | Align selected content to the left |
| Ctrl + M | Insert a new slide |
| Ctrl + N | Create a new document |
| Ctrl + O | Open an existing document |
| Ctrl + P or Ctrl + Shift + F12 | Open print dialog box |
| Ctrl + Q | Save and close the current window |
| Ctrl + R | Align the selected content to the right |
| Ctrl + S / Shift + F12 | Save changes in a document |
| Ctrl + T | Open the font setting window |
| Ctrl + U | Apply or remove underline from selected text |
| Ctrl + V / Shift + Insert | Paste the copied content |
| Ctrl + Alt + V | Open paste special dialog box |
| Ctrl + W or Ctrl + F4 | Save and close the current window |
| Ctrl + X | Cut a selection |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo a change / forward change |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo a change / backward change |
| Ctrl + Tab | Switch between open PowerPoint windows |
| Ctrl + F1 | Show or hide the ribbon bar |
| Ctrl + F2 | Open print preview window |
| Ctrl + = | Activate or deactivate subscript |
| Ctrl + Shift + = | Activate or deactivate superscript |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase font size |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease font size |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Open Font window to change the font |
| Home Button | Directly move to the first slide |
| End Button | Directly move to the last slide |
| Delete Button | Deletes the current active slide |
| F1 | Open help window |
| F5 | Play the presentation from the start |
| F7 | Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document |
| F12 | Save as the document under a different file name |
| Shift + F | Show or hide gridlines |
| Shift + Alt + F9 | Show or hide ruler bar |
| Alt + F4 | Close Microsoft PowerPoint window |
