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Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) keyboard shortcuts
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First published at 4/21/2018 on
https://defkey.com/microsoft-powerpoint-creating-presentations-shortcuts

Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program first created by Robert
Gaskins and Dennis Austin. PowerPoint was first released in April 1987 for
Macintosh computers only. In their first significant acquisition, Microsoft
bought PowerPoint for $14 million three months after it appeared.



Note
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Note: We have a separate page for PowerPoint slideshow keyboard shortcuts.



Frequently used shortcuts
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Ctrl + N                Create new presentation
Alt + H then F then S   Change the font size for selected text
Ctrl + V                Paste cut or copied text, object, or slide
Ctrl + S                Save the presentation
Alt + N then P          Insert a picture
Alt + H then S then H   Insert a shape
Alt + H then L          Select a slide layout
Alt + T                 Open the Transitions tab
Alt + W                 Open the View tab
Alt + Q                 then enter search term: Open the Tell me box


Work in ribbon tabs with the keyboard
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To move to the list of ribbon tabs, press Alt; to go directly to a tab,
press a keyboard shortcut.

To move between commands, press the Tab key or Shift+Tab. You move forward
or backward through the commands in order. You can also press the arrow
keys.



Ribbon: Change focus by using the keyboard
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Shift + F10             Display the context menu for the selected item


Select text and objects
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Shift + Up arrow        Select one line up (with the cursor at the beginning of a line)
Ctrl + A                (in Slide Sorter view) Select all slides


Delete and copy text and objects
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Ctrl + Y                Redo the last action


Move around in and work in tables
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Up arrow                Move to the preceding row


Edit a linked or embedded object
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1. To select the object you want, press Tab or Shift+Tab

2. To open the shortcut menu, press Shift+F10 



Format text: Change or resize a font
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Ctrl + Shift + >        Increase the font size


Format text: Apple character formatting
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Ctrl + T                Open the Font dialog box to change the formatting of characters
Shift + F3              Change between sentence case, lowercase, or uppercase


Insert and reply to comments
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Use the Insert Comment command (Alt+N then L) to open the Comments Pane
before using these keyboard shortcuts.

Ctrl + R                Reply to a selected comment


Change order of slides or sections in a slide deck
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Source: Microsoft Office Support


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