ShortcutTools commands

The list below contains all commands available through PowerPoint ShortcutTools. The column predefined shortcut contains the shortcut assigned to a particular command after installation. You can replace predefined shortcuts by user defined shortcuts.

Select a category for details about specific commands:

Categories
Alignment commands
Object commands
Resize commands
Text commands
Duplicate commands
Slide commands
Insert commands
PowerPoint built-in commands


8. PowerPoint built-in commands

Note that built-in shortcuts can not be replaced by userdefined key-combinations. Note that some of these commands are overriden by standard PowerPoint ShortcutTools shrtcuts.

Commands Shortcut
 
Group objects CTRL+SHIFT+G
Ungroup objects CTRL+SHIFT+H
Show or hide grid SHIFT+F9
Show or hide guides ALT+F9
Change grid or guide settings CTRL+G
Show AutoShape menu and insert shape ALT+U -> CTRL+ENTER
Insert perfect squares Press shift first, start drawing figure
Move selection in specific direction CTRL+Arrow
Zoom CTRL+mouse wheel
Duplicate selected shapes CTRL+D
Insert new slide CTRL+M
Draw multiple similar figures Double-click corresponding toolbar icon

Repeat last action

F4
Activate menu bar F10
Context menu SHIFT+F10 or Windows special key
 
Work with presentations
 
Create new presentation

CTRL+N

Insert new slide

CTRL+M

Duplicate selected slide

CTRL+D

Open a presentations

CTRL+O

Close presentation

CTRL+W

Print presentation

CTRL+P

Save presentation

CTRL+S

Quit PowerPoint ALT+F4
Find text

CTRL+F

Replace text

CTRL+H

Repeat the last find action SHIFT+F4
Insert a hyperlink

CTRL+K

Undo an action

CTRL+Z
Redo or repeat an action

CTRL+Y

Switch to the next pane

F6

Switch to the previous pane

SHIFT+F6

Cancel an action ESC
Carry out Save As command F12
Carry out Save command

SHIFT+F12

Carry out Open command

CTRL+F12

Carry out Print command

CTRL+SHIFT+F12

Display Visual Basic code

ALT+F11

 
Text operations Shortcut
 

Delete one word to the left

CTRL+BACKSPACE

Delete one word to the right

CTRL+DELETE

Cut selected object

CTRL+X

Copy selected object

CTRL+C

Paste cut or copied object

CTRL+V

Move cursor one word to the left

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move cursor one word to the right

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Change case letters (toggles through sentence case, lowercase, and uppercase)

SHIFT+F3 

Center paragraph  CTRL+E 
Justify paragraph CTRL+J 
Left align paragraph  CTRL+L 
Right align paragraph  CTRL+R 
Promote paragraph ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Demote paragraph ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Move selected paragraphs up ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW
Move selected paragraphs down ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Format font style CTRL+T
Change font size CTRL+SHIFT+P

Increase font size 

CTRL+SHIFT+> 
Decrease font size  CTRL+SHIFT+< 
Apply bold formatting CTRL+B

Apply an underline

CTRL+U

 Apply italic formatting

CTRL+I

Apply subscript formatting

CTRL+EQUAL SIGN

Apply superscript formatting

CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN

Remove manual character formatting

CTRL+SPACEBAR 

Copy formats CTRL+SHIFT+C

Paste formats 

CTRL+SHIFT+V 

Insert a tab in a table cell CTRL+TAB
Add new row at the bottom of a table TAB at the end of the last row

Check spelling

F7
Find next misspelling (Automatic Spell Checking enabled) SHIFT+F7


Selection Shortcuts
 

Select next object (with an object selected)

TAB or SHIFT+TAB
Select text within selected object ENTER
Select all objects

CTRL+A (in slide pane)

Select all slides

CTRL+A (in slide sorter view)

Select all text

CTRL+A (in text field)

Move to the end of a line END
Move to the beginning of a line HOME
Move up one paragraph CTRL+UP ARROW
Move down one paragraph CTRL+DOWN ARROW
 
Control slide shows Shortcuts
 
Start slideshow from current slide SHIFT+F5
Slideshow from beginning F5

Perform  next animation or advance to next slide

ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, SPACEBAR, or mouse click

Perform  previous animation or return to previous slide

P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or BACKSPACE
Go to slide <number> <number>+ENTER

Display a black screen, or return to  slide show from black screen

B or PERIOD

Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen

W or COMMA

Stop or restart automatic slide show

S or PLUS SIGN

End slide show

ESC, CTRL+BREAK, or HYPHEN

Erase on-screen annotations

E

Go to next hidden slide

H

Set new timings while rehearsing

T

Use original timings while rehearsing

O

Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing

M

Return to first slide

HOME or both mouse buttons for 2 seconds

Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen

CTRL+P

Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow

CTRL+A

Hide pointer and button immediately

CTRL+H

Hide pointer and button in 15 seconds

CTRL+U

Display shortcut menu

SHIFT+F10 or right-click or special windows key

Go to first or next hyperlink on slide

TAB

Go to last or previous hyperlink on slide

SHIFT+TAB

Perform "mouse click" behavior of selected hyperlink

ENTER while a hyperlink is selected

Perform the "mouse over" behavior of the selected hyperlink

SHIFT+ENTER while hyperlink is selected

Display list of controls F1