Is it time to begin designing your PowerPoint? Relax.
There are far too many tricks and shortcuts in PowerPoint, proven to be very useful! They have been thought to speed up your tasks big times and save you hours of work. That being said, let’s review them. Hope it helps!
Please note that these shortcuts are meant for computers whose default language is set to English. For other languages, these shortcuts may be different.
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If you need to navigate the ribbon with only the keyboard* |
This the shortcut you need |
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Open the File page. |
Alt+F |
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Open the Home tab. |
Alt+H |
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Open the Insert tab. |
Alt+N |
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Open the Design tab. |
Alt+G |
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Open the Transitions tab. |
Alt+T |
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Open the Animations tab. |
Alt+A |
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Open the Slide Show tab. |
Alt+S |
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Open the Review tab. |
Alt+R |
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Open the View tab. |
Alt+W |
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Open the Tell me box. |
Alt+Q, and then enter the search term |
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Select the active tab of the ribbon and activate the access keys. |
Alt or F10. To move to a different tab, use access keys or the arrow keys. |
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Move the focus to commands on the ribbon. |
Tab key or Shift+Tab |
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Move down, up, left, or right, respectively, among the items on the ribbon. |
Down Arrow, Up Arrow, Left Arrow, or Right Arrow key |
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Expand or collapse the ribbon. |
Ctrl+F1 |
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Display the context menu for the selected item. |
Shift+F10 |
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Move the focus to a different pane. |
F6 |
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Move to the next or previous command on the ribbon. |
Tab key or Shift+Tab |
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Activate the selected command or control on the ribbon. |
Spacebar or Enter |
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Open the selected menu or gallery on the ribbon. |
Spacebar or Enter |
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Open the selected list on the ribbon, such as the Font list. |
Down Arrow key |
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Move between items in an opened menu or gallery. |
Tab key |
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Finish modifying a value in a control on the ribbon, and move the focus back to the document. |
Enter |
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To move to the list of ribbon tabs |
Alt |
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To go directly to a tab |
Press a keyboard shortcut |
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To move between commands |
Tab key or Shift+Tab |
* To navigate the ribbon with only the keyboard (the strip at the top of PowerPoint, organized by tabs) you can press Alt, and then, to move between tabs using the Right Arrow and Left Arrow keys, or go directly to a tab on the ribbon using the following access keys:
