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.
If you need to move around in text |
This the shortcut you need |
Move one character to the left. |
Left Arrow |
Move one character to the right. |
Right Arrow |
Move one line up. |
Up Arrow |
Move one line down. |
Down Arrow |
Move one word to the left. |
Ctrl+Left Arrow |
Move one word to the right. |
Ctrl+Right Arrow |
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 |
Move to the end of a text box. |
Ctrl+End |
Move to the beginning of a text box. |
Ctrl+Home |
Move to the next title or body text placeholder. If it is the last placeholder on a slide, this action inserts a new slide with the same slide layout as the original slide. |
Ctrl+Enter |
Move to repeat the last Find action. |
Shift+F4 |
If you need to move around in and work in tables |
This the shortcut you need |
Move to the next cell. |
Tab |
Move to the preceding cell. |
Shift+Tab |
Move to the next row. |
Down Arrow |
Move to the preceding row. |
Up Arrow |
Insert a tab in a cell. |
Ctrl+Tab |
Start a new paragraph. |
Enter |
Add a new row at the bottom of the table. |
Tab in the bottom right table cell. |
If you need to change or resize a font* |
This the shortcut you need |
Open the Font dialog box to change the font. |
Ctrl+Shift+F |
Increase the font size. |
Ctrl+Shift+Right Angle bracket (>) |
Decrease the font size. |
Ctrl+Shift+Left Angle bracket (<) |
*Select the text you want to change before using these keyboard shortcuts.