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 apply character formatting* |
This the shortcut you need |
Open the Font dialog box to change the formatting of characters. |
Ctrl+T |
Change between sentence case, lowercase, or uppercase. |
Shift+F3 |
Apply bold formatting. |
Ctrl+B |
Apply an underline. |
Ctrl+U |
Apply italic formatting. |
Ctrl+I |
Apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing). |
Ctrl+Equal sign (=) |
Apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing). |
Ctrl+Shift+Plus sign (+) |
Remove manual character formatting, such as subscript and superscript. |
Ctrl+Spacebar |
Insert a hyperlink. |
Ctrl+K |
If you need to copy text formatting* |
This the shortcut you need |
Copy formats. |
Ctrl+Shift+C |
Paste formats. |
Ctrl+Shift+V |
If you need to align paragraphs** |
This the shortcut you need |
Center a paragraph. |
Ctrl+E |
Justify a paragraph. |
Ctrl+J |
Left align a paragraph. |
Ctrl+L |
Right align a paragraph. |
Ctrl+R |
If you need to insert and reply to comments** |
This the shortcut you need |
Insert a new comment |
Ctrl+N |
Reply to a selected comment |
Ctrl+R |
If you need to change the order of slides in a slide deck |
This the shortcut you need |
Move slide up in order |
Ctrl+Up Arrow |
Move slide down in order |
Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Move slide to beginning |
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow |
Move slide to end |
Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow |
If you need to reorder sections of slides in a slide deck |
This the shortcut you need |
Move section up in order |
Ctrl+Up Arrow |
Move section down in order |
Ctrl+Down Arrow |
Move section to beginning |
Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow |
Move section to end |
Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow |
* Select the text you want to change before using these keyboard shortcuts.
** Use the Insert Comment command (Alt+N, L) to open the Comments Pane before using these keyboard shortcuts.