Presentations keyboard shortcuts
You can use shortcut keys to perform tasks in presentations. All shortcuts are valid on Windows™ operating systems. On Mac OS, press Command instead of Ctrl.
| Action | Keyboard shortcut |
|---|---|
| Select all | Ctrl+A |
| Apply bold to the selected text | Ctrl+B |
| Apply italics to the selected text | Ctrl+I |
| Underline the selected text | Ctrl+U |
| Copy objects or slides | Ctrl+C |
| Paste objects or slides | Ctrl+V |
| Cut objects or slides | Ctrl+X |
| Create a slide | Ctrl+M |
| Start the redo function | Ctrl+Y |
| Start the undo function | Ctrl+Z |
| Save the file | Ctrl+S |
| Print the file | Ctrl+P |
| Close an object or cancel an action | Esc |
| Select an object or submit an action | Enter |
| Delete objects or slides | Delete |
| Navigate to the next slide or move the selected objects down when the focus is on the editing area or the slide sorter area. | Down arrow |
| Navigate to the previous slide or move the selected objects up when the focus is on the editing area or the slide sorter area. | Up arrow |
| Navigate to the previous slide or move the selected objects left when the focus is on the editing area or the slide sorter area. | Left arrow |
| Navigate to the next slide or move the selected objects right when the focus is on the editing area or the slide sorter area. | Right arrow |
| Navigate to the first slide | Home |
| Navigate to the last slide | End |
| Navigate to the previous slide | Page Up |
| Navigate to the next slide | Page Down |
| Navigate between the tab list | Ctrl+Tab or Right or left arrow (when the focus is on the tab list) |
| Navigate to the menu bar | Alt+Shift+F |
| Navigate between menu bar items when the focus is on the menu bar. | Right or left
arrow Note: If the menu bar item includes a submenu bar, the right
arrow opens the submenu bar, and the left arrow returns to parent
menu bar. |
| Navigate up and down the sub items within a menu bar when the focus is on the menu or submenu bar. | Up or down arrow |
| Navigate to the toolbar | Alt+F10 Note: Fn+option+F10
on Mac OS |
| Navigate to the editing area, the slide sorter area, or the sidebar | Shift+F2 Note: Shift+Fn+F2
on Mac OS |
| Select editor tokens when focus is on the sidebar | Tab |
| Navigate to the speaker notes area | Shift+F7 |
| Select another one character in front of or behind the focus | Shift+Right or left arrow |
| Select a line of characters in front of or behind the focus | Shift+Home or End |
| Navigate forward in tab order | Tab |
| Move to the next cell in a table | Tab Note: When
the cursor is in the last cell of a table, the Tab key adds a new
row to the table. |
| Navigate backward in tab order | Shift+Tab |
| Move to the previous cell in a table | Shift+Tab |
| Open the context menu bar | Shift+F10 |
| Open or close the Slides panel or Comments panel when the focus is on the Comments or Slides title on the sidebar. | The Spacebar |
| Open a button with a drop-down list when the focus is on the toolbar button. | The Spacebar Note: Press
Escape when you want to close the list. |
| For JAWS to read current content and editor information | Ctrl+Shift+1 |
| For JAWS to read content of the current line | Ctrl+Shift+2 |
| Resize the images | Ctrl+Alt+J (reduce) or Ctrl+Alt+K (expand) |