To create a new presentation file
CTRL+N
To open a presentation file
CTRL+O
To close a presentation file
CTRL+W
To save a presentation file
CTRL+S
To quit PowerPoint
ALT+F4
To when more than one window is open, switch to the next window
CTRL+F6
To switch to the previous window
CTRL+SHIFT+F6
To minimize a window to an icon
CTRL+F9
To maximize a selected window
CTRL+F10
To restore the size of the active window after you've minimized or maximized it
CTRL+F5
To move clockwise among panes of Normal View
F6
To move counterclockwise among panes of Normal View
SHIFT+F6
To switch between Slides and Outline tabs of the Outline and Slides pane in Normal View
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
To select the next box in the e-mail header or the body of the message when the last box in the e-mail header is active
TAB
To select the previous field or button in the e-mail header
SHIFT+TAB
To open the Address Book
CTRL+SHIFT+B
To check the names on the To, Cc, and Bcc lines against the Address Book
ALT+K
To send the current presentation
ALT+S
To show or hide the grid
SHIFT+F9
To show or hide guides
ALT+F9
To change grid or guide settings
CTRL+G
To undo the last action
CTRL+Z
To repeat the last action
CTRL+Y
To perform the next animation or advance to the next slide
N, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or SPACEBAR (or click the mouse)
To perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide
P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or BACKSPACE
To go to slide number
number+ENTER
To display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen
B or PERIOD
To display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen
W or COMMA
To stop or restart an automatic slide show
S or PLUS SIGN
To end a slide show
ESC, CTRL+BREAK, or HYPHEN
To erase on-screen annotations
E
To go to the next hidden slide
H
To set new timings while rehearsing
T
To use original timings while rehearsing
O
To use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing
M
To return to the first slide
1+ENTER (or press both mouse buttons for 2 seconds)
To redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen
CTRL+P
To redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow
CTRL+A
To hide the pointer and navigation button immediately
CTRL+H
To hide the pointer and navigation button in 15 seconds
CTRL+U
To display the shortcut menu
SHIFT+F10 (or right-click)
To go to the first or next hyperlink on a slide
TAB
To go to the last or previous hyperlink on a slide
SHIFT+TAB
To perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink
ENTER while a hyperlink is selected
To perform the "mouse over" behavior of the selected hyperlink
SHIFT+ENTER while a hyperlink is selected
To go to the first or next hyperlink per slide
TAB
To go to the last or previous hyperlink per slide
SHIFT+TAB
To perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink
ENTER while a hyperlink is selected
To perform the "mouse over" behavior of the selected hyperlink
SHIFT+ENTER while a hyperlink is selected
To move forward through the hyperlinks in a Web presentation, the Address bar, and the Links bar
TAB
To move back through the hyperlinks in a Web presentation, the Address bar, and the Links bar
SHIFT+TAB
To perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink
ENTER
To go to the next slide
SPACEBAR
To go to the previous slide
BACKSPACE
To promote a paragraph
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW or SHIFT+TAB
To demote a paragraph
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW or TAB
To move selected paragraphs up
ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW
To move selected paragraphs down
ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
To show heading level 1
ALT+SHIFT+1
To expand text below a heading
ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN
To collapse text below a heading
ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN
To show all or collapse all text or headings
ALT+SHIFT+A
To move one character to the left
LEFT ARROW
To move one character to the right
RIGHT ARROW
To move one line up
UP ARROW
To move one line down
DOWN ARROW
To move one word to the left
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
To move one word to the right
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
To move to the end of a line
END
To move to the beginning of a line
HOME
To move up one paragraph
CTRL+UP ARROW
To move down one paragraph
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
To move to the end of a text box
CTRL+END
To move to the beginning of a text box
CTRL+HOME
To move to the next title or body text placeholder (or to insert a new slide with the same layout as the current one if this is the last placeholder on the slide)
CTRL+ENTER
To repeat the last Find action
SHIFT+F4
To select one character to the right
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
To select one character to the left
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
To select to the end of a word
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
To select the beginning of a word
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
To select one line up
SHIFT+UP ARROW
To select one line down
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
To select an object (with text selected inside the object)
ESC
To select an object (with an object selected)
TAB or SHIFT+TAB until the object you want is selected
To select text within an object (with an object selected)
ENTER
To select all objects
CTRL+A (on the Slides tab)
To select all slides
CTRL+A (in Slide Sorter View)
To select all text
CTRL+A (on the Outline tab)
To delete one character to the left
BACKSPACE
To delete one word to the left
CTRL+BACKSPACE
To delete one character to the right
DELETE
To delete one word to the right
CTRL+DELETE
To cut selected object
CTRL+X
To copy selected object
CTRL+C
To paste cut or copied object
CTRL+V
To undo the last action
CTRL+Z
To change the font
CTRL+SHIFT+F
To change the font size
CTRL+SHIFT+P
To increase the font size
CTRL+SHIFT+>
To decrease the font size
CTRL+SHIFT+<
To change the formatting of characters
CTRL+T (opens Font dialog box from Format menu)
To change the case of letters
SHIFT+F3 (toggles through sentence case, lowercase, and uppercase)
To apply bold formatting
CTRL+B
To apply an underline
CTRL+U
To apply italic formatting
CTRL+I
To apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing)
CTRL+EQUAL SIGN
To apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing)
CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN
To remove manual character formatting, such as subscript and superscript
CTRL+SPACEBAR
To copy formats
CTRL+SHIFT+C
To paste formats
CTRL+SHIFT+V
To center a paragraph
CTRL+E
To justify a paragraph
CTRL+J
To left align a paragraph
CTRL+L
To right align a paragraph
CTRL+R
To move to the next cell
TAB
To move to the preceding cell
SHIFT+TAB
To move to the next row
DOWN ARROW
To move to the preceding row
UP ARROW
To insert a tab in a cell
CTRL+TAB
To start a new paragraph
ENTER
To add a new row at the bottom of the table
TAB at the end of the last row
