PowerPoint Shortcuts

General Shortcuts

Shortcuts

Windows

Mac

New presentation

Ctrl+N

⌘+N

Opens a presentation

Ctrl+O

⌘+O

Save presentation

Ctrl+S

⌘+S

Save As

Ctrl+shift+S

⌘+shift+S

Print

Ctrl+P

⌘+P

Close PowerPoint

Alt+F4

⌘+Q

Undo

Ctrl+Z

⌘+Z

Redo

Ctrl+shift+Z

⌘+shift+Z

Copy

Ctrl+C

⌘+C

Cut

Ctrl+X

⌘+X

Paste

Ctrl+V

⌘+V

Select all

Ctrl+A

⌘+A

Find

Ctrl+F

⌘+F

Replace

Ctrl+H

⌘+shift+H

Slideshow Shortcuts

Start presentation from beginning

F5

⌘+shift+return

Start from current slide

Shift+F5

⌘+return

Go to next slide

Go to previous slide

 ←

 ←

End slide

Esc

Esc

Go to specific slide

Slide number+enter

Slide number+return

Black screen (toggle)

B

B

White screen (toggle)

W

W

Text Formatting Shortcuts

Bold

Ctrl+B

⌘+B

Italic

Ctrl+I

⌘+I

Underline

Ctrl+U

⌘+U

Align Left

Ctrl+L

⌘+L

Align Center

Ctrl+E

⌘+E

Align Right

Ctrl+R

⌘+R

Object and Shape Shortcuts

Duplicate object

Ctrl+D

⌘+D

Group objects

Ctrl+G

⌘+G

Ungroup objects

Ctrl+shift+G

⌘+shift+G

Bring forward

Ctrl+shift+]

⌘+shift+]

Send backward

Ctrl+shift+[

⌘+shift+[

Rotate object right

Alt+  →

⌥ + →

Rotate object left

Alt+ ←

⌥ + ←

Navigation and Editing Shortcuts

Move to next slide

PgDn

Fn + ↓

Move to previous slide

PgUp

Fn + ↑ 

Move between placeholders

Tab

Tab

Delete a slide

Ctrl+Delete

⌘+Delete

Insert new slide

Ctrl+M

⌘+M