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PowerPoint Shortcuts
Ctrl + A: Select all objects
Ctrl: Holding down CTRL and clicking on individual objects/text boxes temporarily groups
them together and allows you to treat them as one object. (Holding down Shift
does the same thing)
Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + V: Paste what ever you have copied.
Ctrl + Y: Repeat last action. (F4 does the same thing)
Ctrl + Z: Undo last change.
Ctrl + D: Duplicate. This is faster than doing copy + paste. It’s also useful to use when you
want to work on a slide you have created but still keep the original as a
backup, e.g. highlight the slide you want to work on, then use Ctrl+D, a
duplicate slide will appear, you can work on the duplicate and still keep the
original. It is also useful if you wish to keep the same slide format for a series
of slides.
Ctrl + G: Group selected objects.
Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup selected objects.
Ctrl + M: Add new slide.
Ctrl + Alt + V: Paste Special ~ new for PPT 2007 ~ menu allows you to change a text box
into an image.
Ctrl + W: Close presentation.
Ctrl + Mouse wheel: Zoom in and out.
Ctrl + ] : Increase font size
Ctrl + [ : Decrease font size.
Ctrl + drag: Create a copy of an object.
Shift + Left click: Select multiple objects.
F5: View presentation from starting slide.
Shift + F5: View presentation from current slide.
Number + Enter: When in a slide show you can jump to any slide by typing in its number
and then pressing Enter.
Tab: Toggle through objects.
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