This document lists keyboard shortcuts for performing common tasks in Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows such as creating a new presentation, saving a presentation, formatting text, navigating slides, and adjusting views. Some examples include using CTRL+N to create a new presentation, CTRL+S to save, CTRL+B to bold text, TAB and Shift+TAB to navigate between objects, and ALT+Shift+1 to collapse slides to their titles in Outline view.

1. Microsoft PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts
For Windows
Working with Presentation Files
How to: Windows Keyboard Shortcut
New Presentation CTRL+N
Open a Presentation CTRL+O
Save CTRL+S
Save As F12
Print CTRL+P
Quit CTRL+Q
Working with Slides
How to: Windows Keyboard Shortcut
New Slide CTRL+M
Move from Title to Text CTRL+Enter
Text Formatting
How to: Windows Keyboard Shortcut
Increase Font Size CTRL+Shift+>
Decrease Font Size CTRL+Shift+<
Bold CTRL+B
Underline CTRL+U
Italic CTRL+I
Center Paragraph CTRL+E
Justified Paragraph CTRL+J
Left-Aligned Paragraph CTRL+L
Right-Aligned Paragraph CTRL+R
Create Hyperlink CTRL+K
Deleting and Copying
How to: Windows Keyboard Shortcut
Delete Character Left Backspace
Delete Character Right Delete
Cut CTRL+X
Copy CTRL+C
Paste CTRL+V
Undo CTRL+Z

2. Navigating Objects
How to: Windows Keyboard Shortcut
To Previous Object TAB
To Next Object Shift+TAB
Select All Objects CTRL+A
Drag and Drop Copy CTRL+Select and Drag
Create a Duplicate Object CTRL+D
Adjust Views, in Outline View
How to: Windows Keyboard Shortcut
Collapse to Titles ALT+Shift+1
Show All Text and Headings ALT+Shift+A