Basic Navigation
1. Ctrl + N – New presentation
2. Ctrl + O – Open an existing presentation
3. Ctrl + S – Save the presentation
4. Ctrl + P – Print the presentation
5. Ctrl + W – Close the presentation
6. Ctrl + Q – Close PowerPoint
7. Ctrl + F – Open the Find dialog box
8. Ctrl + H – Open the Replace dialog box
9. Ctrl + Z – Undo an action
10. Ctrl + Y – Redo an action
11. Ctrl + A – Select all objects/text on a slide
12. Ctrl + C – Copy
13. Ctrl + X – Cut
14. Ctrl + V – Paste
15. Ctrl + D – Duplicate selected object or slide
16. Ctrl + F1 – Show/hide the ribbon
Slide Navigation
17. Page Up – Move to the previous slide
18. Page Down – Move to the next slide
19. Home – Move to the first slide
20. End – Move to the last slide
21. Ctrl + M – Insert a new slide
22. Ctrl + Shift + D – Duplicate the current slide
23. Ctrl + Up Arrow – Move the slide up in the sequence
24. Ctrl + Down Arrow – Move the slide down in the sequence
Slide Show
25. F5 – Start slide show from the beginning
26. Shift + F5 – Start slide show from the current slide
27. Esc – End the slide show
28. B – Blackout the screen during a presentation
29. W – Whiteout the screen during a presentation
30. N or Right Arrow – Move to the next slide during the slide show
31. P or Left Arrow – Move to the previous slide during the slide show
32. Ctrl + L – Turn the cursor into a laser pointer
33. Ctrl + P – Turn the cursor into a pen
34. Ctrl + A – Turn the cursor back to the arrow
Text Formatting
35. Ctrl + B – Bold text
36. Ctrl + I – Italicize text
37. Ctrl + U – Underline text
38. Ctrl + Shift + + – Superscript
39. Ctrl + = – Subscript
40. Ctrl + Shift + > – Increase font size
41. Ctrl + Shift + < – Decrease font size
42. Ctrl + E – Center align text
43. Ctrl + L – Left align text
44. Ctrl + R – Right align text
45. Ctrl + J – Justify text
46. Ctrl + T – Open the Font dialog box
Object Manipulation
47. Ctrl + G – Group selected objects
48. Ctrl + Shift + G – Ungroup selected objects
49. Ctrl + Shift + H – Bring selected object to front
50. Ctrl + Shift + B – Send selected object to back
51. Ctrl + Shift + F – Bring selected object forward
52. Ctrl + Shift + L – Send selected object backward
53. Ctrl + Arrow Keys – Nudge the selected object in small increments
54. Alt + Shift + Arrow Keys – Rotate the selected object
55. Shift + Arrow Keys – Resize the selected object proportionally
Slide Design
56. Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste formatting
57. Ctrl + Shift + K – Insert a hyperlink
58. Ctrl + Shift + N – Reset slide layout
59. Ctrl + Shift + S – Apply a slide layout
60. Ctrl + T – Insert a text box
61. Alt + W + Q – Zoom in/out
62. Ctrl + Shift + D – Duplicate a slide
63. Alt + D + E – Apply slide design/theme
Shapes and Lines
64. Ctrl + Shift + M – Insert a shape
65. Shift + Drag – Draw a perfect square or circle
66. Ctrl + Drag – Copy a shape while dragging
67. Alt + Drag – Move object without snapping to grid
68. Shift + Click – Select multiple objects
69. Alt + J, S, L – Insert a line
70. Ctrl + L – Insert a horizontal line
71. Ctrl + Shift + L – Insert a vertical line
Tables and Charts
72. Ctrl + Alt + T – Insert a table
73. Ctrl + Shift + Enter – Insert a new row in a table
74. Ctrl + Shift + I – Insert a new column in a table
75. Ctrl + Alt + C – Insert a chart
76. Alt + J, C, H – Change chart type
77. Ctrl + G + T – Toggle table gridlines
78. Ctrl + Enter – Move to the next cell in a table
Master View
79. Alt + W + M – Switch to Slide Master View
80. Ctrl + Shift + E – Edit slide master
81. Ctrl + Shift + S – Insert a slide layout
82. Ctrl + Shift + Delete – Delete a slide layout
83. Ctrl + Shift + Up Arrow – Move slide layout up
84. Ctrl + Shift + Down Arrow – Move slide layout down
85. Alt + W + L – Switch to Handout Master
86. Alt + W + N – Switch to Notes Master
Reviewing
87. Alt + R + S – Add a comment
88. Ctrl + Shift + C – Copy a comment
89. Ctrl + Shift + X – Cut a comment
90. Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste a comment
91. Alt + R + N – Show next comment
92. Alt + R + P – Show previous comment
93. Alt + R + H – Hide comments
Collaboration
94. Ctrl + Alt + S – Share the presentation
95. Ctrl + K – Insert a hyperlink
96. Alt + W + M – View the document as a webpage
97. Ctrl + Shift + E – Track changes
98. Alt + R + C – Accept all changes
99. Alt + R + R – Reject all changes
100. Ctrl + Shift + U – Update document properties
Advanced
101. Ctrl + K + V – Insert a video
102. Ctrl + K + A – Insert an audio clip
103. Alt + Shift + D – Insert the current date
104. Alt + Shift + T – Insert the current time
105. Alt + Shift + P – Insert a slide number
106. Ctrl + Shift + C – Format Painter
107. Ctrl + Shift + V – Paste formatting
108. Alt + J, D, A – Animate selected object
109. Alt + J, D, P – Apply a slide transition
Enjoy,
Gage Gorman