Use for |
Action |
Key Combination |
Combos For Creating Presentations |
Insert New slides |
Ctrl/M |
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Increase font size |
Ctrl/shift/> |
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Decrease font size |
Ctr/shift/< |
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Select next object on a slide |
Tab |
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Select the previous object on a slide |
SHIFT/TAB |
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Make a duplicate of the current slide |
CTRL-D |
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Display grid and guides on-screen |
The lines these commands display make it easier to line objects up properly. SHIFT-F9 and ALT-F9. |
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Undo your last action |
CTRL-Z |
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Redo your last action |
CTRL-Y |
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Group items |
Use this technique to treat multiple objects as one unit, moving them around the slide with one mouse move. Click all of the items you want to group while holding down the SHIFT key. Then press CTRL-SHIFT-G. |
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Ungroup items |
This step returns objects to their status as items you can manipulate individually. Click the grouped items and press CTRL-SHIFT-H. |
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Copy an object’s attributes |
Like the color and shadow effect on an object? Click the object, press CTRL-SHIFT-C, click the object you’re copying the attributes onto, and press CTRL-SHIFT-V. |
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Copying formatting |
Click the object, press CTRL-SHIFT-C, click the object you’re copying the attributes onto, and press CTRL-SHIFT-V. |
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Spell check |
F7 |
Combos For Giving Presentations |
Start a slideshow |
With the presentation open in any view, press F5 to start a slideshow on the first slide. |
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Go to the next animation or slide: |
To go forward in the presentation, you can press the Down or Right arrow keys, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, N, or the Spacebar. |
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Go to the previous animation or slide: |
The choices are almost as wide for this task as the previous one. To back up a step, you can press the Up or Left arrow keys, PAGE UP, P, or BACKSPACE. |
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Go directly to a specific slide |
While in Presentation mode, type the slide’s number and press ENTER. |
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Turn the screen black during a presentation |
Press B. To return to the presentation, press the period button. |
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Turn the screen white during a presentation |
Press W. To return to the presentation, press the comma button. |
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Erase on-screen annotations |
Press E. (In case you don’t know about the tool for making notes on slides as you speak, press CTRL-P in Presentation mode and you can start marking up the screen like a football commentator.) |
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Show the shortcut menu |
Press SHIFT-F10. |
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End a presentation |
Press ESC. |