PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts

Create a new blank presentation.

Open an existing presentation file.

Save the current presentation.

Save with a new name or format.

Open the print dialog.

Start presenting from the first slide.

Start presenting from the current slide.

Exit presentation mode.

Close the current presentation.

Undo the last action.

Redo the last undone action.

Open Save As dialog directly.

Insert a new slide after the current one.

Duplicate the selected slide.

Delete the selected slide.

Copy the selected object or text.

Cut the selected object or text.

Paste the copied content.

Select all objects on the current slide.

Group the selected objects.

Ungroup grouped objects.

Select the next object on the slide.

Select the previous object on the slide.

Move to the next text placeholder.

Apply or remove bold formatting.

Apply or remove italic formatting.

Apply or remove underline.

Increase the font size.

Decrease the font size.

Center-align the text.

Left-align the text.

Right-align the text.

Justify-align the text.

Remove all text formatting.

Apply subscript formatting.

Apply superscript formatting.

Go to the previous slide.

Go to the next slide.

Go to the first slide.

Go to the last slide.

Show or hide slide guides.

Search for text.

Find and replace text.

Advance to the next slide during presentation.

Go back to the previous slide.

Toggle a black screen to pause attention.

Toggle a white screen.

Activate pen tool to draw on slides.

Erase pen annotations.

Pause or resume automatic slide advance.