PowerPoint 2010 Keyboard Shortcuts

PowerPoint 2010 offers a number of helpful keyboard shortcuts for performing tasks quickly. Here are some shortcuts for common PowerPoint formatting, editing, and file and document tasks. Additionally, after you’ve created your masterpiece, you can use a number of shortcuts when running your slideshow.

PowerPoint 2010 Formatting Shortcuts

Command	Shortcut	Ribbon Location
Bold	Ctrl+B	Home tab, Font group
Italic	Ctrl+I	Home tab, Font group
Underline	Ctrl+U	Home tab, Font group
Center	Ctrl+E	Home tab, Paragraph group
Left Align	Ctrl+L	Home tab, Paragraph group
Right Align	Ctrl+R	Home tab, Paragraph group
Justify	Ctrl+J	Home tab, Paragraph group
Normal	Ctrl+spacebar	Home tab, Paragraph group

PowerPoint 2010 Editing Shortcuts

Command	Shortcut	Ribbon Location
Undo	Ctrl+Z	Quick Access toolbar
Cut	Ctrl+X	Home tab, Clipboard group
Copy	Ctrl+C	Home tab, Clipboard group
Paste	Ctrl+V	Home tab, Clipboard group
Select All	Ctrl+A	Home tab, Editing group
Find	Ctrl+F	Home tab, Editing group
Replace	Ctrl+H	Home tab, Editing group

PowerPoint 2010 File and Document Shortcuts

Command	Keys	Ribbon Location
New	Ctrl+N	File tab, New command
Open	Ctrl+O	File tab, Open command
Save	Ctrl+S	File tab, Save command
Print	Ctrl+P	File tab, Print command
Help	F1	Help button at top right of Ribbon
New Slide	Ctrl+M	Home tab, New Slide command

PowerPoint 2010 Slide Show Shortcuts

To Do This . . .	Use This . . .
Start a slide show	F5
Advance to the next slide	N
Perform the next animation	Enter, Page Down, right arrow, down arrow, or spacebar
Go back to the previous slide	P
Repeat the previous animation	Page Up, left arrow, up arrow, or Backspace
Go to a specific slide	Type the slide number and then press Enter
Display a black screen	B
Display a white screen	W
End a slide show	Esc
Go to the next hidden slide	H
Display a pen cursor	Ctrl+P
Display an arrow cursor	Ctrl+A
Hide the cursor	Ctrl+H

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