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PowerPoint Presentation Tips
This table lists the most frequently used shortcuts in PowerPoint for Windows.
TO DO THIS | PRESS |
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Start a presentation from the beginning. | F5 |
Start a presentation from the current slide. | Shift+F5 |
Start the presentation in Presenter View. | Alt+F5
PowerPoint 2010 and 2007: Not available |
Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide. | N
Enter Page Down Right arrow key Down arrow key Spacebar |
Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide. | P
Page Up Left arrow key Up arrow key Backspace |
Hide the pointer and navigation buttons. | Ctrl+H |
Display a blank black slide, or return to the presentation from a blank black slide. | B
Period (.) |
Display a blank white slide, or return to the presentation from a blank white slide. | W
Comma (,) |
Stop or restart an automatic presentation. | S |
End the presentation. | Esc
In PowerPoint 2010 and 2007, Hyphen (-) |
Control the slide show
The following keyboard shortcuts apply while you’re delivering your presentation in Slide Show (full-screen) mode, with or without the Presenter View.
TO DO THIS |
PRESS |
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Go to a specific slide. | Type the slide number, then press Enter |
Go to the next slide, if the next slide is hidden. | H |
View the All Slides dialog. | Ctrl+S
PowerPoint 2007: Not available |
Return to the first slide. | Home
In PowerPoint 2010 and newer, press and hold the Right and Left mouse buttons for 2 seconds |
Go to the last slide. | End |
View the computer task bar. | Ctrl+T
PowerPoint 2007: Not available |
Display the context menu. | Shift+F10 |
Go to the next hotspot on the current slide.
(Hotspots include hyperlinks, animation triggers, audio objects, and video objects.) |
Tab |
Go to the last or previous hyperlink on the current slide. | Shift+Tab |
Perform the “mouse click” behavior on the selected hyperlink.
(Follow the selected hyperlink.) |
Enter while a hyperlink is selected |