The following section contains examples of mouse shortcuts. You can also utilize the mouse to perform some common actions. Open the Date And Time window to insert the current date, time, or both. Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word. View the slide show starting from the selected slide. If no text is selected, only the first word after the cursor is changed. Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or slide.Ĭhange the selected text to be uppercase or lowercase, or have a capital letter at the beginning of each word. View the slide show for the entire slide deck. Switch between the outline pane and the thumbnail pane.ġ.) In all views except Reading View and Slide Show, open the help menu.Ģ.) In the Slide Show view, display a list of shortcuts for use in a slide show. Opens the Print page to view the print preview and print the slide deck. Like Ctrl+ ].ĭecreases the selected text size by one font size. Increases the selected text size by one font size. Like Ctrl+ Shift+ >.ĭecrease font size of selected text. Open the Font window, to adjust font size, style, and type.
Click and hold the mouse button to use the pen tool and draw on the screen.Īlign the line or selected text to the right side of the slide. Like Ctrl+ Shift+ F12.Ģ.) In the Slide Show view, change the normal cursor to the pen tool. Open the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.ġ.) In the Normal view, open the Print page to view the print preview and print the slide deck. Open a new, blank slide deck in another PowerPoint program window. Insert new, blank slide after the selected slide. Click and hold the mouse button to use the highlighter on the screen.Īlign, or distribute, the text evenly across the slide.Īlign the line or selected text to the left side of the slide. In the Slide Show view, hide the cursor or any activated tools, like the pen or highlighter tool.ġ.) In the Normal view, italicize highlighted text.Ģ.) In the Slide Show view, change the normal cursor to the highlighter tool. Select the desired slide in the thumbnail pane on the left side of the PowerPoint program window, then press the Ctrl+D shortcut keys.Īlign the line or selected text to the center of the slide. Insert a duplicate of the selected slide. For example, if the slide show is on slide 8 and you want to jump to slide 10, press the number 1 key, then the number 0 key, then the Enter key.ġ.) In the Normal view, select all contents of the slide.Ģ.) In the Slide Sorter view, select all slides.ģ.) In the Slide Show view, change the pen tool to the normal cursor. While in Slide Show view, jump to entered slide number. In the Slide Show view, exit the slide show and go back to the previously active view. In the Slide Show view, erase all pen tool and highlighter tool marks. But these PowerPoint ones are the most helpful when working on presentations.Some of the Microsoft PowerPoint shortcut keys below may not work in PowerPoint 365. There are thousands of shortcut keys in Microsoft Office.
The first command copies the formatting of a shape and the latter pastes it on another shape.