Speed Up Your Slide Game: The Best PowerPoint Shortcuts

PowerPoint presentations can be time-consuming to create, but using keyboard shortcuts can speed up your workflow considerably. Here are some of the most useful PowerPoint shortcuts that will help you become a PowerPoint pro:

Slide Navigation

• F5: Start the slideshow from the beginning.
• Shift + F5: Start the slideshow from the current slide.
• Page Up/Page Down: Navigate through the slides in Slide Show view.

Text Formatting

• Ctrl + B: Bold the selected text.
• Ctrl + I: Italicize the selected text.
• Ctrl + U: Underline the selected text.
• Ctrl + Shift + >/<: data-preserve-html-node="true" Increase or decrease font size.

Object Manipulation

• Ctrl + D: Duplicate the selected object or slide.
• Ctrl + G: Group selected objects.
• Ctrl + Shift + G: Ungroup selected objects.
• Ctrl + Arrow keys: Move selected object in small increments.

Slide Management

• Ctrl + M: Insert a new slide.
• Ctrl + X/C/V: Cut/Copy/Paste selected object or text.
• Ctrl + Z/Y: Undo/Redo the last action.

Other Useful Shortcuts

• Alt + Shift + D: Insert the date and time.
• Ctrl + S: Save your presentation.
• Ctrl + E: Center align the text.

It's important to note that the effectiveness of using these shortcuts will increase as you become more familiar with them. Check out the full list of PowerPoint shortcuts from the Microsoft Office Support page to further streamline your work.