Microsoft PowerPoint Shortcut Keys

For Microsoft Power point, the following lists of shortcuts might be helpful for you, I have compiled the list which contains (CTRL+) combination shortcut keys, the list also contain few other common shortcuts which are handy and as well saves your time while you work on Microsoft PowerPoint. The list also include brief descriptions of the shortcuts and its individual functionality in the line of Text Formatting, navigation and Working With Objects.

Text Formatting
To do this:	Windows Keyboard:
Change Font	CTRL+Shift+F, then use up/down arrow keys, click Enter when done
Change Point Size	CTRL+Shift+P, then use up/down arrow keys, click Enter when done
Increase Font Size	CTRL+Shift+>
Decrease Font Size	CTRL+Shift+<
Bold	CTRL+B
Underline	CTRL+U
Italic	CTRL+I
Superscript	ALT+CTRL+Shift+>
Subscript	ALT+CTRL+Shift+<
Plain Text	CTRL+Shift+Z
Spelling Checker	F7
Center Paragraph	CTRL+E
Justified Paragraph	CTRL+J
Left-Aligned Paragraph	CTRL+L
Right-Aligned Paragraph	CTRL+R
Change Case	Shift+F3 toggles selection through lower case, upper case, initial caps with each press of keys
Create Hyperlink	CTRL+K
Deleting and Copying
Delete Character Left	Backspace
Delete Word Left	CTRL+Backspace
Delete Character Right	Delete
Delete Word Right	CTRL+Delete
Cut	CTRL+X
Copy	CTRL+C
Paste	CTRL+V
Undo	CTRL+Z
Create a copy of the text	CTRL+Drag
Navigating in Text Blocks
Character Left	Left Arrow
Character Right	Right Arrow
Line Up	Up Arrow
Line Down	Down Arrow
Word Left	CTRL+Left Arrow
Word Right	CTRL+Right Arrow
End of Line	END
Beginning of Line	HOME
Paragraph Up	CTRL+Up Arrow
Paragraph Down	CTRL+Down Arrow
End of Text Block	CTRL+END
Start of Text Block	CTRL+HOME
Navigating and Working With Objects
To Previous Object	TAB
To Next Object	Shift+TAB
Select All Objects	CTRL+A
Drag and Drop Copy	CTRL+Select and Drag
Create a Duplicate Object	CTRL+D
Create another Duplicate with same offset as first	CTRL+D, move new copy to desired location, then use CTRL+D repeatedly to create more copies
Outlining, in All Views
Promote Paragraph	ALT+Shift+Left Arrow or
	TAB from beginning of Paragraph
Demote Paragraph	ALT+Shift+Right Arrow or Shift+TAB from beginning of Paragraph
Move Selected Paragraphs Up	ALT+Shift+Up Arrow
Move Selected Paragraphs Down	ALT+Shift+Down Arrow
Outlining, in Outline View
Collapse to Titles	ALT+Shift+1
Expand Text under a heading	ALT+Shift+Plus
Collapse Text Under a Heading	ALT+Shift+Minus
Show All Text and Headings	ALT+Shift+A
Display Character Formatting	Keypad / (numlock off)
Selecting, in Text
Character Right	Shift+Right Arrow
Character Left	Shift+Left Arrow
End of Word	CTRL+Shift+Right Arrow
Beginning of Word	CTRL+Shift+Left Arrow
Line Up	Shift+Up Arrow
Line Down	Shift+Down Arrow
Select All	CTRL+A or F2
Select Any Text	Drag with left mouse button depressed
Select Word	Double-Click
Select Paragraph	Triple-Click
Drag and Drop	Select and Drag
Drag and Drop Copy	CTRL+Select and Drag
Working with Slides and Presentation Files
New Presentation	CTRL+N
Open a Presentation	CTRL+O, CTRL+F12
Save	CTRL+S, F12
Save As	F12
Print	CTRL+P
Find	CTRL+F
Replace	CTRL+H
New Slide (menu)	CTRL+M
New Slide like last one, no menu	Shift+CTRL+M
Exit/Quit	CTRL+Q or ALT F4
Move from Title to Text	CTRL+Enter
Move from Body text to Title of Next Slide	CTRL+Enter
Working with Presentation Windows
Go to Previous Window	CTRL+Shift+F6
Go to Next Window	CTRL+F6
Size Presentation Window	ALT+F5
(Un-Maximize)
Maximize Application Window	ALT+F10
Maximize Presentation Window	CTRL+F10
Restore Presentation Window to Previous Size	CTRL+F5
Put Presentation in its own Window	CTRL+F5
Drawing & Formatting
Show/Hide Guides (toggle)	CTRL+G
Switch from Normal View to Master View	Shift+Click Slide View Button
Group	CTRL+Shift+G
Ungroup	CTRL+Shift+H
Regroup	CTRL+Shift+J
Resize while Maintaining Proportions	Shift+Resize
Resize from Center	CTRL+Resize
Resize from Center while Maintaining Proportions	CTRL+Shift+Resize
Rotate in 15 degree increments	Shift+Rotate tool
Rotate from Corner	CTRL+Rotate tool
Rotate in 15 degree increments from Corner	Shift+CTRL+Rotate tool
Extend Line along same angle	Shift+Resize
Make Straight Segment while Using Curve Tool	CTRL+ALT+click (using curve tool)
Nudge object one grid unit	Arrow Key
Nudge object one pixel	CTRL+Arrow Key
Temporarily Release Grid/Guide Snap	ALT
Create Multiple Guides	CTRL+Drag Guide
Controlling Slides in Slide Show
Go to Slide	ENTER
Black/Unblack Screen	B or Period
White/Unwhite Screen	W or Comma
Show/Hide Pointer	A or =
End Show	ESC, CTRL+Break, Minus, END
Erase Screen Annotations	E
Advance to Hidden Slide	H
Advance to Next Slide	Mouse Click, Spacebar, N, Right Arrow, Down Arrow, Page Down
Return to Previous Slide	Backspace, P, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Page Up
Getting Help & Programming Tools
Help	F1
Menu and Dialog Explanations	Shift+F1
Right Mouse Click without Mouse	Shift+F10
Bring up Visual Basic Editor	ALT+F11
Macro Recorder	ALT+F8
PowerPoint shortcut keys
Action	PowerPoint shortcut
Bold	Ctrl-B
Close	Ctrl-W
Close	Ctrl-F4
Copy	Ctrl-C
Find	Ctrl-F
Italics	Ctrl-I
Menu bar	F10
New slide	Ctrl-N
Next window	Ctrl-F6
Open	Ctrl-O
Paste	Ctrl-V
Print	Ctrl-P
Repeat Find	Shift-F4
Repeat/Redo	Ctrl-Y
Replace	Ctrl-H
Save	Ctrl-S
Slide Show: Begin	F5
Slide Show: Black screen show/hide	B
Slide Show: End	Esc
Slide Show: Erase annotations	E
Slide Show: Go to next hidden slide	H
Slide Show: Hide pointer and button always	Ctrl-L
Slide Show: Hide pointer and button temporarily	Ctrl-H
Slide Show: Mouse pointer to arrow	Ctrl-A
Slide Show: Mouse pointer to pen	Ctrl-P
Slide Show: Next slide	N
Slide Show: Previous slide	P
Slide Show: Set new timings while rehearsing	T
Slide Show: Stop/restart automatic slide show	S
Slide Show: Use mouse-click to advance (rehearsing)	M
Slide Show: Use original timings	O
Slide Show: White screen show/hide	W
Spelling and Grammar check	F7
Switch to the next presentation window	Ctrl-F6
Switch to the next tab in a dialog box	Ctrl-Tab / Ctrl-Page Down
Switch to the previous presentation window	Ctrl-Shift-F6
Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box	Ctrl-Shift-Tab / Ctrl-Page Up
Turn character formatting on or of	Num /
Underline	Ctrl-U
Undo	Ctrl-Z

keyboard shortcuts used in MS Paint,

The other keyboard shortcuts used in MS Paint:

Ctrl+A = Select All
Ctrl+C = Copy
Ctrl+E = Attributes
Ctrl+F = View Bitmap
Ctrl+I = Invert Colors
Ctrl+L = Color Box
Ctrl+N = New
Ctrl+O = Open
Ctrl+P = Print
Ctrl+R = Rotate
Ctrl+S = Save
Ctrl+T = Tool Box
Ctrl+W = Stretch/ Skew
Ctrl+V = Paste
Ctrl+X = Cut
Ctrl+Y = Redo
Ctrl+Z = Undo
Alt+F4 = Exit
F1 = Help

Shortcut Keys of Microsoft Word

Hello All,

The following lists contain (CTRL+) combination shortcut keys for Microsoft Word, function keys, and some other common shortcut keys for Microsoft Word, along with descriptions of their functionality.

This are the total and all types of shortcut keys of word

Shortcut Keys	Description
Alt + Ctrl + F2	Open new document.
Alt + Shift + D	Insert the current date.
Alt + Shift + T	Insert the current time.
Alt-End	Table-to row end
Alt-F10	Application window-maximize
Alt-F11	Macros-view VBA code
Alt-F3	AutoText-create
Alt-F4	Exit application
Alt-F5	Application window-restore
Alt-F7	Spell-It-display next misspelling
Alt-F8	Macros-edit
Alt-F9	Fields-display codes (toggle)
Alt-Home	Table-to row beginning
Alt-PgUp	Table-to column top
Alt-Shift =	Outlining-expand
Alt-Shift-1	Outlining-Show Heading 1
Alt-Shift-2	Outlining-Show Heading 2
Alt-Shift-3	Outlining-Show Heading 3
Alt-Shift-4	Outlining-Show Heading 4
Alt-Shift-5	Outlining-Show Heading 5
Alt-Shift-6	Outlining-Show Heading 6
Alt-Shift-7	Outlining-Show Heading 7
Alt-Shift-8	Outlining-Show Heading 8
Alt-Shift-9	Outlining-Show Heading 9
Alt-Shift-A	Outlining-Show All Headings
Alt-Shift-C	Pane-Close
Alt-Shift-D	Date Field
Alt-Shift-E	Merge-data edit
Alt-Shift-F	Merge-field insert
Alt-Shift-F11	Microsoft Script Editor
Alt-Shift-F6	Application window-previous
Alt-Shift-F9	Fields-double-click in field
Alt-Shift-I	Mark-TOA citation
Alt-Shift-K	Merge-preview
Alt-Shift-L	Outlining-Show 1st line
Alt-Shift-Left/Right	Outlining-promote/demote
Alt-Shift-M	Merge-to printer
Alt-Shift-N	Merge-to document
Alt-Shift-Num -	Outlining-collapse
Alt-Shift-Num +	Outlining-expand
Alt-Shift-P	Page number field
Alt-Shift-R	Header/Footer-link to previous
Alt-Shift-T	Time Field
Alt-Shift-U	Fields-update
Alt-Shift-Up/Down	Outlining-move
Alt-Shift-X	Mark-Index entry
bottom Alt-PgDn	Table-to column
Click, hold, and drag	Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
Ctrl -	Soft hyphen -
Ctrl- ] or [	Font grow/shrink 1 pt
Ctrl + [	Decrease selected font -1pts.
Ctrl + ]	Increase selected font +1pts.
Ctrl +	Moves to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl +	Moves one word to the left.
Ctrl +	Moves one word to the right.
Ctrl +	Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl + 1	Single-space lines.
Ctrl + 2	Double-space lines.
Ctrl + 5	1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl + A	Select all contents of the page.
Ctrl + Alt + 1	Changes text to heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2	Changes text to heading 2.
Ctrl + Alt + 3	Changes text to heading 3.
Ctrl + B	Bold highlighted selection.
Ctrl + Backspace	Deletes word to left of cursor.
Ctrl + C	Copy selected text.
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + Del	Deletes word to right of cursor.
Ctrl + E	Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl + End	Moves the cursor to the end of the document.
Ctrl + F	Open find box.
Ctrl + F1	Open the Task Pane.
Ctrl + F2	Display the print preview.
Ctrl + Home	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + I	Italic highlighted selection.
Ctrl + K	Insert link.
Ctrl + L	Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl + M	Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl + Mouse wheel	Zooms in and out of document.
Ctrl + N	Create a new blank document
Ctrl + O	Open
Ctrl + P	Open the print window.
Ctrl + R	Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + Shift + *	View or hide non printing characters.
Ctrl + Shift + <	Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt.
Ctrl + Shift + >	Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts.
Ctrl + Shift + F	Change the font.
Ctrl + Shift + F12	Prints the document.
Ctrl + Shift + F6	Opens to another open Microsoft Word document.
Ctrl + Spacebar	Reset highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl + U	Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V	Paste.
Ctrl + X	Cut selected text.
Ctrl + Y	Redo the last action performed.
Ctrl + Z	Undo last action.
Ctrl =	Subscript
Ctrl-\	Move between master/subdocument
CTRL+HYPHEN	Create a nonbreaking hyphen
CTRL+SHIFT+<	Decrease font size
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR	Create a nonbreaking space
CTRL+SPACEBAR	Remove paragraph or character formatting
CTRL+U	underline
CTRL+Y	Redo the last action
Ctrl-0 (zero)	Paragraph Space Above (add/delete 12 pt.)Ctrl-0
Ctrl-1	Line-spacing
Ctrl-2	Line-spacing 2
Ctrl-3	Fields-lock a field
Ctrl-4	Fields-unlock a field
Ctrl-5	Line-spacing 1.5
Ctrl-6	Fields-unlink a field
Ctrl-A	Select All
Ctrl-Alt-	Ellipsis
Ctrl-Alt -	Remove menu item
Ctrl-Alt =	Customize a menu
Ctrl-Alt-1	Heading Level 1
Ctrl-Alt-2	Heading Level 2
Ctrl-Alt-3	Heading Level 3
Ctrl-Alt-C	Type (c)
Ctrl-Alt-E	Endnote
Ctrl-Alt-F	Footnote
Ctrl-Alt-F1	Microsoft System Info
Ctrl-Alt-Home	Browse a document
Ctrl-Alt-I	Print Preview
Ctrl-Alt-K	AutoFormat
Ctrl-Alt-N	View-Normal
Ctrl-Alt-Num -	Em Dash
Ctrl-Alt-Num +	Customize a shortcut
Ctrl-Alt-O	View-Outline
Ctrl-Alt-P	View-Page
Ctrl-Alt-PgDn/PgUp	To bottom/top of screen
Ctrl-Alt-R	Type (r)
Ctrl-Alt-S	Split a window
Ctrl-Alt-T	Type (tm)
Ctrl-Alt-U	Table-remove border lines
Ctrl-Alt-V	AutoText-insert entry
Ctrl-Alt-Y	Repeat Find
Ctrl-Alt-Z	Go Back
Ctrl-B	Bold
Ctrl-click	Graphic-original proportions
Ctrl-D	Font
Ctrl-drag	Drawing-draw from center
Ctrl-E	Justify-Center
Ctrl-Enter	Break-page
Ctrl-F10	Maximize window
Ctrl-F11	Fields-lock a field
Ctrl-F3	Spike-cut to
Ctrl-F4	Close
Ctrl-F5	Document window-restore
Ctrl-F6	Next window
Ctrl-F7	Document window-move
Ctrl-F8	Document window-size
Ctrl-F9	Fields-insert blank field
Ctrl-G	GoTo
Ctrl-H	Replace
Ctrl-I	Italics
Ctrl-J	Justify-Full
Ctrl-K	Hyperlink
Ctrl-L	Justify-Left
Ctrl-Left/Right	GoTo Next/Previous Word
Ctrl-M	Indent-increase
Ctrl-O	Open a document
Ctrl-P	Print
Ctrl-PgDn/PgUp	Browse next/previous item
Ctrl-Q	Remove Paragraph formats
Ctrl-R	Justify-Right
Ctrl-S	Save
Ctrl-Shift -	Hard hyphen -
Ctrl-Shift- >or <	Font next/previous size
Ctrl-Shift-8	Nonprinting characters
Ctrl-Shift-A	Case-All Caps
Ctrl-Shift-C	Copy formatting
Ctrl-Shift-D	Underline-double
Ctrl-Shift-E	Revision Marks on/off
Ctrl-Shift-Enter	Break-column
Ctrl-Shift-F	Font
Ctrl-Shift-F11	Fields-unlock a field
Ctrl-Shift-F3	Spike-paste
Ctrl-Shift-F5	Bookmarks
Ctrl-Shift-F7	Fields-update link in source
Ctrl-Shift-F9	Fields-unlink a field
Ctrl-Shift-H	Hidden text
Ctrl-Shift-K	Small Caps
Ctrl-Shift-L	List Bullet Style
Ctrl-Shift-M	Indent-decrease
Ctrl-Shift-N	Normal Style Ctrl-Shift-N
Ctrl-Shift-Q	Symbol Font
Ctrl-Shift-S	Style box
Ctrl-Shift-T	Hanging indent-decrease
Ctrl-Shift-Tab	Dialog box previous tabbed section
Ctrl-Shift-W	Underline-word
Ctrl-Shift-Z	Remove Character formats
Ctrl-T	Hanging Indent-increase
Ctrl-Tab	Dialog box next tabbed section
Ctrl-Up/Down	GoTo Next/Previous Paragraph
Ctrl-V	Paste
Ctrl-W	Close
Ctrl-X	Cut
Ctrl-Y	Repeat the last command
Ctrl-Z	Undo
Double-click	If double-click a word, selects the complete word.
Double-click	Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned.
Double-click	Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
entry Alt-Shift-O	Mark-TOC entry
entry F3	AutoText-insert
F1	Open Help.
F1	Help
F10	Menu Bar
F12	Save as.
F12	Save As
F4	Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+)
F5	Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
F6	Window pane-next
F7	Spell and grammar check selected text and/or document.
F7	Spelling and Grammar check
F8	Selection extended
field Ctrl-Alt-L	Insert ListNum
field F11	Fields-next
field F9	Fields-update selected
Find Ctrl + F	Find
Font Size Ctrl-Shift-P	Font Size Ctrl-Shift-P
Hard space	Hard space
Increase font size	CTRL+SHIFT+>
Insert Comment	Ctrl-Alt-M
Mouse shortcuts	Description
Repeat Find Shift-F4	Repeat Find Shift-F4
Shift + F12	Save.
Shift + F3	Change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.
Shift + F7	Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
Shift + Insert	Paste.
shift+f3	Capatilize word
Shift-drag	Drawing-constrain shape to symmetrical
Shift-drag	Graphic-crop
Shift-Enter	Newline within paragraph
Shift-F1	Help-Whats This?
Shift-F10	Shortcut Menu
Shift-F11	Fields-previous field
Shift-F5	Go Back
Shift-F6	Window pane-previous
Shift-F7	Thesaurus
Shift-F8	Selection reduced
Shift-F9	Fields-display code
Triple-click	Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked.