PowerPoint 2003 Shortcut Keys
[Keys for General Use] [Keys for Working with Presentations] [Keys for Navigating, Selecting, Editing, and Formatting] [Keys for Working with Objects]
Keys for Navigating, Selecting, Editing, and Formatting
All shortcut keys are based on the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.
For keyboard shortcuts in which you press two or more keys together, the keys to press are separated by a plus sign,
like this: SHIFT+F10.
For shortcuts in which you press keys one after the other, the keys to press are separated by a comma,
like this: ALT, F, X.
Keys for Working in an Outline
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To promote a paragraph |
ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW or SHIFT+TAB |
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To demote a paragraph |
ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW or TAB |
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To move selected paragraphs up |
ALT+SHIFT+UP ARROW |
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To move selected paragraphs down |
ALT+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
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To show heading level 1 |
ALT+SHIFT+1 |
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To expand text below a heading |
ALT+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN |
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To collapse text below a heading |
ALT+SHIFT+MINUS SIGN |
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To show all or collapse all text or headings |
ALT+SHIFT+A |
You can use the same keys on a slide as you do in an outline to promote and demote paragraphs and to move selected paragraphs up and down. Note, however, that, on a slide, SHIFT-TAB and TAB will only work if you put the cursor at the beginning of the line. Otherwise, they insert tabs.
Keys for Navigating Text
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To move one character to the left |
LEFT ARROW |
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To move one character to the right |
RIGHT ARROW |
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To move one line up |
UP ARROW |
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To move one line down |
DOWN ARROW |
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To move one word to the left |
CTRL+LEFT ARROW |
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To move one word to the right |
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW |
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To move to the end of a line |
END |
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To move to the beginning of a line |
HOME |
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To move up one paragraph |
CTRL+UP ARROW |
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To move down one paragraph |
CTRL+DOWN ARROW |
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To move to the end of a text box |
CTRL+END |
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To move to the beginning of a text box |
CTRL+HOME |
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To move to the next title or body text placeholder (or to insert a new slide with the same layout as the current one if this is the last placeholder on the slide) |
CTRL+ENTER |
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To repeat the last Find action |
SHIFT+F4 |
Keys for Selecting Text and Objects
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To select one character to the right |
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
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To select one character to the left |
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
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To select to the end of a word |
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
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To select the beginning of a word |
CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
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To select one line up |
SHIFT+UP ARROW |
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To select one line down |
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW |
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To select an object (with text selected inside the object) |
ESC |
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To select an object (with an object selected) |
TAB or SHIFT+TAB until the object you want is selected |
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To select text within an object (with an object selected) |
ENTER |
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To select all objects |
CTRL+A (on the Slides tab) |
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To select all slides |
CTRL+A (in Slide Sorter View) |
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To select all text |
CTRL+A (on the Outline tab) |
Keys for Deleting and Copying Text and Objects
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To delete one character to the left |
BACKSPACE |
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To delete one word to the left |
CTRL+BACKSPACE |
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To delete one character to the right |
DELETE |
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To delete one word to the right |
CTRL+DELETE |
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To cut selected object |
CTRL+X |
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To copy selected object |
CTRL+C |
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To paste cut or copied object |
CTRL+V |
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To undo the last action |
CTRL+Z |
Keys for Formatting and Aligning Characters and Paragraphs
Changing or Resizing the Font
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To change the font |
CTRL+SHIFT+F |
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To change the font size |
CTRL+SHIFT+P |
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To increase the font size |
CTRL+SHIFT+> |
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To decrease the font size |
CTRL+SHIFT+< |
Applying Character Formats
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To change the formatting of characters |
CTRL+T (opens Font dialog box from Format menu) |
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To change the case of letters |
SHIFT+F3 (toggles through sentence case, lowercase, and uppercase) |
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To apply bold formatting |
CTRL+B |
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To apply an underline |
CTRL+U |
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To apply italic formatting |
CTRL+I |
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To apply subscript formatting (automatic spacing) |
CTRL+EQUAL SIGN |
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To apply superscript formatting (automatic spacing) |
CTRL+SHIFT+PLUS SIGN |
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To remove manual character formatting, such as subscript and superscript |
CTRL+SPACEBAR |
Copying Text Formats
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To copy formats |
CTRL+SHIFT+C |
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To paste formats |
CTRL+SHIFT+V |
Aligning Paragraphs
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To center a paragraph |
CTRL+E |
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To justify a paragraph |
CTRL+J |
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To left align a paragraph |
CTRL+L |
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To right align a paragraph |
CTRL+R |
Keys for Working with Tables
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To perform this action... |
Press... |
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To move to the next cell |
TAB |
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To move to the preceding cell |
SHIFT+TAB |
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To move to the next row |
DOWN ARROW |
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To move to the preceding row |
UP ARROW |
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To insert a tab in a cell |
CTRL+TAB |
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To start a new paragraph |
ENTER |
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To add a new row at the bottom of the table |
TAB at the end of the last row |
