I have beening using PowerPont for many years, from the PowerPoin 2003 to PowerPoint 2010 now. All the progress Microsoft have made, all the new functions Microsoft have added as well the changes between the different versions, I knew quite well. But when I came acroo the following PowerPoint tips, I realize that there are so many things I still don't know about PowerPoint, and something really basic and simple. For long I have used to use mainly the mouse to ctrol the PowerPoint program. From now on, I will try to use these keyboard shortcut. So I put them down here, hope it would help you when you create PowerPoint presentations
1. The Mighty Shift Key
Hold down the SHIFT key when drawing a line to get a perfectly straight line.Hold down the SHIFT key when drawing an oval to get a perfectly round circle.
Hold down the SHIFT key when drawing a rectangle to get a square.
Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking on the normal view icon to get the Master slide.
Hold down the SHIFT key while clicking on the slide sorter view to get the handouts master.
Hold down the SHIFT key while pressing Enter to get a blank line without a bullet.
Hold down the SHIFT key to select multiple objects on a slide at the same time.
Hold down the SHIFT key while resizing a graphic to retain the same proportions in the resized graphic.
Hold down the SHIFT key while pressing F3 to change the case of letters.
2. The Mighty Ctrl Key
Hold down the CTRL key while clicking the slide show view button when you are editing a slide show. This will open a preview window so you can see that slide in slide show mode.Hold down the CTRL key while dragging an existing Guide to create a new guide.
Hold down the CTRL key while turning the wheel on the mouse to zoom in and out of the slide
Hold down the CTRL key plus the HOME key to go to the first slide
Hold down the CTRL key plus the END key to go to the last slide in your presentation
CTRL + A (on the Slides tab) to select all objects
CTRL + A (in slide sorter view) to select all slides
CTRL + A (on the Outline tab) to select all text in your slide show
CTRL + B to apply bold formatting
CTRL + C to copy the selected object
CTRL + D to duplicate (make a copy of) the selected slide
CTRL + E to center a paragraph
CTRL + F to find text
CTRL + G to open the grids and guidelines dialog box
CTRL + H to replace text
CTRL + I to apply italic formatting
CTRL + J to justify a paragraph (full alignment)
CTRL + K to insert a hyperlink
CTRL + L to left align a paragraph
CTRL + M to insert a new slide
CTRL + N to create a new presentation
CTRL + O to open an existing presentation
CTRL + P to print a presentation
CTRL + Q to quit PowerPoint
CTRL + R to right align a paragraph
CTRL + S to save a presentation
CTRL + T to change the formatting of characters between sentence, lowercase, and uppercase
CTRL + U to apply underline formatting
CTRL + V to paste a cut or copied object
CTRL + W to close a presentation
CTRL + X to cut a selected objected
CTRL + Y to redo or repeat an action
CTRL + Z to undo the last action
CTRL + Equal Sign to apply subscript formatting
CTRL + SHIFT + Plus Sign to apply superscript formatting
CTRL + Space Bar to remove subscript and superscript
For more useful PowerPoint tips and skills:
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