Handy PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac

WHEN CREATING A PRESENTATION   Create a new presentation Ctrl-N ⌘-N   Open a presentation Ctrl-O or Ctrl-F12 ⌘-O   Select a theme Alt-G, H     Select a slide layout Alt-H, L     Add a new slide Ctrl-M ⌘-Shift-N   Save Ctrl-S or F12 ⌘-S   Find Ctrl-F ⌘-F   Find and replace Ctrl-H     Insert a picture Alt-N, P     Insert a shape Alt-H, S, H     Insert a text box Alt-N, X     Change the font attributes Ctrl-T ⌘-T   Increase the font size Ctrl-Shift-> ⌘-Shift->   Decrease the font size Ctrl-Shift-< ⌘-Shift-<   Move to the end of a text box Ctrl-End ⌘-down arrow   Move to the beginning of a text box Ctrl-Home ⌘-up arrow   Move to the next title or body text placeholder. (If this is the last placeholder on a slide, it will insert a new slide with the same slide layout as the original slide.) Ctrl-Enter     Move clockwise among panes in Normal view F6     Move counterclockwise among the panes in Normal view Shift-F6     Select the next object on the slide Tab Tab   Select the previous object on the slide Shift-Tab Shift-Tab   Select all objects on the slide (or select all slides in Slide Sorter view) Ctrl-A ⌘-A   Go to the next slide Page Down Page Down   Go to the previous slide Page Up Page Up   Switch to the next PowerPoint window (when more than one PowerPoint window is open) Ctrl-F6 ⌘- `   Switch to the previous PowerPoint window (when more than one PowerPoint window is open) Ctrl-Shift-F6     Print Ctrl-P ⌘-P   Exit/Quit PowerPoint Ctrl-Q or Alt-F4 ⌘-Q WHEN GIVING A PRESENTATION   Start a presentation from the beginning F5 ⌘-Shift-Return   Start a presentation from the current slide Shift-F5 ⌘-Return   Start a presentation in Presenter View Alt-F5 Option-Return   End a presentation Esc or – (hyphen) Esc or – (hyphen) or ⌘-. (period)   Stop or restart an automatic presentation S     Go to a specific slide Slide number-Enter Slide number-Return   Run the next animation or go to the next slide N / Enter / Page Down / right arrow / down arrow / spacebar N / Page Down / right arrow / down arrow / spacebar   Run the previous animation or return to the previous slide P / Page Up / left arrow / up arrow / Backspace P / Page Up / left arrow / up arrow / Delete   Return to the first slide Home Home or fn-left arrow   View the All Slides dialog box Ctrl-S     Go to the next hotspot on the slide. (Hotspots include hyperlinks, animation triggers, audio objects, and video objects.) Tab Tab   Go to the previous hyperlink on the slide Shift-Tab Shift-Tab   Start the laser pointer Ctrl-L ⌘-L   Change the pointer to a pen. (Press and hold the mouse to draw on the presentation.) Ctrl-P ⌘-P   Change the pen pointer to an eraser. (Click an on-screen annotation to erase it.) Ctrl-E     Change the pointer to an arrow Ctrl-A ⌘-A   Hide the pointer Ctrl-H ⌘-I   Show/hide on-screen annotations Ctrl-M     Erase all on-screen annotations E Shift-E   Display a blank black slide or return to the presentation from a blank black slide B or . (period) B or . (period)   Display a blank white slide or return to the presentation from a blank white slide W or , (comma) W or , (comma)   Stop media playback Alt-Q     Play/pause media (toggle) Alt-P or Ctrl-spacebar     Increase the sound volume Alt-up arrow     Decrease the sound volume Alt-down arrow     Mute the sound Alt-U