Tip of the week # 540
13 April 2018


Top ten Microsoft PowerPoint shortcuts *

Following the success of the recent top ten Excel and Word and Outlook tips, herewith your favourite PowerPoint shortcuts with links to the relevant tips, if any. Enjoy!

  1. F5 - Start slide show from first slide - tip_155.html
  2. SHIFT + F5 - Start slide show from current slide - tip_155.html
  3. ALT + SHIFT + down arrow - Move text or bullet points down - tip_308.php
  4. ALT + SHIFT + up arrow - Move text or bullet points up - tip_308.php
  5. SHIFT + F9 - Show or hide grid for positioning objects - tip_202.html
  6. ALT + F9 - Display drawing guides on screen - tip_202.html
  7. CTRL + SHIFT + G - Group/ungroup shapes, pictures, or SmartArt - tip_520.php
  8. CTRL + left mouse button - Laser pointer in Slide Show View - tip_408.php
  9. CTRL + D - Duplicate selected slide
  10. SHIFT + F3 - Toggle between UPPER CASE, lower case and Sentence Case - tip_19.html .


* Unless stated otherwise, these tips were written for Microsoft Office 2010.