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Microsoft PowerPoint

Create presentation slides, pitch decks, and speaking materials.

Get the appOpen

Editing text and objects

Delete one character to the left
Delete one character to the right
Cut selected text or object
Copy selected text or object
Paste cut or copied text or object
Paste special
Increase the font size
Decrease the font size
Apply bold formatting
Apply an underline
Apply italic formatting
Center a paragraph
Justify a paragraph
Left align a paragraph
Right align a paragraph
Redo the last action
Undo the last action
Open the Format Text dialog box, Font options
Open the Format Text dialog box, Paragraph options
Move to word start
To Move One word to the right
To Move To the end of a line
To Move To the beginning of a line
Move to paragraph start
To Move Down one paragraph
Move to start or end of text

Working with objects

Select the next object
Select the previous object
Select all objects and all text
Group the selected objects
Ungroup the selected objects
⌘⇧⌥G
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Regroup the selected objects
Rotate the selected object clockwise
Rotate the selected object counterclockwise
Format the selected object
Duplicate selected objects

Presentations

Create a new presentation
New from template
Insert a new slide
Make a copy of the selected slide
Open a presentation
Close a presentation
Print a presentation
Save a presentation
Save as
Quit PowerPoint
Find text and formatting
Insert hyperlink
Cancel a command, such as Save As
Undo an action
Redo or repeat an action
Move through multiple open presentations.
Open a recent file

Changing views

Switch to normal view
Switch to slide sorter view
Switch to notes page view
Switch to outline view
Switch to slide show
Switch to full screen (hide menus)
Switch to presenter view
Show or hide guides
⌘⌥⌃G
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Switch to notes master view

Selecting text

To Select One character to the right
To Select One character to the left
Select line up
Select line down
To Select All text to the start of the line
⇧⌥←
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To Select All text to the end of the line
⇧⌥→
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Select to paragraph end
⇧⌥↓
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Select to paragraph start
⇧⌥↑
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Slide shows

Play slide show from the first slide
Play slide show from the current slide
End a slide show
Erase on-screen annotations
Go to next hidden slide if the next slide is hidden
Pointer or pen
Pointer or arrow
Hide the pointer on mouse move
Show Thesaurus entry for a selected word
⌘⌥⌃R
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Show Smart Lookup entry for a selected word or phrase
⌘⌥⌃L
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Switch to presenter view

Working in tables

Move to the next cell
Move to the preceding cell
Move to the next line or row
Move to the preceding line or row
Start a new paragraph in a cell

Windows and dialog boxes

Close the active window
Default button
Cancel a command and close the dialog box
Hide the current window
Minimize the current window