7/15/2019
Many users find that using an external keyboard with keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint on Windows helps them work more efficiently. For users with mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts can be easier than using the touchscreen and are an essential alternative to using a mouse. This article itemizes the keyboard shortcuts for PowerPoint on Windows.
We have a separate list of shortcuts to use while creating your presentation.
Notes:
- The shortcuts in this topic refer to the US keyboard layout. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a US keyboard.
- If a shortcut requires pressing two or more keys at the same time, this topic separates the keys with a plus sign [+]. If you have to press one key immediately after another, the keys are separated by a comma [,].
To do this | Press |
Start a presentation from the beginning | F5 |
Start a presentation from the current slide | Shift+F5 |
Show the Presenter View | Alt+F5 or Alt+S, B |
During your presentation, to see a list of shortcuts, press F1. Use the arrow keys to move between the tabs in the Slide Show Help dialog.
In this topic
- Control your slide show during the presentation
- Control video and other media during a presentation
- Maneuver in Presenter View during a presentation
Control your slide show during the presentation
The following keyboard shortcuts apply while you’re delivering your presentation in Slide Show [full-screen] mode. To enter the Slide Show mode, press F5.
To do this | Press |
Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide | N Enter Page Down Right arrow key Down arrow key Spacebar |
Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide | P Page Up Left arrow key Up arrow key Backspace |
Go to a specific slide | then Enter |
Display a blank black slide, or return to the presentation from a blank black slide | B or Period [.] |
Display a blank white slide, or return to the presentation from a blank white slide | W or Comma [,] |
Stop or restart an automatic presentation | S |
End the presentation | Esc |
Erase on-screen annotations | E |
Go to the next slide, if the next slide is hidden | H |
Set new timings while rehearsing | T |
Re-record slide narration and timing | R |
Start the laser pointer | Ctrl+L |
Change the pointer to a pen | Ctrl+P |
Change the pointer to an arrow | Ctrl+A |
Change the pointer to an eraser | Ctrl+E |
Show or hide ink markup | Ctrl+M |
Hide the pointer and navigation button | Ctrl+H Ctrl+U |
View the All Slides dialog | Ctrl+S |
View the computer task bar | Ctrl+T |
Display the context menu | Shift+F10 |
Go to the next hotspot on the current slide [Hotspots include hyperlinks, animation triggers, audio objects, and video objects.] | Tab |
Go to the last or previous hyperlink on the current slide | Shift+Tab |
Perform the "mouse click" behavior on the selected hyperlink [Follow the selected hyperlink] | Enter while a hyperlink is selected |
Control video and other media during a presentation
These keyboard shortcuts work with video files imported from your computer or other device. They don't work with online video files.
To do this | Press |
Stop media playback | Alt+Q |
Play or pause media | Ctrl+Space |
Toggle between play and pause | Alt+P |
Go to the next bookmark | Alt+End |
Go to the previous bookmark | Alt+Home |
Increase the sound volume | Alt+Up |
Decrease the sound volume | Alt+Down |
Mute the sound | Alt+U |
Seek forward three seconds | Alt+Shift+Page Down |
Seek backward three seconds | Alt+Shift+Page Up |
Seek forward 0.25 seconds, then pause | Alt+Shift+Right arrow key |
Seek backward 0.25 seconds, then pause | Alt+Shift+Left arrow key |
Show or hide the audio and subtitles menu [For videos that have multiple audio tracks and/or subtitle tracks in supported formats] | Alt+J |
Maneuver in Presenter View during a presentation
The following keyboard shortcuts apply while you’re delivering your presentation using Presenter View. Presenter View lets you look at your presentation with your speaker notes on one screen [your laptop, for example], while the audience views the notes-free presentation on a different screen.
To do this | Press |
Cycle between Presenter View regions [Header, tools below the slide, and the Notes pane] | F6 |
Cycle through tools within a Presenter View region | Tab |
Scroll down one line in the Notes pane | Ctrl+Down arrow key |
Scroll up one line in the Notes pane | Ctrl+Up arrow key |
Scroll down one screenful in the Notes pane | Ctrl+Page Down |
Scroll up one screenful in the Notes pane | Ctrl+Page Up |
See also
- Learn how to navigate PowerPoint using accessible features
- Basic tasks to create a presentation in PowerPoint with a screen reader