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Use Keyboard Shortcuts To Create Your Presentation

This document provides keyboard shortcuts for navigating the ribbon and performing common tasks in PowerPoint 2013 and later. Some key points: - To access the ribbon, press Alt to see key tips then press the letter for the desired tab (e.g. F for File, H for Home). - Common Ctrl shortcuts like Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste still work. Many Alt+ letter shortcuts from earlier versions also still function. - To insert shapes, pictures, text boxes, or objects, press Alt+N to open the Insert menu then press letters for the desired option and Ctrl+Enter to insert. - To select objects, press Tab to cycle through or Shift+

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Use Keyboard Shortcuts To Create Your Presentation

This document provides keyboard shortcuts for navigating the ribbon and performing common tasks in PowerPoint 2013 and later. Some key points: - To access the ribbon, press Alt to see key tips then press the letter for the desired tab (e.g. F for File, H for Home). - Common Ctrl shortcuts like Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste still work. Many Alt+ letter shortcuts from earlier versions also still function. - To insert shapes, pictures, text boxes, or objects, press Alt+N to open the Insert menu then press letters for the desired option and Ctrl+Enter to insert. - To select objects, press Tab to cycle through or Shift+

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Use keyboard

shortcuts to create
your presentation

Get Starting
In PowerPoint 2013 and later, you can use Key
Tips to get to the ribbon in PowerPoint, and you
can use a variety of keyboard shortcuts, many
containing Ctrl and ALT combinations or function
keys, to quickly get to things and perform
various tasks.

Get to things on the ribbon using the keyboard


In PowerPoint 2013 and later, you can useKey Tipsto get to things on the ribbon.
To show the Key Tip labels in the ribbon, press Alt.

To display a tab on the ribbon, press the key for the tabfor example, press F to open
theFiletab; H to open theHometab; N to open theInserttab, and so on.

All the Key Tip labels for that tab's features will appear, so just press the key for the
feature you want.

Will my old shortcuts still work?


Keyboard shortcuts that begin with Ctrl still work in
PowerPoint 2013 and later. For example, Ctrl+C still
copies to the clipboard, and Ctrl+V still pastes from the
clipboard.
Many of the older Alt+ menu shortcuts from earlier
versions of PowerPoint still work, too. However, there
are no screen reminders of what letters to press.

Common tasks in PowerPoint

Work with shapes, pictures, boxes, objects, and WordArt


Insert a shape
1.Press and release ALT, then N, S, and H to selectShapes.
2.Use the arrow keys to move through the categories of shapes, and select the shape you want.
3.Press CTRL+ENTER to insert the shape.
Insert a text box
4.Press and release ALT, then N, and X.
5.Press CTRL+ENTER to insert the text box.
Insert an object
6.Press and release ALT, then N, and J to selectObject.
7.Press TAB, and then use the arrow keys to move through the objects.
8.Press CTRL+ENTER to insert the object.
Insert WordArt
9.Press and release ALT, then N, and W to selectWordArt.
10.
Use the arrow keys to select the WordArt style you want, and press ENTER.
11.
Type your text.
Select a shape
.NOTEIf your cursor is within text, press ESC.
.To select a single shape, press the TAB key to cycle forward (or SHIFT+TAB to cycle backward) through the objects until
sizing handles appear on the object you want.
.Group or ungroup shapes, pictures, and WordArt objects
.To group shapes, pictures, or WordArt objects,selectthe items that you want to group, and press CTRL+G.
.To ungroup a group,selectthe group, and press CTRL+SHIFT+G.

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