There are hundreds of keyboard shortcuts in Microsoft PowerPoint. The truth is that many people only use a handful of favorite shortcuts and haven’t really taken the time to explore and memorize any more. Between planning out and creating slide decks, adding data, and meeting deadlines, it seems that there is never time to pick up new strategies to make our work faster and easier.
Here are some shortcuts that will save you time and help you get started. Also, they’re grouped together in a way that will help you begin using them immediately. Consequently, making them easier to commit to memory.
The best way to learn is to start incorporating a couple shortcuts each time you open PowerPoint. Before you know it, you will have mastered all of these and you’ll be hungry for more.
Add a new slide
Duplicate
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Copy and Paste: Formatting and Animations
Undo and Redo
Group and Ungroup
Formatting Text
Aligning Text
Barbosa,Carrie. “Save Time in PowerPoint with these Must Know Keyboard Shortcuts”