"PowerPoint Shortcut Keys: Top 26 Powerful Shortcut Keys for Running a Slide Show"

Do you know the power of the PowerPoint shortcut keys? Lets discover it!

Well, most presenters still stick with the mouse when giving their presentations, but why not you start utilizing the keyboard shortcuts with little effort.

PowerPoint provides the shortcut keys for running a slide show, you can control the presentation faster and more easily, which gives a more professional appearance to your presentation.

1.) Start a slide show
[F5]

2.) Start a slide show from the current slide
[Shift]+[F5]

3.) End the slide show
[Esc], [Ctrl]+[Break], [-] on the numeric keypad

4.) Display the next animation or the next slide
[N], [Enter], [Spacebar], [↓], [→], [PageDown]

5.) Display the previous animation or the previous slide
[P], [Backspace], [↑], [←], [PageUp]

6.) Display the All Slides dialog box
[Ctrl]+[S]

7.) Display the slide identified by the number
+[Enter] For example, press [8] + [Enter] to display slide 8 in the presentation.

8.) Toggle a black screen
[B], [.] Press [B] or [.] to display a black screen in place of the current slide. Press [B] or [.] again to display the slide again.

9.) Toggle a white screen
[W], [,] Press [W] or [,] to display a white screen in place of the current slide. Press [W] or [,] again to display the slide again.

10.) Stop or restart an automatic slide show
[S], [+]

11.) Change the pointer to a pen
[Ctrl]+[P]

12.) Change the pen back to the pointer
[Ctrl]+[A]

13.) Toggle the display of ink markup
[Ctrl]+[M]

14.) Change the pointer to the eraser
[Ctrl]+[E]

15.) Erase all on-screen annotations
[E]

16.) Display the next hidden slide
[H]

17.) Apply new timings while rehearsing
[T]

18.) Use your original timings while rehearsing
[O]

19.) Toggle to using the mouse to advance while rehearsing
[M]

20.) Return to the first slide
[Press both mouse buttons for 5 seconds] This isn't a keyboard shortcut, but it's well worth knowing as the quickest way to return to the first slide in the presentation.

21.) Toggle hiding the pointer
[A]

22.) Hide the pointer and button
[Ctrl]+[H]

23.) Hide the pointer arrow for 15 seconds
[Ctrl]+[U]

24.) Display the shortcut menu
[Shift]+[F10] (or right-click)

25.) Display the Windows taskbar
[Ctrl]+[T]

26.) Display the Slide Show Help dialog box
[F1]

With these 26 PowerPoint shortcut keys, I hope you can spend a little time to practices it and put it in action. Then, you can feel like how professional you are when giving presentations. For more PowerPoint shortcut keys, visit the links below:

• Microsoft PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts - Function Keys
• 9 Simple Shortcut Keys for Creating a Presentation and Its Contents
• PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts - Quick Shortcuts Guide for Working on Outlines
• 14 Microsoft PowerPoint Shortcut Keys for Applying Formatting

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Related Links:

• Microsoft Word Keyboard Shortcuts - Function Keys
• Microsoft Excel Keyboard Shortcuts - Function Keys
• Microsoft Outlook Keyboard Shortcuts - Function Keys

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