PowerPoint slideshow handy tricks
PowerPoint has been the most widely practiced presentation tool by corporate managers, scientists, financial managers, marketers. Once it was launched along with Office suite some 15 years back, there has not been any looking back. It is so popular amongst the presenters that present day presenters seemingly can’t live without this.
Astute and tech savvy presenters have been employing many handy shortcuts which has made their presentation quite focussed and attention drawing. The list of such shortcuts have been presented here but I would recommend not to overdo this as that may as well lead to lots of distractions.
| INSERT A SLIDE | CTRL+ M |
| DUPLICATING A SLIDE | CTRL+D |
| STARTING SHOW FROM CURRENT SLIDE | SHIFT+F5 |
| PROMOTE A PARAGRAPH | ALT+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW |
| DEMOTE A PARAGRAPH | ALT+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW |
| MAKE TEXT LARGER | CTRL+SHIFT+GREATER THAN SIGN (>) |
| MAKE TEXT SMALLER | CTRL+SHIFT+LESS THAN SIGN (<) |
| APPLY SUBSCRIPT FORMATTING | CTRL+EQUAL SIGN (=) |
| APPLY SUPERSCRIPT FOMATTING | CTRL+PLUS SIGN (+) |
| VIEW GUIDES | CTRL+G |
| INSERT A HYPERLINK | CTRL+K |
| MAKING SCREEN BLACK IN SLIDE SHOW | SHIFT+B |
| MAKING SCREEN BACKGROUND WHITE | SHIFT+W |
| GOTO ANY SLIDE IN SLIDESHOW | [SLIDE NUMBER] + ENTER |
These are only some of the shortcuts but most commonly used ones.
May also like to read: OpenOffice Writer Keyboard Shortcuts – Handy Guide
