Try these 15 PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts for masterful slide creation
10.11.2015
Of all the programs in Microsoft Office, PowerPoint is easily the one that requires the most artful usage. Novelists might use Microsoft Word, but you’d never be able to tell that based on what you read on the page. The difference between a good presentation and a bad one, however, has a lot to do with what you see on that PowerPoint deck, and how it was put together.
We can’t help you find that perfect cartoon or meme to kick off your talk, but we can help you work more efficiently and easily within PowerPoint. Take a look at these 15 helpful keyboard shortcuts to gain more control over PowerPoint—and how polished your presentation looks for next week’s budget meeting. (For more polishing help, read PCWorld's guides to spicing up your PowerPoint backgrounds, animations, and text effects.)
These shortcuts will work with PowerPoint 2013 and 2016.
Check out previous list of keyboard shortcuts for Excel and Word for more Office tips, and for even more help with productivity software of all shapes and sizes, be sure to tune into PCWorld’s Max Productivity blog.
Ian Paul