Oct 19, 2017 - Is there any way to assign a shortcut to, e.g., 'insert equation' in PPT 2016? There is no way to customise keyboards shortcuts in PowerPoint.
Microsoft Office is still the most popular office suite used by companies and individuals across the world. These Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote cheat sheets will help boost your productivity and save time when you’re working in these programs.
This post is part of Microsoft Office Week, a series at Lifehacker where we offer tips to get started with or master Microsoft Office. Want more? Check out the Office Week tag page.
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10. Useful Excel Tricks and Features
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Excel is packed with features spreadsheet ninjas should know, but for a visual reference, save or download one or all of these cheat sheets: 8 Great Tools to Make You an Excel Expert (includes how to combine cells, use VLOOKUP, and conditional formatting), Excel Tricks That Will Impress Your Boss (includes flash fill, pivot tables, and goal seeking), and 8 Time-Saving Excel Shortcuts (includes selecting the entire spreadsheet, resizing columns in just two clicks, and inserting the current date). They might sound the same, but they offer different tips and tricks. Excel has so many!
9. See Excel Keyboard Shortcuts for PC and Mac Side-by-Side
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Excel’s keyboard shortcuts are similar on the PC and Mac, but not always. Some are quite different between the two OSes and others are Windows-only. The side-by-side comparison can help if you’re moving between the two operating systems.
8. Popular Office Shortcuts
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New Horizons offers this printable PDF that covers frequently used Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts. If you fold the paper along the lines and glue the edges, you’ll get a pyramid you can place in front of your keyboard for easy reference. (This one might be best for Office newbies.)
7. Quick Reference Cards for Excel Keyboard Shortcuts
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Microsoft offers three reference sheets for Excel, including Ctrl combinations, Function key combinations, and miscellaneous shortcuts. Though it’s for Excel 2010, they should apply to other versions of Excel as well.
6. Keyboard Sequences for PowerPoint
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You might be familiar with PowerPoint’s keyboard shortcuts, but some tasks in PowerPoint require keyboard sequences—pressing two buttons together and then a third. As we’ve shared previously, Indezine offers a full list of these powerful sequences for PowerPoint 2016 and earlier, which you can check out here. There’s a printable e-book version for 2013 and earlier there as well.
5. Office for Mac Keyboard Shortcuts
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I couldn’t find any Office for Mac cheat sheets, but did find this reference PDF that’s chock full of keyboard shortcuts for Office on the Mac, care of Dean Pirera at OS X Keyboard Shortcuts. They should help with any version of Office on the Mac.
4. All the Word Keyboard Shortcuts
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Microsoft Word has over 200 keyboard shortcuts. If you’d like to see them all in one place, you can use a macro in Word to generate the list—or just download our PDF or Word version.
3. Quick Reference Guides from CustomGuide
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CustomGuide offers a ton of free cheat sheets for Microsoft Office, including Access and Office 2011 on the Mac. This might be the motherload of cheat sheets for Office.
2. Microsoft’s Quick Reference Guides
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Microsoft offers its own cheat sheets or quick reference guides for its Office suite, which you can view online or download as PDFs. They’re for Office 2016. MSDN also has the collection of 2013 quick start guides here.
1. 20 Most Common Keyboard Shortcuts Everyone Should Know
This isn’t specific to Microsoft Office, but most of these common keyboard shortcuts can be used in Office as well as other programs, so they’re worth memorizing. Here’s our cheat sheet, from our guide to using keyboard shortcuts like a ninja.
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PowerPoint
ShortcutTools 3.0
Create your presentations super fast by using PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts of PowerPoint Shortcut Tools 3.0.Have a look at all our PPT shortcuts:
PowerPoint Commands | PowerPoint Shortcuts | Microsoft PowerPoint | With PowerPoint ShortcutTools 3.0 installed | |
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Align Left | Alt + 1 | - | ✓ | |
Same Width | Alt + B | - | ✓ | |
Duplicate Down | Alt + D | - | ✓ | |
Insert Textbox | Alt + T | - | ✓ | |
Paste Unformatted | Alt + V | - | ✓ | |
Format Painter | Alt + F | - | ✓ | |
Superscript | Ctrl + = | ✓ | ✓ | |
Send to Back | Ctrl + Shift + [ | ✓ | ✓ | |
Group Objects | Ctrl + G | ✓ | ✓ | |
Insert New Slide | Ctrl + M | ✓ | ✓ | |
Start Slideshow | Shift + F5 | ✓ | ✓ |
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See PowerPoint Shortcut Tools in Action
In this video you see PowerPoint ShortcutTools and the included PowerPoint shortcuts in action.PowerPoint Commands | PowerPoint Shortcut Keys | Simulation of PowerPoint Shortcut Tools | |
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Align Left | Alt + 1 | ||
Align Center | Alt + 2 | ||
Align Right | Alt + 3 | ||
Same Width | Alt + B | ||
Resize Height to Bottom Edge | Ctrl + F3 |
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Press a keyboard shortcut in your browser now to see a simulation of the PowerPoint shortkey. Get New Useful PPT Keyboard Shortcuts
PowerPoint Shortcut Tools provides you with helpful additional commands not available in PowerPoint such as 'Make Same Width'. PowerPoint ShortcutTools is compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts | MS PowerPoint Shortcut Key Illustration |
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Align Copy Right | |
Align Right to Left Ctrl + Shift + 3 | |
Duplicate Objects Down | |
Resize Width to Right Edge Ctrl + 3 | |
Make Same Width / Equalize Width |
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PowerPoint Shortcut Tools provides you with alignment shortcuts, resize commands, format shortcut keys, object shortcuts, text shortkeys and slide keyboard shortcuts.See all PowerPoint Shortcuts …
All PowerPoint ShortcutTools 3.0 Keyboard Shortcuts
PowerPoint shortcut only available with PowerPoint ShortcutTools installed
MS PowerPoint Command | PowerPoint Shortcuts | PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcut Description | |
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PowerPoint ShortcutTools Alignment Shortcuts | |||
Align Left | Alt + 1 | Align all objects to the left edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Copy Left | Alt + Shift + 1 | Align a copy of all selected objects to the left edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Center | Alt + 2 | Align objects to the horizontal center of last selected object. | |
Align Right | Alt + 3 | Align all objects to right edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Copy Right | Alt + Shift + 3 | Align a copy of all selected objects to the right edge of the last selected object. | |
Distribute Objects Horizontally | Alt + 4 | Distribute objects equally on horizontal axis. | |
Align Top | Alt + F1 | Align all objects to the top edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Copy Top | Alt + Shift + F1 | Align a copy of all selected objects to the top edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Vertical Center | Alt + F2 | Align objects to vertical center of last selected object. | |
Align Copy Vertical Center | Alt + Shift + 2 | Align a copy of selected objects to vertical center of last selected object. | |
Align Bottom | Alt + F3 | Align all objects to the bottom edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Copy Bottom | Alt + Shift + F3 | Align a copy of all selected objects to the bottom edge of the last selected object. | |
Distribute Objects Vertically | Alt + F4 | Distribute objects equally on vertical axis. | |
Align Left to Right | Ctrl + Shift + 1 | Align left edge to the right edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Right to Left | Ctrl + Shift + 3 | Align right edge to the left edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Top to Bottom | Ctrl + Shift + F1 | Align top edge to the bottom edge of the last selected object. | |
Align Bottom to Top | Ctrl + Shift + F3 | Align bottom edge to the top edge of the last selected object. | |
Copy Object Position | User defined | Copy the position of the selected object. | |
Paste Object Position | User defined | Set the position of the selected object to the previously copied position. | |
PowerPoint ShortcutTools Resize Shortcuts | |||
Same Width | Alt + B | Resize width of selected objects to the width of the last selected object. | |
Same Width Keep Ratio | Ctrl + Shift + B | Resize width of selected objects to the width of the last selected object while keeping the aspect ratio. | |
Same Height | Alt + H | Resize height of selected objects to the height of the last selected object. | |
Same Height Keep Ratio | Ctrl + Shift + H | Resize width of selected objects to the width of the last selected object while keeping the aspect ratio. | |
Same Width as Height | User defined | Resize width to the height of the last selected object. | |
Same Height as Width | User defined | Resize height to the width of the last selected object. | |
Resize Width to Left Edge | Ctrl + 1 | Resize width to the left edge of the last selected object. | |
Resize Width to Right Edge | Ctrl + 3 | Resize width to the right edge of the last selected object. | |
Resize Height to Top Edge | Ctrl + F1 | Resize height to the top edge of the last selected object. | |
Resize Height to Bottom Edge | Ctrl + F3 | Resize height to the bottom edge of the last selected object. | |
Increase Width Big Step | Alt + → | Increase width at right edge in a big step. | |
Decrease Width Big Step | Alt + ← | Decrease width at right edge in a big step. | |
Increase Height Big Step | Alt + ↓ | Increase height at bottom edge in a big step. | |
Decrease Height Big Step | Alt + ↑ | Decrease height at bottom edge in a big step. | |
Increase Size Big Step | Alt + Shift + → | Increase size of selected objects in a big step with keeping aspect ratio constant. | |
Decrease Size Big Step | Alt + Shift + ← | Decrease size of selected objects in a big step with keeping aspect ratio constant. | |
Increase Width Small Step | Alt + Ctrl + → | Increase width at right edge in a small step. | |
Decrease Width Small Step | Alt + Ctrl + ← | Decrease width at right edge in a small step. | |
Increase Height Small Step | Alt + Ctrl + ↓ | Increase height at bottom edge in a small step. | |
Decrease Height Small Step | Alt + Ctrl + ↑ | Decrease height at bottom edge in a small step. | |
PowerPoint ShortcutTools Object Shortcuts | |||
Insert Rectangle | Alt + N | Insert a new rectangle. | |
Insert Square | Alt + Shift + N | Insert a new square. | |
Insert Circle | Alt + O | Insert a new circle. | |
Insert Line | Alt + l | Insert a new line. | |
Insert Textbox | Alt + T | Insert new textbox. | |
Copy | Alt + C | Use this shortcut to assign a more convenient shortcut to the copy command. | |
Cut | Alt + X | Use this shortcut to assign a more convenient shortcut to the cut command. | |
Duplicate Objects Right | Alt + R | Duplicate selected objects to the right. | |
Duplicate Objects Left | Alt + Shift + R | Duplicate selected objects to the left. | |
Duplicate Objects Down | Alt + D | Duplicate selected objects downwards. | |
Duplicate Objects Up | Alt + Shift + D | Duplicate selected objects upwards. | |
Send to Back | Alt + Shift + B | Send selected objects to the back. | |
Bring to Front | Alt + Shift + F | Bring selected objects to the front. | |
Send Backward | User defined | Send selected objects one layer backward. | |
Bring Forward | User defined | Bring selected objects on layer forward. | |
Group Objects | Alt + Q | Group selected objects. | |
Ungroup Objects | Alt + W | Ungroup selected objects. | |
Regroup Objects | Alt + E | Regroup selected objects. | |
Deselect Reference Object | Alt + § | Deselects the last selected object of the current object selection. | |
Select Objects in Same Column | Ctrl + § | Select objects with the left edge on the same axis as the selected object. | |
Select Objects in Same Row | Ctrl + > | Select objects with the top edge on the same axis as the selected object. | |
Insert Arrow | User defined | Insert a new arrow. | |
Insert Notched Arrow | User defined | Insert a new notched arrow. | |
Transfer Arrow Angle | User defined | Transfer arrow angle from last selected arrow to the other selected arrows. | |
Save Default Arrow Angle | User defined | Save default arrow angle. | |
Reset to Default Arrow Angle | User defined | Set arrow angle to the saved default value. | |
Insert Rounded Rectangle | User defined | Insert new rounded rectangle. | |
Transfer Rounded Rectangle Corner Radius | User defined | Transfer rounded rectangle corner radius from last selected object to the other selected objects. | |
Save Default Rounded Rectangle Corner Radius | User defined | Save default rounded rectangle corner radius. | |
Reset Rounded Rectangle to Default Corner Radius | User defined | Set rounded ractangle radius to the saved default value. | |
Set Vertical Object Order | Alt + S | Set vertical order of objects according to selection sequence. | |
Set Horizontal Object Order | Alt + Shift + S | Set horizontal order of objects according to selection sequence. | |
Split Object Horizontally | User defined | Splits an objects horizontally into n smaller objects. | |
Split Object Vertically | Alt + , | Splits an objects vertically into n smaller objects. | |
Paste Object to Slide Selection | User defined | Pastes the object in the clipboard on all selected slides. | |
Remove Objects from Slide Selection | User defined | Removes indicated object from all selected slides. | |
Align Object Nodes | User defined | Adjust object nodes. | |
Object Specific Adjustments | User defined | Adjust object spcific adjustments. | |
PowerPoint ShortcutTools Format Shortcuts | |||
Toggle Fill Color Black and White | Alt + K | Toggle fill color between black and white. | |
Toggle Fill Color Grey | Alt + Shift + G | Toggle fill color of selected objects in four different greys. | |
Set Fill Color | Alt + G | Set fill color of selected objects according to preset color scheme of the slide master. | |
Set Line Color | Alt + L | Set line color of selected objects according to preset color scheme of the slide master. | |
Set Text Color | Alt + Shift + T | Set text color of selected objects according to preset color scheme of the slide master. | |
Format Painter | Alt + F | Select format painter. | |
Superscript | Alt + J | Enable / disable super script fomatting. | |
Subscript | Alt + Shift + J | Enable / disable sub script fomatting. | |
Increase Font Size | Alt + Shift + I | Increase font size. | |
Decrease Font Size | Alt + Shift + D | Decrease font size. | |
PowerPoint ShortcutTools Text Shortcuts | |||
Clear Textbox Format | User defined | Reset textbox format to standard formatting (margins, alignment, etc.). | |
Transfer Textbox Format | User defined | Transfer textbox format from first selected textbox to the other textboxes. | |
Addup Selected Textfields | Alt + A | Addup numeric values in selected textfields. | |
Paste Formatted Text | Alt + Shift + V | Paste text formatted. | |
Paste Unformatted Text | Alt + V | Paste text unformatted. | |
Increase Space before Paragraph | User defined | Increase space before paragraph. | |
Decrease Space before Paragraph | User defined | Decrease space before paragraph. | |
Text Alignment Top | User defined | Set text alignment to top. | |
Text Alignment Middle | User defined | Set text alignment to middle. | |
Text Alignment Bottom | User defined | Set text alignment to bottom. | |
Text Alignment Left | Ctrl + L | Set text alignment to left. | |
Text Alignment Center | Ctrl + E | Set text alignment to center. | |
Text Alignment Right | Ctrl + R | Set text alignment to right. | |
Replace Text with Dots | Alt + . | Replace text of selected objects with '...'. | |
PowerPoint ShortcutTools Slide Shortcuts | |||
Toggle Zoom | F1 | Toggle between zoom fit and default zoom. | |
Toggle Slide Sorter | F8 | Toggle between normal view and slide sorter view. | |
Start Slideshow | F4 | Start slide show from current slide. | |
Toggle Show Gridlines | Shift + F9 | Toggle show gridlines. | |
Toggle Show Guides | Alt + F9 | Toggle show guides. | |
Toggle Snap to Grid | User defined | Toggle snap to grid. | |
Copy Current Slide | Alt + Shift + C | Copy current slide. | |
Print Current Slide | Alt + P | Print current slide. | |
Print Selected Slides | Alt + Shift + P | Print selected slides. | |
Move Slides to Backup | User defined | Move selected slides to backup. | |
Sort Selected Slides | User defined | Sorts the selected slides acording to the selection order. | |
PowerPoint Built-in Shortcuts | |||
Group Objects | Ctrl + G | ||
Ungroup Objects | Ctrl + Shift + G | ||
Show Or Hide Grid | Shift + F9 | ||
Show Or Hide Guides | Alt + F9 | ||
Change Grid Or Guide Settings | Ctrl + G | ||
Show Autoshape Menu And Insert Shape | Alt + U → Ctrl + Enter | ||
Insert Perfect Squares | Press shift first, start drawing figure | ||
Move Selection In Specific Direction | Ctrl + Arrow | ||
Zoom | Ctrl + mouse wheel | ||
Duplicate Selectedshapes | Ctrl + D | ||
Draw Multiple Similar Figures | Double-click corresponding toolbar icon | ||
Repeatlast Action | F4 | ||
Activate Menu Bar | F10 | ||
Context Menu | Shift + F10 or Windows special key | ||
Work With Presentations | |||
Create New Presentation | Ctrl + N | ||
Insert New Slide | Ctrl + M | ||
Duplicate Selected Slide | Ctrl + D | ||
Open A Presentations | Ctrl + O | ||
Close Presentation | Ctrl + W | ||
Print Presentation | Ctrl + P | ||
Save Presentation | Ctrl + S | ||
Quit Powerpoint | Alt + F4 | ||
Find Text | Ctrl + F | ||
Replace Text | Ctrl + H | ||
Repeat The Last Find Action | Shift + F4 | ||
Insert A Hyperlink | Ctrl + K | ||
Undo An Action | Ctrl + Z | ||
Redo Or Repeat An Action | Ctrl + Y | ||
Switch To The Next Pane | F6 | ||
Switch To The Previous Pane | Shift + F6 | ||
Cancel An Action | Esc | ||
Save As | F12 | ||
Save | Shift + F12 | ||
Open Presentation | Ctrl + F12 | ||
Ctrl + Shift + F12 | |||
Display Visual Basic Code | Alt + F11 | ||
Text Operations | |||
Delete One Word To The Left | Ctrl + Backspace | ||
Delete One Word To The Right | Ctrl + Del | ||
Cut Selected Object | Ctrl + X | ||
Copy Selected Object | Ctrl + C | ||
Paste Cut Or Copied Object | Ctrl + V | ||
Move Cursor One Word To The Left | Ctrl + ← | ||
Move Cursor One Word To The Right | Ctrl + → | ||
Change Letter Case (Toggles Through Sentence Case, Lowercase, And Uppercase) | Shift + F3 | ||
Center Paragraph | Ctrl + E | ||
Justify Paragraph | Ctrl + J | ||
Left Align Paragraph | Ctrl + L | ||
Right Align Paragraph | Ctrl + R | ||
Promote Paragraph | Alt + Shift + ← | ||
Demote Paragraph | Alt + Shift + → | ||
Move Selected Paragraphs Up | Alt + Shift + ↑ | ||
Move Selected Paragraphs Down | Alt + Shift + ↓ | ||
Format Font Style | Ctrl + T | ||
Change Font Size | Ctrl + Shift + P | ||
Increase Font Size | Ctrl + Shift + > | ||
Decrease Font Size | Ctrl + Shift + < | ||
Apply Bold Formatting | Ctrl + B | ||
Apply An Underline | Ctrl + U | ||
Apply Italic Formatting | Ctrl + I | ||
Apply Subscript Formatting | Ctrl + = | ||
Apply Superscript Formatting | Ctrl + Shift + + | ||
Remove Manual Character Formatting | Ctrl + Space | ||
Copy Formats | Ctrl + Shift + C | ||
Paste Formats | Ctrl + Shift + V | ||
Insert A Tab In A Table Cell | Ctrl + Tab | ||
Addnew Row At The Bottom Of A Table | Tab at the end of the last row | ||
Check Spelling | F7 | ||
Find Next Misspelling (Automatic Spell Checking Enabled) | Shift + F7 | ||
Selection | |||
Select Next Object (With An Object Selected) | Tab or Shift + Tab | ||
Select Text Within Selected Object | Enter | ||
Select All Objects | Ctrl + A (in slide pane) | ||
Select All Slides | Ctrl + A (in slide sorter view) | ||
Select All Text | Ctrl + A (in text field) | ||
Move To The End Of A Line | End | ||
Move To The Beginning Of A Line | Home | ||
Move Up One Paragraph | Ctrl + ↑ | ||
Move Down One Paragraph | Ctrl + ↓ | ||
Control Slide Shows | |||
Start Slideshow From Current Slide | Shift + F5 | ||
Slideshow From Beginning | F5 | ||
Perform Next Animation Or Advance Tonext Slide | Enter,Page down, →, ↓, space or mouse click | ||
Perform Previous Animation Or Return Toprevious Slide | P, Page Up, ←, ↑, or Backspace | ||
Go To Slide [Number] | number + Enter | ||
Display A Black Screen, Or Return To Slide Show From Black Screen | B or . | ||
Display A White Screen, Or Return To The Slide Show From A White Screen | W or , | ||
Stop Or Restart Automatic Slide Show | Shift or + | ||
End Slideshow | Esc or Ctrl + Break or - | ||
Erase On-Screen Annotations | E | ||
Go To Next Hidden Slide | H | ||
Set New Timings While Rehearsing | T | ||
Use Original Timings While Rehearsing | O | ||
Use Mouse-Click To Advance While Rehearsing | M | ||
Return To First Slide | Home or both mouse buttons for 2 seconds | ||
Redisplay Hidden Pointer And/Or Change The Pointer To A Pen | Ctrl + P | ||
Redisplay Hidden Pointer And/Or Change The Pointer To An Arrow | Ctrl + A | ||
Hidepointer And Button Immediately | Ctrl + H | ||
Hidepointer And Button In 15 Seconds | Ctrl + U | ||
Display Shortcut Menu | Shift + F10 or right-click or special windows key | ||
Go To First Or Next Hyperlink On Slide | Tab | ||
Go To Last Or Previous Hyperlink On Slide | Shift + Tab | ||
Perform 'Mouse Click' Behavior Of Selected Hyperlink | Enter while hyperlink is selected | ||
Perform 'Mouse Over' Behavior Of Selected Hyperlink | Shift + Enter while hyperlink is selected | ||
Display List Of Controls | F1 |