# Keyboard Shortcuts

Working with Presentation
Open 'File' panel | Alt+F | Open the File panel to save, download, print the current presentation, view its info, create a new presentation or open an existing one, access Presentation Editor help or advanced settings.
Open 'Search' panel | Ctrl+F | Open the Search panel to start searching for a character/word/phrase in the currently edited presentation.
Open 'Comments' panel | Ctrl+Shift+H | Open the Comments panel to add your own comment or reply to other users' comments.
Open comment field | Alt+H | Open a data entry field where you can add the text of your comment.
Open 'Chat' panel | Alt+Q | Open the Chat panel and send a message.
Save presentation | Ctrl+S | Save all the changes to the presentation currently edited with Presentation Editor.
Print presentation | Ctrl+P | Print the presentation with one of the available printers or save it to a file.
Save As (Download As) | Ctrl+Shift+S | Save the currently edited presentation to the computer hard disk drive in one of the supported formats: PDF, PPTX.
Full screen | F11 | Switch to the full screen view to fit Presentation Editor into your screen.
Help menu | F1 | Open Presentation Editor Help menu.
Navigation
The first slide | Home | Go to the first slide of the currently edited presentation.
The last slide | End | Go to the last slide of the currently edited presentation.
Next slide | PgDn | Go to the next slide of the currently edited presentation.
Previous slide | PgUp | Go to the previous slide of the currently edited presentation.
Select the next shape | Tab | Select the next shape after the currently selected one.
Select the previous shape | Shift+Tab | Select the previous shape before the currently selected one.
Zoom In | Ctrl++ | Zoom in the currently edited presentation.
Zoom Out | Ctrl+- | Zoom out the currently edited presentation.
Performing Actions on Slides
New slide | Ctrl+M | Create a new slide and add it after the selected one in the list.
Duplicate slide | Ctrl+D | Duplicate the selected slide in the list.
Move slide up | Ctrl+Up ARROW | Move the selected slide above the previous one in the list.
Move slide down | Ctrl+Down ARROW | Move the selected slide below the following one in the list.
Move slide to beginning | Ctrl+Shift+Up ARROW | Move the selected slide to the very first position in the list.
Move slide to end | Ctrl+Shift+Down ARROW | Move the selected slide to the very last position in the list.
Performing Actions on Objects
Create a copy | Ctrl+drag or Ctrl+D | Hold down the Ctrl key when dragging the selected object or press Ctrl+D to create its copy.
Group | Ctrl+G | Group the selected objects.
Ungroup | Ctrl+Shift+G | Ungroup the selected group of objects.
Modifying Objects
Constrain movement | Shift+drag | Constrain the movement of the selected object horizontally or vertically.
Set 15-degree-rotation | Shift+drag (when rotating) | Constrain the rotation angle to 15 degree increments.
Maintain proportions | Shift+drag (when resizing) | Maintain the proportions of the selected object when resizing.
Movement pixel by pixel | Ctrl | Hold down the Ctrl key and use the keybord arrows to move the selected object by one pixel at a time.
Previewing Presentation
Start preview from the beginning | Ctrl+F5 | Start a presentation from the beginning.
Navigate forward | ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or SPACEBAR | Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide.
Navigate backward | PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW | Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide.
Close preview | ESC | End a presentation.
Undo and Redo
Undo | Ctrl+Z | Reverse the latest performed action.
Redo | Ctrl+Y | Repeat the latest undone action.
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Cut | Ctrl+X, Shift+Delete | Cut the selected object and send it to the computer clipboard memory. The cut object can be later inserted to another place in the same presentation.
Copy | Ctrl+C, Ctrl+Insert | Send the selected object to the computer clipboard memory. The copied object can be later inserted to another place in the same presentation.
Paste | Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert | Insert the previously copied object from the computer clipboard memory to the current cursor position. The object can be previously copied from the same presentation.
Insert hyperlink | Ctrl+K | Insert a hyperlink which can be used to go to a web address or to a certain slide in the presentation.
Copy style | Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy the formatting from the selected fragment of the currently edited text. The copied formatting can be later applied to another text fragment in the same presentation.
Apply style | Ctrl+Shift+V | Apply the previously copied formatting to the text in the currently edited text box.
Selecting with the Mouse
Add to the selected fragment | Shift | Start the selection, hold down the Shift key and click where you need to end the selection.
Selecting using the Keyboard
Select all | Ctrl+A | Select all the slides (in the slides list) or all the objects within the slide (in the slide editing area) or all the text (within the text box) - depending on where the mouse cursor is located.
Select text fragment | Shift+Arrow | Select the text character by character.
Select text from cursor to beginning of line | Shift+Home | Select a text fragment from the cursor to the beginning of the current line.
Select text from cursor to end of line | Shift+End | Select a text fragment from the cursor to the end of the current line.
Text Styling
Bold | Ctrl+B | Make the font of the selected text fragment bold giving it more weight.
Italic | Ctrl+I | Make the font of the selected text fragment italicized giving it some right side tilt.
Underline | Ctrl+U | Make the selected text fragment underlined with the line going under the letters.
Subscript | Ctrl+.(dot) | Make the selected text fragment smaller and place it to the lower part of the text line, e.g. as in chemical formulas.
Superscript | Ctrl+,(comma) | Make the selected text fragment smaller and place it to the upper part of the text line, e.g. as in fractions.
Bulleted list | Ctrl+Shift+L | Create an unordered bulleted list from the selected text fragment or start a new one.
Remove formatting | Ctrl+Spacebar | Remove formatting from the selected text fragment.
Increase font | Ctrl+] | Increase the size of the font for the selected text fragment 1 point.
Decrease font | Ctrl+[ | Decrease the size of the font for the selected text fragment 1 point.
Align center/left | Ctrl+E | Switch a paragraph between centered and left-aligned.
Align justified/left | Ctrl+J | Switch a paragraph between justified and left-aligned.
Align right/left | Ctrl+R | Switch a paragraph between right-aligned and left-aligned.
Align left | Ctrl+L | Align left with the text lined up by the left side of the text box, the right side remains unaligned.