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Use keyboard shortcuts to deliver your presentation

Applies To: PowerPoint 2016, PowerPoint 2013

This topic itemizes keyboard shortcuts for delivering your presentation in PowerPoint 2016.

The shortcuts in this topic refer to the US keyboard layout. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly
to the keys on a US keyboard.

If a shortcut requires pressing two or more keys at the same time, this topic separates the keys with a plus sign
﴾+﴿. If you have to press one key immediately after another, the keys are separated by a comma ﴾,﴿.

NOTE: This topic assumes that JAWS users have turned off the Virtual Ribbon Menu feature.

In this topic
Control your slide show during the presentation

Control video and other media during a presentation

Control your slide show during the presentation

The following keyboard shortcuts apply while you’re delivering your presentation in Slide Show ﴾full‐screen﴿ mode.
To enter Slide Show mode, press Alt+S, B.

To do this Press
Perform the next animation N, Enter, Page
or advance to the next Down, Right
slide. Arrow, Down
Arrow, or
Spacebar
Perform the previous P, Page Up, Left
animation or return to the Arrow, Up Arrow,
previous slide. or Backspace
Go to slide number. number+Enter
Display a blank black slide, B or Period
or return to the
presentation from a blank
black slide.

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Display a blank white slide, W or Comma

or return to the
presentation from a blank
white slide.
Stop or restart an S
automatic presentation.
End a presentation. ESC
Erase on‐screen E
annotations.
Go to the next slide, if the H
next slide is hidden.
Set new timings while T
rehearsing.
Re‐record slide narration R
and timing
Return to the first slide. Press and hold
Left Mouse
button for several
seconds
Change the pointer to a Ctrl+P
pen.
Change the pointer to an Ctrl+A
arrow.
Change the pointer to an Ctrl+E
eraser
Show or hide ink markup Ctrl+M
Hide the pointer and Ctrl+H
navigation button
immediately.
Hide the pointer and Ctrl+U
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Hide the pointer and Ctrl+U

navigation button in 15
seconds.

View the All Slides dialog Ctrl+S

box
View the computer task bar Ctrl+T
Display the shortcut menu. Shift+F10
Go to the first or next Tab
hyperlink on the current
slide.
Go to the last or previous Shift+Tab
hyperlink on the current
slide.
Perform the "mouse click" Enter while a
behavior of the selected hyperlink is
hyperlink. ﴾Follow a selected
selected hyperlink﴿

Control video and other media during a presentation

These keyboard shortcuts work with video files imported from your computer or other device. They don't work with
online video files.

During your presentation, if you want to see the list of media shortcuts, press F1. Then, in the Slide Show Help dialog
box, go to the Media tab.

To do this Press
Stop media playback. Alt+Q
Play or pause media. Ctrl+Space
Toggle between play and Alt+P
pause.
Go to the next bookmark. Alt+End
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Go to the previous Alt+Home

bookmark.
Increase the sound volume. Alt+Up
Decrease the sound Alt+Down
volume.
Seek forward. Alt+Shift+Page
Down
Seek backward. Alt+Shift+Page
Up
Mute the sound. Alt+U

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