Keyboard Sequences for PowerPoint 2010 for Windows

Animation Sequences

First access the Animation Task pane:

Alt+A > C
Bring up the Animation Task pane

Then reorder your animations:

Alt+A > E
Move the selected animation to play one step earlier

Alt+A > L
Move the selected animation to play one step later

Selection

Alt+H > G > P
Bring up the Selection and Visibility pane

Ctrl+Spacebar > C
Closes active Task Pane

Working with Slides

Alt+H > I > L
Open Insert Outline dialog box

Alt+G > H > O
Enable content updates from Office.com

Alt+H > F > O
Show the Office Clipboard Task pane

Alt+H > I > R
Bring up Reuse Slides Task pane

Alt+N > A > A
Bring up the Photo Album dialog box

Alt+N > T > X
Insert Excel Spreadsheet

Alt+R > R
Open the Research Task pane

Alt+S > H
Hide/Unhide the selected slide

Alt+W > N
Open a new window containing a view of the current presentation

Alt+H > Q
Reset the position, size, and formatting of the slide placeholders to their default settings

Alt+N > C
Bring up the Insert Chart dialog box

Alt+S > V
Show the full-screen slide show using Presenter View

Alt+S > N > R
Start recording from current slide

Alt+W > E
Cascade the open document windows on the screen so that they overlap

Alt+W > F
Fits the slide to current window

Alt+W > X
Bring up the Grid and Guides dialog box

Backstage View Options

Alt+F > I
Bring up the Info Pane

Alt+F > T
Bring up the PowerPoint Options dialog box

Alt+F > H
Bring up the Help Pane

Alt+F > D
Bring up the Save and Send Pane

Aligning and Distribute Slide Objects

First make sure you choose whether you want to align objects to each other or to the slide:

Alt+H > G > A > O
Align Selected Objects to Each Other

Alt+H > G > A > A
Align Selected Objects to Slide

Then choose the Alignment options:

Alt+H > G > A > B
Align objects Bottom

Alt+H > G > A > C
Align objects Center

Alt+H > G > A > L
Align objects Left

Alt+H > G > A > M
Align objects Middle

Alt+H > G > A > R
Align objects Right

Alt+H > G > A > T
Align objects Top

You can also distribute selected slide objects:

Alt+H > G > A > H
Distribute objects Horizontally

Alt+H > G > A > V
Distribute objects Vertically

Working with Themes and Backgrounds

Alt+G > G
Bring up the Format Background dialog box

Alt+G > M
Hide background graphics

Alt+G > H > M
Bring up the Choose Theme or Themed Document dialog box

Alt+G > H > S
Bring up the Save Current Theme dialog box

Alt+G > T > C > C
Bring up the Create New Theme Colors dialog box

Alt+G > T > F > C
Bring up the Create New Theme Fonts dialog box

PowerPoint Views

Alt+W > L
Normal View

Alt+W > D
Reading View

Alt+W > H
Handout Master view

Alt+W > T
Notes Page view

Alt+W > I
Slide Sorter view

Alt+W > K
Notes Master view

Alt+W > M
Slide Master view

Alt+S > B (also F5)
Slide Show View from first slide

Alt+S > C (also Shift+F5)
Slide Show View from current slide