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
