Keyboard Shortcuts on Mac using PowerPoint for the Web

Here's the most comprehensive list of PowerPoint for the Web keyboard shortcuts that we know about. Many users are not aware that the in-browser PowerPoint for the Web supports an amazing number of keyboard shortcuts! Since these shortcuts may differ depending upon whether you are using a Windows or a Mac computer, all the keyboard shortcuts listed on this page have been tested using the PowerPoint for the Web on the Safari web browser on Mac OS X.

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The shortcuts listed on this page use the US English keyboard layout. If you are using a non-US or non-English keyboard layout, then the keyboard shortcuts may not correspond exactly in some cases. You can learn about this issue and other reasons why some shortcuts may not work in our PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts Not Working page.

See Also: Keyboard Shortcuts: Windows using PowerPoint for the Web

For links to keyboard shortcuts in other versions of PowerPoint, scroll down this page a little.

Keyboard Shortcuts: PowerPoint for the Web (Tested on Safari for Mac)

Command Shortcuts

⌘ + A
Selects entire text within the text placeholder or Notes pane (requires that you first click once to establish an insertion point)

⌘ + B
Bold selected text

⌘ + C
Copy

⌘ + D
Duplicate slide objects (Normal view)
Duplicate slides (in Slides pane within Normal view)

⌘ + E
Center align selected text (Normal view)

⌘ + I
Italicize selected text

⌘ + K
Insert hyperlink

⌘ + L
Left align selected text

⌘ + M
Insert new slide (Normal view)

⌘ + P
Converts presentation to PDF

⌘ + R
Right align selected text

⌘ + U
Underline selected text

⌘ + V
Paste

⌘ + X
Cut

⌘ + Y
Repeat or redo

⌘ + Z
Undo

⌘ + Shift + Left Arrow
Selects the text from the cursor position till the beginning of the line

⌘ + Shift + Right Arrow
Selects the text from the cursor position till the end of the line

⌘ + Shift + Up Arrow
Selects the text from the cursor position till the beginning of the text placeholder

⌘ + Shift + Down Arrow
Selects the text from the cursor position till the end of the text placeholder

⌘ + Q
Close active browser

⌘ + F6
Moves between active slide and the Ribbon (when a slide object is selected)

Moves between Notes and the Ribbon (when insertion cursor is placed in the Notes pane)

Moves between selected slide and Ribbon (when slide is selected in the Slides pane – you may have to press ⌘ + F6 multiple times for this to work)

⌘ + Delete
Delete the text from the cursor position till the beginning of the line

⌘ + Home
Opens the Home page of the browser

⌘ + Left Arrow
Move cursor to the beginning of the line

⌘ + Right Arrow
Move cursor to end of line

⌘ + Up Arrow
Move cursor to beginning of the text placeholder

⌘ + Down Arrow
Move cursor to end of the text placeholder

Shift Shortcuts

Shift + ⌘ + RightArrow
Selects till end of line

Shift + ⌘ + LeftArrow
Selects till beginning of the line

Shift + ⌘ + UpArrow
Selects till beginning of the text placeholder

Shift + ⌘ + DownArrow
Selects till end of the text placeholder

Shift + Right Arrow
Selects one character rightwards

Shift + Left Arrow
Selects one character leftwards

Shift + Up Arrow
Selects one line upwards

Shift + Down Arrow
Selects one line downwards

Shift + Home
Selects till beginning of the text placeholder

Shift + End
Selects till end of the text placeholder

Shift + ⌘ + Home
Opens the Home page of the browser

Alt Shortcuts

Alt + Left Arrow
Rotate slide object counter-clockwise by 15 degrees

Alt + Right Arrow
Rotate slide object clockwise by 15 degrees

Other Shortcuts

Page Up
Move to previous slide (Normal and Slide Show views)

Page Down
Move to next slide (Normal and Slide Show views)

Home
Select first slide (Normal view)

End
Select last slide (Normal view)

Spacebar, N, or Right Arrow
Move to next slide or next animation (Slide Show and Reading views)

P or Left Arrow
Move to previous slide or previous animation (Slide Show and Reading views)

G, type the number, Tab, Enter
Go to a specific slide (Slide Show and Reading views)

Esc
Exit Slide Show

Left Arrow
Move cursor towards left on slide (Normal view)

Right Arrow
Move cursor towards right on slide (Normal view)

Up Arrow
Move cursor upwards on slide (Normal view)
Select slide upwards (Slides pane)

Down Arrow
Move cursor downwards on slide (Normal view)
Select slide downwards (Slides pane)

Tab
Move among placeholders on a slide
Move among Ribbon tabs

Tab, Enter
Select and activate a different Ribbon tab

Enter
Execute the currently selected Ribbon command
Select the current placeholder

Function Key Shortcuts

F2
End editing text in a placeholder