During the presentation, if one feels like having a black screen or blank screen, it is easy to do it in MS PowerPoint. One can press W for a white screen or B for a blank or black screen.
Toggle Black screen between presentation
- Laser Pointer
During a presentation, a user can change the pointer into a visual laser pointer by pressing Ctrl + L.
Laser Pointer
- Draw on presentation
It’s easy to draw on your presentation directly without using any external device. The user can use the shortcut Ctrl + P to change the pointer into the pen and conveniently draw over the presentation.
Draw on presentation
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- Inserting a Hyperlink
Select text or object in a slide and then press Ctrl + K to open the Insert Hyperlink in the dialogue box to turn it into a link. One can also press Ctrl + K without selecting anything first, then specify where to add a hyperlink later.
Inserting a Hyperlink
- Change the order of a slide
By Pressing Ctrl + Up Arrow to move the selected slide one position up in the presentation and the reverse can be done by pressing Ctrl + Down Arrow to move it one later in the presentation.
Change the order of a slide
- Change Font
Users can press Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow to increase the size of the selected text a little at a time. To make the font smaller: Press Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow to decrease the size of the selected text.
Change Font
- Alignment
Press Ctrl + E to centre the selected paragraph. For Left alignment of text: Press Ctrl + L to the selected paragraph. To right align select the paragraph and press Ctrl + R.
Alignment
- Justify text
If the user feels that the text is going out of their page margin or is not aligned properly one can use Justify. Press Ctrl + J to justify the selected paragraph. This causes the text to auto-fit to the left and right margins of the slide.
Justify text
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- Subscript and superscript
For superscripting, a user can press Ctrl and the Plus sign to turn the selected text into superscript. Subscribing is easy as well Press Ctrl + = to turn the selected text into a subscript.
Subscript and superscript
- Check spelling
Many consumers make a lot of mistakes while making a presentation and finding a mistake one by one seems very hectic. Microsoft thought about it and made a shortcut for it. By pressing F7 users can run a built-in spell-check.
Check spelling
- Search within a presentation
Want to search for a specific text on your presentation? Get it done by pressing Ctrl+F. This will open a dialogue box where you can search the desired word. One can also replace the word with some other with the same dialogue box.
Search within a presentation
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- Help
Microsoft has its own help support built in the software which can be activated by pressing F1.
Help
- Redo and Undo
Did a mistake and want to reverse the action? By pressing Ctrl+Z one can Undo the action. To do vice versa Redo option is used and can be activated by pressing Ctrl+Y. There are few actions that cannot be undone or redone in such a case nothing will happen even if you press the shortcut.
Redo and Undo
- Cancel
Esc shortcut is used to abort any task you don’t want to complete. It can also be used to exit the presentation.
Cancel
- Cut, Copy and Paste
Press Ctrl + C to copy text to the clipboard, press Ctrl + X to cut, and Press Ctrl + V to paste the content of the clipboard at the cursor location.
Cut, Copy and Paste
These shortcuts are very easy to use and will come in handy in making a good presentation. These shortcuts will not only save a ton of time but also increase your productivity.
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