Google Slides keyboard shortcuts

Google Slides shortcuts cover slide creation, editing, filmstrip movement, presentation controls, and text formatting. The entries below use Google's current Windows and Mac help tables.

Windows, macOS · 38 shortcuts

Slide editing

Create, duplicate, delete, and arrange slides while working in the Slides editor.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Create a new slideCtrlMCtrlM
Duplicate a slideCtrlDCmdD
Delete the selected object or slideDeleteDelete
Select allCtrlACmdA
UndoCtrlZCmdZ
RedoCtrlYCmdShiftZ
CopyCtrlCCmdC
CutCtrlXCmdX
PasteCtrlVCmdV
Copy formattingCtrlAltCCmdOptionC
Paste formattingCtrlAltVCmdOptionV

Filmstrip and presenting

Move through the slide filmstrip, change zoom, and open presentation or speaker-note controls.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Select the previous slidePage UpUp
Select the next slidePage DownDown
Select the first slideHomeFnLeft
Select the last slideEndFnRight
Move a slide upCtrlUpCmdUp
Move a slide downCtrlDownCmdDown
Move a slide to the beginningCtrlShiftUpCmdShiftUp
Move a slide to the endCtrlShiftDownCmdShiftDown
Zoom inCtrl=Cmd=
Zoom outCtrl-Cmd-
Reset zoomCtrl0Cmd0
Toggle captions while presentingCtrlShiftCCmdShiftC
Open speaker notesCtrlAltShiftSCmdOptionShiftS
Open the animation panelCtrlAltShiftBCmdOptionShiftB

Text and accessibility

Find text, apply common styles, and add alternative text while editing a slide.

ActionWindowsmacOS
Find textCtrlFCmdF
Find and replaceCtrlHCmdShiftH
Find the next matchCtrlGCmdG
Find the previous matchCtrlShiftGCmdShiftG
Bold textCtrlBCmdB
Italicize textCtrlICmdI
Underline textCtrlUCmdU
Apply superscriptCtrl.Cmd.
Apply subscriptCtrl,Cmd,
Open the tool finderAlt/Option/
Show keyboard shortcutsCtrl/Cmd/
Add alternative textCtrlAltYCmdOptionY

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