Keyboard shortcuts cheat sheet generator for your daily tools

Build one printable page from the shortcuts you actually use. Choose your apps, keep the platform you work on, and trim the groups until the sheet fits the work in front of you.

The preview is the thing you will print. Each app keeps its name and each group keeps its task heading, so a key such as Ctrl+P still makes sense when several apps share the same paper.

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Microsoft PowerPoint
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Microsoft PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts

Microsoft PowerPoint · Windows, macOS

ActionWindowsmacOS
Windows authoring
Move to the Search boxAlt then QNot documented
Open the File pageAlt then FNot documented
Open the Home tabAlt then HNot documented
Open the Insert tabAlt then NNot documented
Open the Draw tabAlt then J then INot documented
Open the Design tabAlt then GNot documented
Open the Transitions tabAlt then KNot documented
Open the Animations tabAlt then ANot documented
Open the Slide Show tabAlt then SNot documented
Open the Review tabAlt then RNot documented
Open the View tabAlt then WNot documented
Open the Record tabAlt then ENot documented
Open PowerPoint helpAlt then Y then 2Not documented
Show ribbon key tipsAltNot documented
Move to the next ribbon controlTabNot documented
Move to the previous ribbon controlShift TabNot documented
Show the tooltip for the focused ribbon controlCtrl Shift F10Not documented
Activate the focused controlSpaceNot documented
Open the selected listDownNot documented
Open the selected menuAlt DownNot documented
Expand or collapse the ribbonCtrl F1Not documented
Open the context menuShift F10Not documented
Insert a new slideCtrl MNot documented
Save the presentationCtrl SNot documented
Undo the last actionCtrl ZNot documented
Redo the last actionCtrl YNot documented
Duplicate the selected object or slideCtrl DNot documented
Cut the selectionCtrl XNot documented
Copy the selectionCtrl CNot documented
Paste the clipboardCtrl VNot documented
Select all objects or textCtrl ANot documented
Insert a text boxAlt then N then XNot documented
Insert a pictureAlt then N then P then DNot documented
Insert a shapeAlt then N then S then HNot documented
Open the Zoom dialogAlt then W then QNot documented
Open the print dialogAlt then P then PNot documented
Open the theme galleryAlt then G then HNot documented
Open the slide layout menuAlt then H then LNot documented
Open or focus the Notes paneAlt then W then P then NNot documented
Presentation navigation
Start the slide show from the beginningF5Not documented
Start the slide show from the current slideShift F5Not documented
Start Presenter viewAlt F5Not documented
Start the slide show from the beginningNot documentedCmd Shift Return
Start the slide show from the current slideNot documentedCmd Return
Start Presenter viewNot documentedOption Return
Advance to the next slideNN
Return to the previous slidePP
Go to the first slideHomeHome
Go to the last slideEndEnd
Go to a specific slideNumber then EnterNumber then Enter
End the slide showEscEsc
Show all slidesCtrl SNot documented
Show slide show helpF1F1
Show or hide the pointerCtrl HCtrl H
Show a black screenBB
Show a white screenWW
Show a black screenNot documentedShift B
Show a white screenNot documentedShift W
Go to the first slideNot documentedFunction Left
Go to the last slideNot documentedFunction Right
Show clickable hotspotsTabTab

Build a sheet for the work you actually do

A useful cheat sheet is smaller than the reference it came from. Pick the apps that share your desk, keep the platform you are using, and remove groups that belong to a job you do not do. A focused page has a chance of staying beside the keyboard instead of becoming another document you never open.

If you move between a terminal, an editor, and a browser, make one sheet for that loop. If you are learning one app, select only its groups and give yourself a page you can glance at without hunting through unrelated commands.

Choose the platform before you print

Windows, macOS, and Linux often share the action but change the modifier. Keep all platforms when the sheet is for a shared desk or a team. Choose one platform when you want a quieter page and know which keyboard will be in front of you.

Some applications also use terminal settings, editor modes, or custom keymaps. The sheet keeps the documented default rows from this reference. It does not rewrite them for a personal binding file.

Read the paper as a task list

Each app keeps its own name and each group keeps its task heading. That matters when several apps share keys such as Ctrl+P or Cmd+K. The action beside the keys tells you which app context gives the combination its meaning.

The live preview is the document that prints. If you remove an app, platform, or group, the count and the paper change with it. Groups that have no shortcut for the selected platform disappear from the sheet rather than leaving an empty heading behind.

What this sheet does not promise

This generator does not discover shortcuts from your installed apps, inspect custom bindings, or turn undocumented actions into guesses. It prints the rows in the stack127 keyboard reference for the choices you made. For a full app page, including notes about modes and sequences, use the keyboard shortcuts directory.

Keep the first version deliberately short

Start with the keys that remove a repeated interruption today. When those become ordinary, make a second sheet or add another group. The point is to put the next useful action near your hand, not to turn every documented shortcut into homework.

Your selections stay in this browser while you build the sheet. Printing uses the browser's own print dialog, so the final paper follows the page you can see here.