Selection

PowerPoint Basics The Ribbon Moving in Text Boxes Moving Between Slides Selection Copy and Paste Formatting Text Comments View and Zoom Symbols Deletion Inserts Help Menus Objects-Movement and Selection Objects-Formatting Presenting

Select faster in PowerPoint with these shortcuts.

To do this

Windows keys

Mac keys

Extend selection one character left

Shift ←

Shift ◄

Extend selection one character right

Shift →

Shift ►

Extend selection one word left

Ctrl Shift ←

Shift Option ◄

Extend selection one word right

Ctrl Shift →

Shift Option ►

Extend selection to end of line

Shift End

⌘ Shift ►

Extend selection to beginning of line

Shift Home

⌘ Shift ◄

Extend selection one line down

Shift ↓

Shift ▼

Extend selection one line up

Shift ↑

Shift ▲

Extend selection to the end of a paragraph

Ctrl Shift ↓

⌘ Shift ▼

Extend selection to the beginning of a paragraph

Ctrl Shift ↑

⌘ Shift ▲

Extend selection to the beginning of a text box

Ctrl Shift Home

⌘ Shift ◄

Extend selection to the end of a text box

Ctrl Shift End

⌘ Shift ►

Select the entire textbox

Ctrl A

⌘ A

PowerPoint Basics

The Ribbon

Moving in Text Boxes

Moving Between Slides

Selection

Select faster in PowerPoint with these shortcuts.

Extend selection one character left

Shift ←

Shift ◄

Extend selection one character right

Shift →

Shift ►

Extend selection one word left

Ctrl Shift ←

Shift Option ◄

Extend selection one word right

Ctrl Shift →

Shift Option ►

Extend selection to end of line

Shift End

⌘ Shift ►

Extend selection to beginning of line

Shift Home

⌘ Shift ◄

Extend selection one line down

Shift ↓

Shift ▼

Extend selection one line up

Shift ↑

Shift ▲

Extend selection to the end of a paragraph

Ctrl Shift ↓

⌘ Shift ▼

Extend selection to the beginning of a paragraph

Ctrl Shift ↑

⌘ Shift ▲

Extend selection to the beginning of a text box

Ctrl Shift Home

⌘ Shift ◄

Extend selection to the end of a text box

Ctrl Shift End

⌘ Shift ►

Select the entire textbox

Ctrl A

⌘ A

Table of contents

Selection

PowerPoint Basics

The Ribbon

Moving in Text Boxes

Moving Between Slides

Selection

Copy and Paste

Formatting Text

Comments

View and Zoom

Symbols

Deletion

Inserts

Help Menus

Objects-Movement and Selection

Objects-Formatting

Presenting

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