Today, I come to you with a list of all keyboard shortcuts for Google Slides on Windows.
Just like in the previous posts regarding PowerPoint, the list is divided into categories to help you find the ones that will be most useful to you.
Common actions
New slide: Ctrl + m
Duplicate slide: Ctrl + d
Undo: Ctrl + z
Redo: Ctrl + y or Ctrl + Shift + z
Copy: Ctrl + c
Cut: Ctrl + x
Paste: Ctrl + v
Copy formatting of the selected text or shape: Ctrl + Alt + c
Paste formatting of the selected text or shape: Ctrl + Alt + v
Insert or edit link: Ctrl + k
Open link: Alt + Enter
Delete: Delete
Select all: Ctrl + a
Select none: holding Ctrl + Alt, press u then a
Find: Ctrl + f
Find and replace: Ctrl + h
Find again: Ctrl + g
Find previous: Ctrl + Shift + g
Open: Ctrl + o
Print: Ctrl + p
Save (every change is automatically saved in Drive): Ctrl + s
Show common keyboard shortcuts: Ctrl + /
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus): Alt + / or Alt + z
Hide or show menus (compact mode): Ctrl + Shift + f
Turn on captions while presenting: Ctrl + Shift + c
Alt text: Ctrl + Alt + y
Film strip actions
Move to previous slide: Page Up or Up arrow
Move to next slide: Page Down or Down arrow
Move focus to first slide: Home
Move focus to last slide: End
Move slide up: Ctrl + Up arrow
Move slide down: Ctrl + Down arrow
Move slide to beginning: Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow
Move slide to end: Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow
Select previous slide: Shift + Up arrow
Select next slide: Shift + Down arrow
Select first slide: Shift + Home
Select last slide: Shift + End
Navigation
Zoom in: Ctrl + +
Zoom out: Ctrl + -
Zoom 100%: Ctrl + 0
Move to filmstrip: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + f
Move to canvas: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + c
Open speaker notes panel: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + s
Change to HTML view of presentation: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + p
Open animations panel: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + b
Continue in animation preview: Enter
Open Explore: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + i
Go to side panel: Ctrl + Alt + . or Ctrl + Alt + ,
Open dictionary: Ctrl + Shift + y
Open revision history panel: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + h
Open cell border selection (for tables): holding Ctrl + Alt, press e then p
Play the selected video: Enter
Present slides: Ctrl + F5
Exit the current mode: Esc
Menus
Context menu: Ctrl + Shift + \ or Ctrl + Shift + x or Shift + F10
File menu in Google Chrome: Alt + f
other browsers: Alt + Shift + f
Edit menu in Google Chrome: Alt + e
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e
View menu in Google Chrome: Alt + v
other browsers: Alt + Shift + v
Insert menu in Google Chrome: Alt + i
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i
Format menu in Google Chrome: Alt + o
other browsers: Alt + Shift + o
Tools menu in Google Chrome: Alt + t
other browsers: Alt + Shift + t
Help menu in Google Chrome: Alt + h
other browsers: Alt + Shift + h
Accessibility menu in Google Chrome: Alt + a
other browsers: Alt + Shift + a
Input tools menu :Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k
Toggle input controls: Ctrl + Shift + k
Comments
Insert comment: Ctrl + Alt + m
Enter current comment: holding Ctrl + Enter
Move to next comment in the presentation: holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then c
Move to previous comment in the presentation: holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then c
When focus is on comment, move to next comment: j
When focus is on comment, move to previous comment: k
When focus is on comment, reply to comment: r
When focus is on comment, resolve comment: e
Open comment discussion thread: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + a
Use keyboard shortcuts on selected comments
Reply to current comment: R
Move to next comment: J
Move to previous comment: K
Resolve current comment: E
Exit current comment: U
Hide comment: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + j
Text
Bold: Ctrl + b
Italic: Ctrl + i
Underline: Ctrl + u
Subscript: Ctrl + ,
Superscript: Ctrl + .
Strikethrough: Alt + Shift + 5
Clear formatting: Ctrl + \ or Ctrl + Space
Increase font size: Ctrl + Shift + >
Decrease font size: Ctrl + Shift + <
Left align: Ctrl + Shift + l
Right align: Ctrl + Shift + r
Center align: Ctrl + Shift + e
Justify: Ctrl + Shift + j
Move paragraph down: Alt + Shift + Down arrow
Move paragraph up: Alt + Shift + Up arrow
Increase indent: Ctrl + ]
Decrease indent: Ctrl + [
Bulleted list: Ctrl + Shift + 8
Numbered list: Ctrl + Shift + 7
Select list item: holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then i
Select list items at current level: holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press e then o
Move to next text formatting change: holding Ctrl + Alt, press n then w
Move to previous text formatting change: holding Ctrl + Alt, press p then w
Move to next misspelling: Ctrl + '
Move to previous misspelling: Ctrl + ;
Move and arrange objects
Duplicate: Ctrl + d
Group: Ctrl + Alt + g
Ungroup: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + g
Send backward: Ctrl + Down arrow
Bring forward: Ctrl + Up arrow
Send to back: Ctrl + Shift + Down arrow
Bring to front: Ctrl + Shift + Up arrow
Select next shape: Tab
Select previous shape: Shift + Tab
Nudge up, down, left, or right: Arrow keys
Nudge one pixel at a time: Shift + Arrow keys
Rotate counterclockwise by 1°: Alt + Shift + Left arrow
Rotate clockwise by 1°: Alt + Shift + Right arrow
Rotate counterclockwise by 15°: Alt + Left arrow
Rotate clockwise by 15°: Alt + Right arrow
Resize larger horizontally: Ctrl + Alt + b
Resize larger vertically: Ctrl + Alt + i
Resize smaller: Ctrl + Alt + j
Resize larger: Ctrl + Alt + k
Resize smaller vertically: Ctrl + Alt + q
Resize smaller horizontally: Ctrl + Alt + w
Exit crop mode: Enter
Suppress guides: Alt + Move with mouse
Duplicate: Ctrl + Move with mouse
Resize from center: Ctrl + Resize with mouse
Constrain to vertical or horizontal movements: Shift + Move with mouse
Constrain to object's aspect ratio: Shift + Resize with mouse
Constrain to 15° rotation increments: Shift + Rotate with mouse
Presenting
Stop presenting: Esc
Next: Right arrow
Previous: Left arrow
Go to specific slide: Number followed by Enter (7 followed by Enter goes to slide 7)
First slide: Home
Last slide: End
Open speaker notes: s
Open audience tools: a
Toggle laser pointer: l
Print: Ctrl + p
Toggle captions (English only): Ctrl + Shift + c
Toggle full screen: F11
Show a blank black slide: b or .
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide: Press any key
Show a blank white slide: w or ,
Return to the presentation from a blank white slide: Press any key
Video Player
Toggle play/pause: k
Rewind 10 seconds: u
Fast forward 10 seconds: o
Previous frame (while paused): Shift + ,
Next frame (while paused): Shift + .
Decrease playback rate: Ctrl + Shift + ,
Increase playback rate: Ctrl + Shift + .
Seek to specific point in the video: Shift + 0..9 (Shift+7 advances to 70% of duration)
Toggle captions on/off: c
Toggle full screen: f
Toggle mute: m
Screen reader support
Verbalize selection: Ctrl + Alt + x
Enable screen reader support: Ctrl + Alt + z or Alt + Shift + ~
Enable braille support: Ctrl + Alt + h
Verbalize from cursor location: Ctrl + Alt + r
Announce formatting at cursor location: holding Ctrl + Alt, press a then F
And that's all the shortcuts. There are relatively few of them, but I think everyone will find some that will help with their work.
Next, there will be a post about keyboard shortcuts in Google Slides on Mac, so if you use Apple computers, drop by soon.
Paula Szypula
