We return to the topic of keyboard shortcuts and Google Slides. Just like in previous posts on this subject, I have prepared a complete list divided into categories, so everyone can find something useful.
Common actions
New slide: Ctrl + m
Duplicate slide: ⌘ + d
Undo: ⌘ + z
Redo: ⌘ + y or ⌘ + Shift + z
Copy: ⌘ + c
Cut: ⌘ + x
Paste: ⌘ + v
Copy formatting of the selected text or shape: ⌘ + Option + c
Paste formatting of the selected text or shape: ⌘ + Option + v
Insert or edit link: ⌘ + k
Open link: Option + Enter
Delete: Delete
Select all: ⌘ + a
Select none: holding Ctrl + ⌘, press u then a
Find: ⌘ + f
Find and replace: ⌘ + Shift + h
Find again: ⌘ + g
Find previous: ⌘ + Shift + g
Open: ⌘ + o
Print: ⌘ + p
Save (every change is automatically saved in Drive): ⌘ + s
Show common keyboard shortcuts: ⌘ + /
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus): Option + / or Ctrl + Option + z
Mozilla Firefox: Ctrl + ~
Hide or show menus (compact mode): Ctrl + Shift + f
Turn on captions while presenting: ⌘ + Shift + c
Alt text: ⌘ + Option + y
Film strip actions
Move to previous slide: Up arrow
Move to next slide: Down arrow
Move focus to first slide: Fn + Left arrow
Move focus to last slide: Fn + Right arrow
Move slide up: ⌘ + Up arrow
Move slide down: ⌘ + Down arrow
Move slide to beginning: ⌘ + Shift + Up arrow
Move slide to end: ⌘ + Shift + Down arrow
Select previous slide: Shift + Up arrow
Select next slide: Shift + Down arrow
Select first slide: Shift + Fn + Left arrow
Select last slide: Shift + Fn + Right arrow
Navigation
Zoom in: ⌘ + +
Zoom out: ⌘ + -
Zoom 100%: ⌘ + 0
Move to filmstrip: ⌘ + Option + Shift + f
Move to canvas: ⌘ + Option + Shift + c
Open speaker notes panel: ⌘ + Option + Shift + s
Change to HTML view of presentation: ⌘ + Option + Shift + p
Open animations panel: ⌘ + Option + Shift + b
Continue in animation preview: Enter
Open explore tool: ⌘ + Option + Shift + i
Define selected word in explore tool: ⌘ + Shift + y
Go to side panel: ⌘ + Option + . or ⌘ + Option + ,
Open revision history panel: ⌘ + Option + Shift + h
Open cell border selection (for tables): holding Ctrl + ⌘, press e then p
Play the selected video: Enter
Present slides: ⌘ + Enter
Present slides from beginning: ⌘ + Shift + Enter
Exit the current mode: Esc
Menus
Context menu: ⌘ + Shift + \ or Shift + F10
File menu: Ctrl + Option + f
Edit menu: Ctrl + Option + e
View menu: Ctrl + Option + v
Insert menu: Ctrl + Option + i
Slide menu: Ctrl + Option + s
Format menu: Ctrl + Option + o
Arrange menu: Ctrl + Option + r
Tools menu: Ctrl + Option + t
Help menu: Ctrl + Option + h
Input tools menu (available in presentations in non-Latin languages): ⌘ + Option + Shift + k
Toggle input controls (available in presentations in non-Latin languages): ⌘ + Shift + k
Comments
Insert comment: ⌘ + Option + m
Enter current comment: holding Ctrl + Enter
Move to next comment in the presentation: holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then c
Move to previous comment in the presentation: holding Ctrl + ⌘, 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: ⌘ + Option + 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: ⌘ + Option + Shift + j
Text
Bold: ⌘ + b
Italic: ⌘ + i
Underline: ⌘ + u
Subscript: ⌘ + ,
Superscript: ⌘ + .
Strikethrough: ⌘ + Shift + x
Clear formatting: ⌘ + \ (back slash)
Increase font size: ⌘ + Shift + >
Decrease font size: ⌘ + Shift + <
Left align: ⌘ + Shift + l
Right align: ⌘ + Shift + r
Center align: ⌘ + Shift + e
Justify: ⌘ + Shift + j
Select paragraph above: Option + Shift + Up arrow
Select paragraph below: Option + Shift + Down arrow
Increase indent: ⌘ + ]
Decrease indent: ⌘ + [
Bulleted list: ⌘ + Shift + 8
Numbered list: ⌘ + Shift + 7
Select list item: holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press e then i
Select list items at current level: holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift, press e then o
Move to next text formatting change: holding Ctrl + ⌘, press n then w
Move to previous text formatting change: holding Ctrl + ⌘, press p then w
Move to next misspelling: ⌘ + '
Move to previous misspelling: ⌘ + ;
Move and arrange objects
Duplicate: ⌘ + d
Group: ⌘ + Option + g
Ungroup: ⌘ + Option + Shift + g
Send backward: ⌘ + Down arrow
Bring forward: ⌘ + Up arrow
Send to back: ⌘ + Shift + Down arrow
Bring to front: ⌘ + 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°: Option + Shift + Left arrow
Rotate clockwise by 1°: Option + Shift + Right arrow
Rotate counterclockwise by 15°: Option + Left arrow
Rotate clockwise by 15°: Option + Right arrow
Resize larger horizontally: ⌘ + Ctrl + b
Resize larger vertically: ⌘ + Ctrl + i
Resize smaller: ⌘ + Ctrl + j
Resize larger: ⌘ + Ctrl + k
Resize smaller horizontally: ⌘ + Ctrl + w
Exit crop mode: Enter
Suppress guides: ⌘ + Move with mouse
Duplicate: Option + Move with mouse
Resize from center: Option + 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: ⌘ + p
Toggle captions (English only): ⌘ + Shift + c
Toggle full screen: ⌘ + Shift + f
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: ⌘ + Shift + ,
Increase playback rate: ⌘ + 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 + ⌘ + x
Enable screen reader support: Option + ⌘ + z
Enable braille support: ⌘ + Option + h
Verbalize from cursor location: Ctrl + ⌘ + r
Announce formatting at cursor location: holding Ctrl + ⌘, press a then f
Here are all the keyboard shortcuts. I hope each of you will find the ones that are most useful for your work.
With this, we are nearing the end of this series of posts. For those who work on a Mac, I am also preparing a list of shortcuts for use in Keynote, so if you are interested in that program as well, visit us soon.
Paula Szypula
