Use keyboard shortcuts in Google Slides to navigate, format, and edit.
Note:Some shortcuts might not work for all languages or keyboards.
To open a list of keyboard shortcuts in Google Slides, press Ctrl + /(Windows, Chrome OS) or ⌘ + /(Mac).
Tool finder (formerly search the menus), press Alt + /(Windows, Chrome OS) or Option + /(Mac).
You can also use menu access keys. Open any application menu using the keyboard, then type the underlined letter for the item you'd like to select. For example, to open the Insert menu on a Mac, press Ctrl + Option + i. To select "Image," type the underlined letter i.
PC shortcutsCommon actions
New slide
Ctrl + m
Duplicate slide
Ctrl + d
Undo
Ctrl + z
Redo
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + Shift + z
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 uthen 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
Every change is automatically saved in Drive
Ctrl + s
Show common keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + /
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus)
Alt + /
Alt + z (Google Chrome)
Alt + z (Google Chrome)
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
Up arrow
Up arrow
Move to next slide
Page Down
Down arrow
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
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 + .
Ctrl + Alt + ,
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 ethen p
Play the selected video
Enter
Present slides
Ctrl + F5
Exit the current mode
Esc
Menus
Context menu
Ctrl + Shift + \ Ctrl + Shift + x
Shift + F10
File menu
in Google Chrome:
Alt + f
other browsers: Alt + Shift + f
other browsers: Alt + Shift + f
Edit menu
in Google Chrome:
Alt + e
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e
other browsers: Alt + Shift + e
View menu
in Google Chrome:
Alt + v
other browsers: Alt + Shift + v
other browsers: Alt + Shift + v
Insert menu
in Google Chrome:
Alt + i
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i
other browsers: Alt + Shift + i
Format menu
in Google Chrome:
Alt + o
other browsers: Alt + Shift + o
other browsers: Alt + Shift + o
Tools menu
in Google Chrome:
Alt + t
other browsers: Alt + Shift + t
other browsers: Alt + Shift + t
Help menu
in Google Chrome:
Alt + h
other browsers: Alt + Shift + h
other browsers: Alt + Shift + h
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled)
(present when screen reader support is enabled)
in Google Chrome:
Alt + a
other browsers: Alt + Shift + a
other browsers: Alt + Shift + a
Input tools menu
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k
Toggle input controls
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
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 nthen c
Move to previous comment in the presentation
holding Ctrl + Alt, press pthen 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 + \
Ctrl + Space
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 ethen i
Select list items at current level
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press ethen o
Move to next text formatting change
holding Ctrl + Alt, press nthen w
Move to previous text formatting change
holding Ctrl + Alt, press pthen 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 + 9
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 (7 followed by Enter goes to slide 7)
Number followed by Enter
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
bor .
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide
Press any key
Show a blank white slide
wor ,
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+7 advances to 70% of duration)
Shift + 0..9
Toggle captions on/off
c
Toggle full screen
f
Toggle mute
m
Screen reader support
Verbalize selection
Ctrl + Alt + x
Ctrl + Alt + z
Alt + Shift + ~
Alt + Shift + ~
Enable braille support
Ctrl + Alt + h
Verbalize from cursor location
Ctrl + Alt + r
Announce formatting at cursor location
holding Ctrl + Alt, press athen f
Common actions
New slide
Ctrl + m
Duplicate slide
⌘ + d
Undo
⌘ + z
Redo
⌘ + y
⌘ + Shift + z
⌘ + 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 uthen 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
Every change is automatically saved in Drive
⌘ + s
Show common keyboard shortcuts
⌘ + /
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus)
Option + /
Ctrl + Option + z
Mozilla Firefox: Ctrl + ~
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 + .
⌘ + Option + ,
⌘ + Option + ,
Open revision history panel
⌘ + Option + Shift + h
Open cell border selection (for tables)
holding Ctrl + ⌘, press ethen p
Play the selected video
Enter
Present slides
⌘ + Enter
Present slides from beginning
⌘ + Shift + Enter
Exit the current mode
Esc
Menus
Context menu
⌘ + Shift + \
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)
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
⌘ + Option + Shift + k
Toggle input controls
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
(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 nthen c
Move to previous comment in the presentation
holding Ctrl + ⌘,press pthen 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 ethen i
Select list items at current level
holding Ctrl + ⌘ + Shift,press ethen o
Move to next text formatting change
holding Ctrl + ⌘,press nthen w
Move to previous text formatting change
holding Ctrl + ⌘,press pthen 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 (7 followed by Enter goes to slide 7)
Number followed by Enter
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
bor .
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide
Press any key
Show a blank white slide
wor ,
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+7 advances to 70% of duration
Shift + 0..9
Toggle captions on/off
c
Toggle full screen
f
Toggle mute
m
Screen reader support
Verbalize selection
Ctrl + ⌘ + x
Option + ⌘ + z
Enable braille support
⌘ + Option + h
Verbalize from cursor location
Ctrl + ⌘ + r
Announce formatting at cursor location
holding Ctrl + ⌘,press athen f
Common actions
New slide
Ctrl + m
Duplicate slide
Ctrl + d
Undo
Ctrl + z
Redo
Ctrl + y
Ctrl + Shift + z
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
Backspace
Select all
Ctrl + a
Select none
holding Ctrl + Alt, press uthen 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
Every change is automatically saved in Drive
Ctrl + s
Show common keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + /
Tool finder (formerly Search the menus)
Alt + /
Alt + z
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 focus to previous slide
Alt + Up arrow
Up arrow
Up arrow
Move focus to next slide
Alt + Down arrow
Down arrow
Down arrow
Move focus to first slide
Ctrl + Alt + Up arrow
Move focus to last slide
Ctrl + Alt + Down arrow
Extend selection to previous slide
Shift + Up arrow
Extend selection to next slide
Shift + Down arrow
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
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 tool
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + i
Define selected word in explore tool
Ctrl + Shift + y
Go to side panel
Alt + Shift + .
Alt + Shift + ,
Alt + Shift + ,
Open cell border selection (for tables)
holding Ctrl + Alt, press e
then p
Present slides
Ctrl + Search + 5
Exit the current mode
Esc
Context menu
Ctrl + Shift + x
Shift + F10
File menu
Alt + f
Edit menu
Alt + e
View menu
Alt + v
Insert menu
Alt + i
Format menu
Alt + o
Tools menu
Alt + t
Help menu
Alt + h
Accessibility menu
(present when screen reader support is enabled)
(present when screen reader support is enabled)
Alt + a
Input tools menu
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
Ctrl + Alt + Shift + k
Toggle input controls
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
(available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
Ctrl + Shift + k
Comments
Insert comment
Ctrl + Alt + m
Enter current comment
Ctrl + Enter
Move to next comment in the presentation
holding Ctrl + Alt, press nthen c
Move to previous comment in the presentation
holding Ctrl + Alt, press pthen 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 + Space
Ctrl + \
Ctrl + \
Increase font size
Ctrl + Shift + >
Decrease font size
Ctrl + Shift + <
Right align
Ctrl + Shift + r
Center align
Ctrl + Shift + e
Justify
Ctrl + Shift + j
Increase indent
Ctrl + ]
Decrease indent
Ctrl + [
Bulleted list
Ctrl + Shift + 8
Numbered list
Ctrl + Shift + 7
Select list item
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press ethen i
Select list items at current level
holding Ctrl + Alt + Shift, press ethen o
Move to next text formatting change
holding Ctrl + Alt, press nthen w
Move to previous text formatting change
holding Ctrl + Alt, press pthen 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 + 9
Resize smaller horizontally
Ctrl + Alt + w
Exit crop mode
Enter
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
Add to selection
Shift + Click
Presenting
Stop presenting
Esc
Next
Right arrow
Previous
Left arrow
Go to specific slide (7 followed by Enter goes to slide 7)
Number followed by Enter
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
bor .
Return to the presentation from a blank black slide
Press any key
Show a blank white slide
wor ,
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+7 advances to 70% of duration)
Shift + 0..9
Toggle captions on/off
c
Toggle full screen
f
Toggle mute
m
Screen reader support
Verbalize selection
Ctrl + Alt + x
Ctrl + Alt + z
Alt + Shift + ~
Alt + Shift + ~
Enable braille support
Ctrl + Alt + h
Verbalize from cursor location
Ctrl + Alt + r
Announce formatting at cursor location
holding Ctrl + Alt, press athen f
