Slide show keyboard shortcuts

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

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Slide show keyboard shortcuts

You can use the following shortcut keys while running your slide show presentation in full-screen mode.

N, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or the SPACEBAR (or click the mouse)
Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide
P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or BACKSPACE
Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide
number+ENTER
Go to slide number
A or =
Show or hide arrow pointer
B or PERIOD
Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen
W or COMMA
Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen
S or PLUS SIGN
Stop or restart an automatic slide show
ESC, CTRL+BREAK, or HYPHEN
End a slide show
E
Erase on-screen annotations
H
Go to the next hidden slide
T
Set new timings while rehearsing
O
Use original timings while rehearsing
M
Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing
1+ENTER (or press both mouse buttons for 2 seconds)
Return to the first slide
CTRL+P
Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen
CTRL+A
Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow
CTRL+H
Hide the pointer and navigation button immediately
CTRL+M
Show or hide ink markup
CTRL+U
Hide the pointer and navigation button in 15 seconds
CTRL+T
View task bar
CTRL+S
All Slides dialog box
SHIFT+F10 (or right-click)
Display the shortcut menu
TAB
Go to the first or next hyperlink on a slide
SHIFT+TAB
Go to the last or previous hyperlink on a slide
ENTER while a hyperlink is selected
Perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink
SHIFT+ENTER while a hyperlink is selected
Perform the "mouse over" behavior of the selected hyperlink

ShowTip

You can press F1 during a slide show to see a list of controls.