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Open and Save As dialog boxes Shortcut Keys in PowerPoint

Vijay Shukla6894 13-Apr-2013

In this article I am trying to explain shortcut keys for Manage Open and Save As dialog boxes, PowerPoint Task Panes and Move around in Tables in MS Office PowerPoint.

Manage Open and Save As dialog boxes
Key
Description

alt+1

Go to the previous folder.

alt+2

Up One Level button: Open the folder up one level above the open folder.

alt+3 or delete

Delete button: Delete the selected folder or file.

alt+4

Create New Folder button: Create a new folder.

alt+5

Views button: Switch among available folder views.

alt+L

Tools button: Show the Tools menu.

shift+f10

Display a shortcut menu for a selected item, such as a folder or file.

tab

Move between options or areas in the dialog box.

f4 or alt+i

Open the Look in list.

f5

Refresh the file list.

PowerPoint Task Panes
Key
Description

f6

Move a task pane from another pane in the program window (clockwise direction). You may need to press F6 more than once

tab, shift+tab

When a task pane is active, select the next or previous option in the task pane, respectively.

ctrl+arrow down

Display the full set of commands on the task pane menu.

arrow down or arrow up

Move among choices on a selected submenu; move among certain options in a group of options in a dialog box.

spacebar or enter

Open the selected menu, or perform the action assigned to the selected button.

shift+f10

Open a shortcut menu; open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item.

home, end

When a menu or submenu is visible, select the first or last command, respectively, on the menu or submenu.

page up, page down

Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list, respectively.

home, end

Move to the top or bottom of the selected gallery list, respectively.

ctrl+spacebar, c

Close a task pane.

alt+h, f, o

Open the Clipboard.

Move around in Tables
Key
Description

tab

Move to the next cell.

shift+tab

Move to the preceding cell.

arrow down

Move to the next row.

arrow up

Move to the preceding row.

ctrl+tab

Insert a tab in a cell.

enter

Start a new paragraph.

tab at the end of the last row

Add a new row at the bottom of the table.

alt, j, d, a, and then pP

Launch the Selection pane.


Updated 28-Feb-2020

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