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title: "Basic Text Navigation and Formatting Shortcut Keys in PowerPoint 2007"  
description: "Basic Text Navigation and Formatting Shortcut Keys in PowerPoint 2007"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-05  
updated: 2019-03-31  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1245/basic-text-navigation-and-formatting-shortcut-keys-in-powerpoint-2007  
category: "shortcut keys"  
tags: ["shortcut keys"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Basic Text Navigation and Formatting Shortcut Keys in PowerPoint 2007

##### Basic Text Navigation and Formatting

| ##### Key | ##### Description |
| --- | --- |
| Ctrl+shift+f | Change the font. |
| Ctrl+shift+p | Change the [font size](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/158654/what-is-the-css-property-used-to-specify-the-font-size-of-an-element). |
| Ctrl+shift+; | [Increase](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81392/why-sudden-increase-in-corona-cases-for-india) the font size of the selected text. |
| Ctrl+shift+; | Decrease the font size of the selected text. |
| Arrow left | Move one [character](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/23551/an-investigate-distinctive-seafood-restaurant-for-your-image-stamp-character) to the left. |
| Arrow right | Move one character to the right. |
| Arrow up | Move [one line](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23213/initialization-of-an-arraylist-in-one-line) up. |
| Arrow down | Move one line down. |
| Ctrl+arrow left | Move one word to the left. |
| Ctrl+arrow right | Move one word to the right. |
| End | Move to the end of a line. |
| Home | Move to the beginning of a line. |
| Ctrl+arrow up | Move up one paragraph. |
| Ctrl+arrow down | Move down one paragraph. |
| Ctrl+end | Move to the end of a text box. |
| Ctrl+home | Move to the beginning of a text box. |
| Ctrl+enter | In [Microsoft](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81711/microsoft-disconnects-cortana-and-reinvents-it) Office [PowerPoint](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/136404/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-attractive), move to the next title or body text [placeholder](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/1519/how-do-i-remove-a-listbox-new-item-placeholder). If it is the last placeholder on a slide, this will insert a new slide with the same [slide layout](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96602/how-you-can-customize-slide-layout-in-powerpoint) as the original slide. |
| Shift+f4 | Repeat the last Find action. |
| Ctrl+f | Open the Find [dialog box](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net). |
| Ctrl+h | Open the [Replace](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/2310/how-to-replace-character-in-jquery) dialog box. |
| Shift+f4 | Repeat the last Find action. |
| Tab | Move to the next cell in table. |
| Shift+tab | Move to the preceding cell in table. |
| Arrow down | Move to the next row in table. |
| Arrow up | Move to the preceding row in table. |
| Ctrl+tab | Insert a tab in a cell in table. |
| Enter | Start a new paragraph in table. |
| TAB at the END of the last row | Add a new row at the bottom of the table in table. |

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