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title: "Open and Save As dialog boxes Shortcut Keys in PowerPoint"  
description: "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 O"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-13  
updated: 2020-02-28  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1249/open-and-save-as-dialog-boxes-shortcut-keys-in-powerpoint  
category: "shortcut keys"  
tags: ["shortcut keys"]  
reading_time: 3 minutes  

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# Open and Save As dialog boxes Shortcut Keys in PowerPoint

In this article I am trying to explain [shortcut keys](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/477/shortcut-keys-for-formatting-elements-in-pivottable-view-for-ms-access) for Manage Open and [Save As dialog](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34419/save-as-dialog-box-not-coming) boxes, [PowerPoint](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/136404/how-to-make-a-powerpoint-presentation-attractive) Task Panes and Move around in Tables in [MS Office](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12335/ms-office-365-review) 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](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net). |
| 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](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/5034/10-animals-with-the-best-sense-of-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](https://www.mindstick.com/interview/817/what-is-the-use-of-dbcc-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. |

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