Google Slides Keyboard Shortcuts

Complete Google Slides keyboard shortcuts reference — 115 shortcuts across 9 categories. Quick reference cheat sheet for Windows & Linux.

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + M`	New slide
`Ctrl + D`	Duplicate slide
`Ctrl + Z`	Undo
`Ctrl + Y`	Redo
`Ctrl + C`	Copy
`Ctrl + X`	Cut
`Ctrl + V`	Paste
`Ctrl + Alt + C`	Copy formatting of the selected text or shape
`Ctrl + Alt + V`	Paste formatting of the selected text or shape
`Ctrl + K`	Insert or edit link
`Alt + Enter`	Open link
`Delete`	Delete
`Ctrl + A`	Select all
`Ctrl + F`	Find
`Ctrl + H`	Find and replace
`Ctrl + G`	Find again
`Ctrl + Shift + G`	Find previous
`Ctrl + O`	Open...
`Ctrl + P`	Print
`Ctrl + S`	Save Every change is automatically saved in Drive
`Ctrl + /`	Show common keyboard shortcuts
`Ctrl + Shift + F`	Hide or show menus (compact mode)
`Ctrl + Shift + C`	Turn on captions while presenting
`Ctrl + Alt + Y`	Alt text

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + -`	Zoom out
`Ctrl + 0`	Zoom 100%
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + F`	Move to filmstrip
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + C`	Move to canvas
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + S`	Open speaker notes panel
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + P`	Change to HTML view of presentation
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + B`	Open animations panel
`Enter`	Continue in animation preview
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + I`	Open Explore
`Ctrl + Alt + .`	Go to side panel
`Ctrl + Shift + Y`	Open dictionary
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + H`	Open revision history panel
`Ctrl + F5`	Present slides
`Escape`	Exit the current mode
`Alt + F`	File menu
`Alt + E`	Edit menu
`Alt + V`	View menu
`Alt + I`	Insert menu
`Alt + O`	Format menu
`Alt + T`	Tools menu
`Alt + H`	Help menu
`Alt + A`	Accessibility menu (present when screen reader support is enabled)

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + Shift + \`	Context menu
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + K`	Input tools menu (available in presentations in non-Latin languages)
`Ctrl + Shift + K`	Toggle input controls (available in presentations in non-Latin languages)

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + Alt + M`	Insert comment
`J`	When focus is on comment, move to next comment
`K`	When focus is on comment, move to previous comment
`R`	When focus is on comment, reply to comment
`E`	When focus is on comment, resolve comment
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + A`	Open comment discussion thread
`Ctrl + Enter`	Enter current comment

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + B`	Bold
`Ctrl + I`	Italic
`Ctrl + U`	Underline
`Ctrl + .`	Superscript
`Alt + Shift + 5`	Strikethrough
`Ctrl + \`	Clear formatting
`Ctrl + Shift + >`	Increase font size
`Ctrl + Shift + <`	Decrease font size
`Ctrl + Shift + L`	Left align
`Ctrl + Shift + R`	Right align
`Ctrl + Shift + E`	Center align
`Ctrl + Shift + J`	Justify
`Alt + Shift + Down`	Move paragraph down
`Alt + Shift + Up`	Move paragraph up
`Ctrl + ]`	Increase indent
`Ctrl + [`	Decrease indent
`Ctrl + Shift + 8`	Bulleted list
`Ctrl + Shift + 7`	Numbered list
`Ctrl + '`	Move to next misspelling
`Ctrl + ;`	Move to previous misspelling

Shortcut	Action
`Ctrl + Alt + G`	Group
`Ctrl + Alt + Shift + G`	Ungroup
`Tab`	Select next shape
`Shift + Tab`	Select previous shape
`Alt + Shift + Left`	Rotate counterclockwise by 1°
`Alt + Shift + Right`	Rotate clockwise by 1°
`Alt + Left`	Rotate counterclockwise by 15°
`Alt + Right`	Rotate clockwise by 15°
`Ctrl + Alt + B`	Resize larger horizontally
`Ctrl + Alt + I`	Resize larger vertically
`Ctrl + Alt + J`	Resize smaller
`Ctrl + Alt + K`	Resize larger
`Ctrl + Alt + 9`	Resize smaller vertically
`Ctrl + Alt + W`	Resize smaller horizontally

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📜 Every shortcut on this page is taken from the official Google Slides documentation — support.google.com

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