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Creating client presentations. A seemingly never-ending task for financial analysts.
Luckily, PowerPoint is full of handy tools and shortcuts which can be used to help speed up workflow and meet deadlines on time. Using shortcuts is a sure-fire way to optimize your productivity, so invest some time in familiarising yourself with our top 25 and ease the pain of client presentation building.
Formatting Text
| Change the font size for selected text |
Alt
H
> F
> S
|
| Make selected text bold |
Ctrl
B
|
| Make selected text italic |
Ctrl
I
|
| Align text left |
Ctrl
L
|
| Align text center |
Ctrl
E
|
| Align text right |
Ctrl
R
|
Slides and Objects
| Insert a new slide |
Ctrl
M
|
| Insert a shape |
Alt
H
> S
> H
|
| Select a theme |
Alt
G
> H
|
| Select a slide layout |
Alt
H
> L
|
| Duplicate selected object |
Ctrl
D
|
| Group selected objects |
Ctrl
G
|
| Ungroup selected objects |
Ctrl
Shift
G
|
| Copy object formatting |
Ctrl
Shift
C
|
| Paste object formatting |
Ctrl
Shift
V
|
Presenting
| Start presentation from current slide |
Shift
F5
|
| Start presentation in presenter view |
Alt
F5
|
| Jump directly to slide number during presentation |
123
Enter
|
| Zoom in |
+
|
| Zoom out |
–
|
| Display a black or white slide during presentation (press esc to go back) |
B
or W
|
View
| Change the zoom for the slide |
Alt
W
> Q
|
| Jump to previous slide |
PgUp
|
| Jump to next slide |
PgDn
|
| Expand or collapse the ribbon |
Ctrl
F1
|
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