To make any presentation look not only good but also powerful, convincing, or persuasive, you ll need to format its text and objects carefully . You can do much (sometimes all) of your formatting work from the keyboard.
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [F]
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [P]
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [ > ]
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [ < ]
[Ctrl] - [T]
[Shift] - [F3]
This shortcut cycles the case among lowercase, title case (the first letter of each word is capitalized), and uppercase (all letters are capitalized). This shortcut is an alternative to the Format Change Case command, but that command also offers a Sentence Case option (the first letter of each sentence is capitalized) and a tOGGLE cASE command (PowerPoint inverts the capitalization of each letter).
[Ctrl] - [=]
Subscript decreases the font size of the selected text and lowers it below the baseline of the other characters .
Note | The Superscript and Subscript check boxes and Offset text box in the Effects group box in the Font dialog box ( [Ctrl] - [T] ) give you more precise control over subscripts and superscripts. |
[Ctrl] - [+]
Superscript decreases the font size of the selected text and raises it above the baseline of the other characters.
[Ctrl] - [Spacebar]
Use this shortcut to quickly remove direct formatting that you ve applied to text.
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [C]
Pressing this keyboard shortcut is the equivalent of clicking the Format Painter button on the Standard toolbar: it copies the formatting of the selected text or other object to the Clipboard, so that you can paste it to other text (or another object).
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [V]
After copying formatting using [Ctrl] - [Shift] - [C] (or by clicking the Format Painter button), apply the formatting to its destination by using this shortcut or by clicking the Format Painter button.
[Ctrl] - [J]
Applying justified alignment to (or justifying ) a paragraph aligns the left end of its lines with the left margin and the right end of its lines with the right margin. The last line isn t aligned with the right margin unless it happens to reach the margin anyway.
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [G]
[Ctrl] - [Shift] - [H]
[Shift] - [F9]
[Alt] - [F9]
[Ctrl] - [G]