Navigating a Slide Show

In Slide Show view, you advance to the next slide by clicking the mouse button, pressing the Spacebar, or pressing Enter. In addition to those basic navigational techniques, PowerPoint provides keyboard shortcuts that can take you to the beginning, the end, or any particular slide in your presentation. You can also use the navigation commands on the shortcut menu to access slides in custom slide shows. After a period of inactivity during a normal full-screen slide show, PowerPoint hides the pointer and Slide Show icon.

Go to a Specific Slide

In Slide Show view, right-click a slide.

Point to Go To Slide.

Click the title of the slide you want to go to.

Use Slide Show View Navigation Shortcuts

Refer to the adjacent table for information on Slide Show view navigation shortcuts.

Did You Know?

You can add speaker notes in Slide Show . In Slide Show view, right-click a blank area on the slide, point to Screen, click Speaker Notes, type your notes, and then click OK.

You can switch to another program in Slide Show . In Slide Show view, right-click a blank area on the slide, point to Screen, and then click Switch Programs. Use the taskbar to switch between programs.

Slide Show View Shortcuts

Action	Result
Mouse click	Moves to the next slide
Right-mouse click	Moves to previous the slide (only if the Short-cut Menu On Right-Click option is disabled)
Press Enter	Moves to the next slide
Press Home	Moves to the first slide in the show
Press End	Moves to the last slide in the show
Press Page Up	Moves to the previous slide
Press Page Down	Moves to the next slide
Enter a slide number and press Enter	Moves to the slide number you specified when you press Enter
Press B	Displays a black screen; press again to return
Press W	Displays a white screen; press again to return
Press Esc	Exits Slide Show view