Formatting Text – Microsoft PowerPoint Shortcuts
100 PowerPoint Shortcuts for PC and Mac
So you think you’re fancy, huh? Just because you know how to copy and paste without the click of the mouse in PowerPoint. Well, get ready to be even fancier (and more productive) because we’ve curated 100 of the best PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts.
Formatting Text
Format text faster in PowerPoint.
| Shortcut | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
| Increase font size If you would like to quickly increase the size of your selected text without needed to go through time-consuming format menus, this shortcut can help. | Ctrl Shift > | ⌘ Shift > |
| Decrease font size If you would like to quickly decrease the size of your selected text without needed to go through time-consuming format menus, this shortcut can help. | Ctrl Shift < | ⌘ Shift < |
| Toggle bold Add or remove the bold effect to or from your text | Ctrl B | ⌘ B |
| Toggle italics Add or remove the italics effect to or from your text. | Ctrl I | ⌘ I |
| Toggle underline Add or remove the underline effect to or from you text. | Ctrl U | ⌘ U |
| Apply subscript format Convert selected text to the subscript format in which the text becomes smaller than nonselected text. This is useful for scientific text and mathematics within text boxes | Ctrl = | ⌘ Shift - |
| Apply superscript format Convert selected text to the superscript format in which the text becomes larger than nonselected text. This is useful for dates and exponential functions within text boxes. | Ctrl Shift + | ⌘ Shift + |
| Change letter case Toggle text from lowercase to uppercase and back with ease using this simple shortcut. | Shift F3 | Fn Shift F3 |
| Center text selection Move your selected text (word, sentence, paragraph, etc.) to center alignment. | Ctrl E | ⌘ E |
| Left-align text selection Move your selected text (word, sentence, paragraph, etc.) to left-alignment. | Ctrl L | ⌘ L |
| Right-align text selection Move your selected text (word, sentence, paragraph, etc.) to right-alignment. | Ctrl R | ⌘ R |
| Open formatting menu This shortcut opens the formatting menu which allows you to control every detail of your text within PowerPoint including coloring and text-based effects. | Ctrl T | ⌘ T |
| Open paragraph formatting menu This shortcut opens the paragraph formatting menu which allow you to control alignment, indentation and spacing with ease. | ⌘ Option M |