Objects-Movement and Selection

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.

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Select and move objects faster in PowerPoint.

Shortcut	Windows	Mac
Select the next object Within a given slide, you can use this shortcut to move your selection to the next object in vertical order. Objects include all text boxes, images and anything else you have added to your slide.	`Tab`	`Tab`
Select the previous object Within a given slide, you can use this shortcut to move your selection to the next previous in vertical order. Objects include all text boxes, images and anything else you have added to your slide	`Shift` `Tab`	`Shift` `Tab`
Select all objects Looking to select all objects within a given slide for mass movement or edits? This shortcut can help you do so quickly and easily.	`Ctrl` `A`	`⌘` `A`
Move object marginally right When one or more objects have been selected, this shortcut can be used to move them slowly to the right. This method is more accurate than dragging with your mouse!	`→`	`►`
Move object marginally left When one or more objects have been selected, this shortcut can be used to move them slowly to the left. This method is more accurate than dragging with your mouse!	`←`	`◄`
Move object marginally down When one or more objects have been selected, this shortcut can be used to move them slowly to the down. This method is more accurate than dragging with your mouse!	`↓`	`▼`
Move object marginally up When one or more objects have been selected, this shortcut can be used to move them slowly to the up. This method is more accurate than dragging with your mouse!	`↑`	`▲`
Group selected objects Make several individual objects behave like one object.	`Ctrl` `G`	`⌘` `Option` `G`
Ungroup selected objects Make a single, grouped object ungrouped as individual objects	`Ctrl` `Shift` `G`	`⌘` `Option` `Shift` `G`