Keyboard shortcuts for presentations

The following keyboard shortcuts are available for presentations. Many of these shortcuts improve efficiency when interacting with the full-screen presentation display while other improve editing elements on a page.

Full screen

Keyboard shortcutActionComment

Alt+F

Start presenting in full-screen mode from the selected page. If no page is selected, the presentation starts from the first page.

Esc

Stop presenting in full-screen mode and return to the presentation view. The last presented page remains selected.

Right arrow key

In full-screen mode, show the next page.

Left arrow key

In full-screen mode, show the previous page.

Spacebar

In full-screen mode, pause or resume playback for a video page.

Shift+Esc

Close a pop-up opened from a map page in full screen mode without leaving the page or exiting full-screen mode.

Ctrl+Arrow keys

In full-screen mode, pan a map left, right, up, or down.

Panning a map page in full-screen mode is automatically changed from any custom keyboard shortcut you have set and is restored once you exit full-screen mode.

Use keyboard shortcuts to start, stop and interact with the presentation in full screen mode.

Elements on a page

Keyboard shortcutAction

Ctrl+C

Copy the selected element, page, or presentation for reuse in the same project.

Ctrl+V

Paste the selected elements or pages to the same presentation or another presentation within the same project. You can also paste the selected presentation from the Catalog pane or view in the same project as a copy.

Ctrl+Shift+L

Create a bulleted list. If multiple lines of text are selected, each line is given a bullet.

Ctrl+Shift+I

Create a bulleted sublist. This requires the cursor to be within a bulleted list or for the selected text to include bullets.

Ctrl+Shift+N

Remove the bullet. This requires the cursor to be within a bulleted list or for the selected text to include bullets.

Tab

Increase the bullet level. This requires the cursor to be within a bulleted list or for the selected text to include bullets.

Shift+Tab

Decrease the bullet level. This requires the cursor to be within a bulleted sublist or for the selected text to include subbullets.

Use keyboard shortcuts to reuse elements or edit text inline on a page.

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