Keyboard Shortcuts for Using Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

In e-learning, the job of an instructional designer is to develop storyboards may be by using Microsoft Office Word or PowerPoint. The point to consider here is that we need to develop storyboards within a limited time and in such cases, knowing some tricks or shortcuts to work with your tool will save your time and effort and help to complete the task on time.

Not only the instructional designers but many of us including project managers use Microsoft PowerPoint to give presentations on the job, for seminars, or even in business meetings; in this case, we need to use a PowerPoint presentation for explaining the functions of a product or a business strategy to our client. Here are a few keyboard shortcuts that will come in handy for you while giving a presentation and also when working with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.

Slide show shortcuts:

We will now look at the keyboard shortcuts for working with a slide show.

Media shortcuts during presentation:

Let us now have a look at the use of media shortcuts while giving a presentation.

 Last but not the least is the use of the “fonts”. Here you will learn the keyboard shortcuts to change or resize the font and also how to move around in the text or cell areas.

I hope these shortcuts will help you use your PowerPoint more effectively and also save your time! What do you think? Also want to add on to the list, do share your views.