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You’ll also need an unzipping tool, as most of the freebies are in a zipped format.
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PowerPoint 2003 Tips and Tricks

You can perform the following tasks while running a presentation in slide show view:

Navigating

  • Stop or restart an automatic slide show by pressing S or PLUS SIGN.
  • End a slide show by pressing ESC, CTRL+BREAK, or HYPHEN.
  • Go to slide number by pressing number+ENTER.
  • Go to the next hidden slide by pressing H.
  • Return to the first slide by pressing 1+ENTER (or press both mouse buttons for 2 seconds).

Pausing

  • Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen by pressing B or PERIOD.
  • Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen by pressing W or COMMA.

Rehearsing

  • Set new timings while rehearsing by pressing T.
  • Use original timings while rehearsing by pressing O.
  • Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing by pressing M.

Annotating

  • Erase on-screen annotations by pressing E.
  • Show or hide ink markup by pressing CTRL+M.

Working with the pointer

  • Show or hide the arrow pointer and Slide show toolbar by pressing A or =.
  • Hide the pointer and Slide show toolbar immediately by pressing CTRL+H.
  • Hide the pointer and Slide show toolbar in 15 seconds by pressing CTRL+U.
  • Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen by pressing CTRL+P.
  • Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow by pressing CTRL+A.

Working with animations

  • Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide by pressing N, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or the SPACEBAR (or click the mouse).
  • Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide by pressing P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or BACKSPACE.

Working with hyperlinks

  • Go to the first or next hyperlink on a slide by pressing TAB.
  • Go to the last or previous hyperlink on a slide by pressing SHIFT+TAB.
  • Perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink by pressing ENTER while a hyperlink is selected.
  • Perform the "mouse over" behavior of the selected hyperlink by pressing SHIFT+ENTER while a hyperlink is selected.

Displaying additional tools

  • View the Windows task bar by pressing CTRL+T.
  • Display the All Slides dialog box by pressing CTRL+S.
  • Display the shortcut menu by pressing SHIFT+F10 (or right-click).
  • See a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing F1.