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.