Customizable Shortcut Keys

PPT Productivity's PowerPoint add-in lets you set up customizable shortcut keys (aka hotkeys or PowerPoint keyboard short cuts) for 800+ standard PowerPoint commands AND for PPT Productivity's 100+ commands.

Shortcut keys in PowerPoint are searchable using PPT Productivity's Edit Custom Shortcut Keys popup. You can generate and print a PDF list of your shortcuts to help learn and memorize your keyboard shortcuts. The Edit Custom Shortcut Keys popup also lets you easily reset or update your shortcut keys.

Extra PowerPoint shortcut keys

PPT Productivity's Customizable Shortcut Keys feature lets you assign a shortcut key to any PowerPoint command. Yes - you can add more PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts! You can also search PowerPoint Shortcut Keys or change a shortcut key to make it easier to remember.

Quickly search for a specific PowerPoint shortcut key using PPT Productivity.

Search PowerPoint Shortcuts by command name, assigned shortcut key and to check it's already a custom shortcut. You can also limit your search to only display PPT Productivity specific features. Create or update keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint for menu items, buttons or checkboxes to automate any of the following:

Commands from any feature on PowerPoint's main ribbon
Commands to set attributes from PowerPoint side task panes
Navigate to any PowerPoint Ribbon tab
Line Color, Fill Color, or Font Color
All 100+ custom features within PPT Productivity

Productivity Tip

To find a custom shortcut key you've already assigned, or to check whether a specific shortcut key combination is still available, press the shortcut in the "Assigned Shortcut:" field of the Edit Custom Shortcut Keys popup. You can filter all shortcuts that use that combination of keys (in full or part).

Example: Enter CTRL + U in the assigned shortcut field and the results field will display the Autofit Columns keyboard shortcut, which by default is CTRL+ALT+Shift+U.

Shortcut examples - Align Text

Press these shortcut keys to simulate.Tap keys below to simulate.

Align Left Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L

Align Middle Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E

Align Right Ctrl+Alt+Shift+R

Shortcut examples - Resize Shapes

Press these shortcut keys to simulate.Tap keys below to simulate.

Same Width

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W

Same Height

Ctrl+Alt+Shift +H

Same Height and Width

Ctrl+Alt+Shift +&

Shortcut examples - Select and Swap Shapes

Swap

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S

Select Same Color

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+#

Select Same Size

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Z

Shortcut examples - add rows and columns to a table

Insert Row Below

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Down Arrow

Insert Row Above

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up Arrow

Insert Col Right

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Right Arrow

Insert Col Left

Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Left Arrow

Reset

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