Start the slideshow keyboard shortcut in 4 apps
Start the slideshow has a documented keyboard shortcut in 4 apps here, among them Google Slides, Keynote, LibreOffice Impress, Microsoft PowerPoint. The most common keys are F5 on Windows and Cmd + Enter on a Mac.
Keys on this page were last checked against their sources on September 14, 2026.
| App | Windows | Mac | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Slides | Windows Ctrl + F5 | Mac Cmd + Enter | Start presenting the slides |
| Keynote | Windows Not documented | Mac Option + Cmd + P | Play the presentation |
| LibreOffice Impress | Windows F5 | Mac F5 | Start the slide show |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Windows F5 | Mac Not documented | Start slideshow |
What most apps settled on for Start the slideshow
On Windows, F5 is the combination in 2 of the 3 apps here that document one. One app goes its own way on Windows, and the table above is where to find it.
Where the table is deliberately empty
1 app here publishes no Mac key for Start the slideshow, so that cell is left blank. 1 documents it for Mac only. A blank there is a gap in that maker documentation for Start the slideshow, not an oversight here, and it is never filled by converting the other system.
If the keys for Start the slideshow do nothing
The 4 apps listed here each decide this for themselves, so the first thing to check is that you are reading the row for the app you are actually in, and the column for your system. After that, check the app version, since start the slideshow is the kind of command makers move between releases. Report a correction
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