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Google Slides keyboard shortcuts

Browser slide editing and presenting shortcuts.

34 shortcuts Mac and Windows checked September 11, 2026

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Everything Clipboard Comments and review Editing Files and printing Messages and mail Presenting Search Selection Text formatting View and zoom
Matching shortcuts
Action Keys Row actions
Add another slide Editor Mac CtrlM 1 more variant Source
Clone the selected slide Filmstrip selection Mac CmdD 1 more variant Source
Copy the selection's styling Selected text or shape Mac CmdOptionC 1 more variant Source
Apply copied styling Selected text or shape Mac CmdOptionV 1 more variant Source
Attach or change a link Editor selection Mac CmdK 1 more variant Source
Attach a review comment Editor Mac CmdOptionM 1 more variant Source
Move a slide earlier Filmstrip focused Mac CmdUp arrow 1 more variant Source
Move a slide later Filmstrip focused Mac CmdDown arrow 1 more variant Source
Start presenting the slides Editor Mac CmdEnter 1 more variant Source
Leave the presentation Presenter Mac Esc 1 more variant Source
Copy selection Selection Windows CtrlC Source
Cut selection Selection Windows CtrlX Source
Paste clipboard Destination Windows CtrlV Source
Undo change Editor Windows CtrlZ Source
Redo change Editor Windows CtrlY Source
Select all Active region Windows CtrlA Source
Find Editor Windows CtrlF Source
Replace Editor Windows CtrlH Source
Open Editor Windows CtrlO Source
Print Presentation Windows CtrlP Source
Shortcut help Editor Windows Ctrl/ Source
Tool finder Editor Windows Alt/ Source
Compact menus Editor Windows CtrlShiftF Source
Live captions Presenting Live captions must be available in the browser. Windows CtrlShiftC Source
Alternative text Selected object Windows CtrlAltY Source
Slide to start Filmstrip Windows CtrlShiftUp arrow Source
Slide to end Filmstrip Windows CtrlShiftDown arrow Source
Focus filmstrip Editor Windows CtrlAltShiftF Source
Focus canvas Editor Windows CtrlAltShiftC Source
Speaker notes Editor Windows CtrlAltShiftS Source

About Google Slides and its shortcuts

Slides keeps a deliberately small keyboard vocabulary compared with desktop presentation software. What it does well is the loop most people actually repeat: add a slide, move an object, align it, duplicate the result, then present. Learning those few commands removes most of the clicking from building a deck.

Presenting from Slides adds its own controls that exist only in that mode, including the speaker notes window. As with every Google editor, your browser and any extensions get first claim on some combinations.

Where the Google Slides keys came from

Read from 1 documentation page published by the makers of Google Slides. Report a key that is wrong

To see how one action is done in other apps as well as Google Slides, browse the shortcuts by task. Shortcuts by task