Keyboard Shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts for the slides editor. Mac shortcuts are shown with ⌘, Windows/Linux with Ctrl. Press ⌘+/ (or Ctrl+/) in the editor to open the in-app shortcuts help.
Selection
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Select all elements on the slide | ⌘+A / Ctrl+A |
| Cycle to next element | Tab |
| Cycle to previous element | Shift+Tab |
| Clear selection / exit text edit / leave a group | Esc |
| Enter text edit on selected text element | F2 or Enter |
| Enter text edit and start typing | Any printable character |
| Group selected elements | ⌘+Alt+G / Ctrl+Alt+G |
| Ungroup selected group | ⌘+Shift+Alt+G / Ctrl+Shift+Alt+G |
Typing a printable character with a single text or shape element selected enters text edit and inserts that character — you don't have to type it twice.
Slides
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| New slide after the current one, same layout | ⌘+M / Ctrl+M |
| Duplicate current slide | ⌘+Shift+D / Ctrl+Shift+D |
| Next slide | Page Down |
| Previous slide | Page Up |
| Previous / next slide (thumbnail strip focused) | ↑ / ↓ |
↑ / ↓ only change slides when the thumbnail strip has focus and nothing is selected on the canvas — with a selection they nudge the selected elements instead.
Editing
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Undo | ⌘+Z / Ctrl+Z |
| Redo | ⌘+Shift+Z / Ctrl+Shift+Z |
| Delete selected | Delete / Backspace |
| Duplicate selected elements (or the current slide, if nothing is selected) | ⌘+D / Ctrl+D |
| Nudge selection | Arrow keys |
| Nudge selection (larger step) | Shift+Arrow |
Clipboard
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Copy | ⌘+C / Ctrl+C |
| Cut | ⌘+X / Ctrl+X |
| Paste | ⌘+V / Ctrl+V |
| Paste as plain text (while editing text) | ⌘+Shift+V / Ctrl+Shift+V |
⌘+Shift+V strips formatting only inside a text box. On the canvas it is an ordinary element paste — the same as ⌘+V.
Z-order
These apply to the selected elements on the canvas. They are ignored while you're editing text inside a box, so ⌘+↑ / ⌘+↓ still move the caret there.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Bring to front | ⌘+Shift+↑ / Ctrl+Shift+↑ |
| Send to back | ⌘+Shift+↓ / Ctrl+Shift+↓ |
| Bring forward | ⌘+↑ / Ctrl+↑ |
| Send backward | ⌘+↓ / Ctrl+↓ |
Text Editing
These apply while editing inside a text box.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Bold | ⌘+B / Ctrl+B |
| Italic | ⌘+I / Ctrl+I |
| Underline | ⌘+U / Ctrl+U |
| Insert / edit link | ⌘+K / Ctrl+K |
| Clear formatting | ⌘+\ / Ctrl+\ |
| Align left | ⌘+Shift+L / Ctrl+Shift+L |
| Align center | ⌘+Shift+E / Ctrl+Shift+E |
| Align right | ⌘+Shift+R / Ctrl+Shift+R |
| Align justified | ⌘+Shift+J / Ctrl+Shift+J |
| Indent | ⌘+] / Ctrl+] |
| Outdent | ⌘+[ / Ctrl+[ |
Tables
These apply while editing text inside a table cell.
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Next cell | Tab |
| Previous cell | Shift+Tab |
| Next / previous cell (at the end / start of the cell's text) | → / ← |
Tab in the last cell appends a new row and moves into its first cell. Tab never takes you out of the table.
Cropping an Image
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Apply the crop | Enter |
| Cancel the crop | Esc |
While crop mode is active every other shortcut is suppressed, so Delete and the arrow keys can't disturb the image mid-crop.
Present
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Start from current slide | ⌘+Enter / Ctrl+Enter |
| Start from first slide | ⌘+Shift+Enter / Ctrl+Shift+Enter |
| Next slide (in present mode) | → / Space / Page Down / N / Click |
| Previous slide (in present mode) | ← / Backspace / Page Up / P |
| Jump to the first slide | Home |
| Jump to the last slide | End |
| Exit | Esc |
While presenting, editor shortcuts are disabled — ⌘+Z cannot undo the live deck.
Help
| Action | Shortcut |
|---|---|
| Open shortcuts help | ⌘+/ / Ctrl+/ |