Shift+Home/End (Windows) or Shift+Fn+Left/Right Arrow (macOS): Select the first or last slide.Shift+Up/Down Arrow (Windows/Chrome OS/macOS): Extend the selection to the previous or next slide.Ctrl+Shift+Up/Down Arrow (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Up/Down Arrow (macOS): Move the slide in focus to the beginning or end.Ctrl+Up/Down Arrow (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+up/Down Arrow (macOS): Move the slide in focus up or down.Home/End (Windows), Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down Arrow (Chrome OS), or Fn+Left/Right Arrow(macOS): Move focus to the first or last slide.
Up/Down Arrow (Windows/Chrome OS/macOS): Move focus to the previous or next slide. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+C (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Option+Shift+C (macOS): Move focus to the canvas. Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Option+Shift+F (macOS): Move focus to the filmstrip. You can use these keyboard shortcuts when the focus is on the filmstrip: The filmstrip is the pane on the left where you see a vertical list of all your slides. Ctrl+Shift+8 (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+8 (macOS): Insert a bulleted list. Ctrl+Shift+7 (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+7 (macOS): Insert a numbered list. Ctrl+Shift+R (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+R (macOS): Right align the text. Ctrl+Shift+E (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+E (macOS): Center align the text. Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+L (macOS): Left align the text. Ctrl+] and and [ (macOS): Increase or decrease paragraph indentation. Ctrl+Shift+> and and < (macOS): Increase or decrease the font size, one point at a time. Ctrl+\ (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+\ (macOS): Clear the format of the text. Ctrl+Alt+V (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Option+V (macOS): Paste the format of the text. Ctrl+Alt+C (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Option+C (macOS): Copy the format of the selected text. Ctrl+Shift+J (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+J (macOS): Justify text. Alt+Shift+5 (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+X (macOS): Apply strikethrough to text. Ctrl+U (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+U (macOS): Underline text. Ctrl+I (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+I (macOS): Italicize text. Ctrl+B (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+B (macOS): Bold text. These are the shortcuts you use to do things like italicize, bold, or underline text: Google Slides has heaps of shortcuts that allow you to format the text in each slide. Ctrl+Shift+F (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Shift+F (macOS): Switch to Compact mode (hide the menus). Ctrl+H (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+H (macOS): Find and replace text in your slides. Ctrl+F (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+F (macOS): Find specific text in your slides. Ctrl+O (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+O (macOS): Open a file from your drive or computer. Ctrl+P (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+P (macOS): Print your presentation.Ctrl+S (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+S (macOS): Save (every change is saved in Drive, though, if you’re paranoid).Ctrl+K (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+K (macOS): Insert or edit an external link.Ctrl+Y (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Y (macOS): Redo an action.Ctrl+Z (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+Z (macOS): Undo an action.Ctrl+V (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+V (macOS): Paste the contents of the Clipboard to a slide.Ctrl+X (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+X (macOS): Cut the selected text or graphics to the Clipboard.Ctrl+C (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+C (macOS): Copy the selected text or graphics to the Clipboard.Ctrl+D (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+D (macOS): Duplicate the slide currently selected in the filmstrip.
Ctrl+M (Windows/Chrome OS) or Cmd+M (macOS): Make new slide.These shortcuts make it easier to do everything from copy text to undo a mistake: