If you use PowerPoint for you presentation you need to have these shortcut keys handy. I use these shortcuts and easily save the hassle of using the mouse or the ketpad on my laptop which is really a pain for me.
Hope they are helpful for you as they were for me.
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Navigating in Text Blocks |
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Character Left |
Left Arrow |
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Character Right |
Right Arrow |
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Line Up |
Up Arrow |
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Line Down |
Down Arrow |
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Word Left |
CTRL+Left Arrow |
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Word Right |
CTRL+Right Arrow |
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End of Line |
END |
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Beginning of Line |
HOME |
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Paragraph Up |
CTRL+Up Arrow |
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Paragraph Down |
CTRL+Down Arrow |
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End of Text Block |
CTRL+END |
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Start of Text Block |
CTRL+HOME |
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Navigating and Working With Objects |
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To Previous Object |
TAB |
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To Next Object |
Shift+TAB |
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Select All Objects |
CTRL+A |
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Drag and Drop Copy |
CTRL+Select and Drag |
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Create a Duplicate Object |
CTRL+D |
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Create another Duplicate with same offset as first |
CTRL+D, move new copy to desired location, then use CTRL+D repeatedly to create more copies |
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Outlining, in All Views |
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Promote Paragraph |
ALT+Shift+Left Arrow or |
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TAB from beginning of Paragraph |
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Demote Paragraph |
ALT+Shift+Right Arrow or Shift+TAB from beginning of Paragraph |
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Move Selected Paragraphs Up |
ALT+Shift+Up Arrow |
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Move Selected Paragraphs Down |
ALT+Shift+Down Arrow |
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Outlining, in Outline View |
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Collapse to Titles |
ALT+Shift+1 |
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Expand Text under a heading |
ALT+Shift+Plus |
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Collapse Text Under a Heading |
ALT+Shift+Minus |
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Show All Text and Headings |
ALT+Shift+A |
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Display Character Formatting |
Keypad / (numlock off) |
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Selecting, in Text |
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Character Right |
Shift+Right Arrow |
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Character Left |
Shift+Left Arrow |
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End of Word |
CTRL+Shift+Right Arrow |
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Beginning of Word |
CTRL+Shift+Left Arrow |
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Line Up |
Shift+Up Arrow |
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Line Down |
Shift+Down Arrow |
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Select All |
CTRL+A or F2 |
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Select Any Text |
Drag with left mouse button depressed |
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Select Word |
Double-Click |
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Select Paragraph |
Triple-Click |
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Drag and Drop |
Select and Drag |
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Drag and Drop Copy |
CTRL+Select and Drag |
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Working with Slides and Presentation Files |
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New Presentation |
CTRL+N |
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Open a Presentation |
CTRL+O, CTRL+F12 |
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Save |
CTRL+S, F12 |
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Save As |
F12 |
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CTRL+P |
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Find |
CTRL+F |
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Replace |
CTRL+H |
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New Slide (menu) |
CTRL+M |
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New Slide like last one, no menu |
Shift+CTRL+M |
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Exit/Quit |
CTRL+Q or ALT F4 |
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Move from Title to Text |
CTRL+Enter |
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Move from Body text to Title of Next Slide |
CTRL+Enter |
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Working with Presentation Windows |
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Go to Previous Window |
CTRL+Shift+F6 |
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Go to Next Window |
CTRL+F6 |
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Size Presentation Window |
ALT+F5 |
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(Un-Maximize) |
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Maximize Application Window |
ALT+F10 |
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Maximize Presentation Window |
CTRL+F10 |
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Restore Presentation Window to Previous Size |
CTRL+F5 |
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Put Presentation in its own Window |
CTRL+F5 |
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Drawing & Formatting |
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Show/Hide Guides (toggle) |
CTRL+G |
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Switch from Normal View to Master View |
Shift+Click Slide View Button |
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Group |
CTRL+Shift+G |
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Ungroup |
CTRL+Shift+H |
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Regroup |
CTRL+Shift+J |
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Resize while Maintaining Proportions |
Shift+Resize |
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Resize from Center |
CTRL+Resize |
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Resize from Center while Maintaining Proportions |
CTRL+Shift+Resize |
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Rotate in 15 degree increments |
Shift+Rotate tool |
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Rotate from Corner |
CTRL+Rotate tool |
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Rotate in 15 degree increments from Corner |
Shift+CTRL+Rotate tool |
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Extend Line along same angle |
Shift+Resize |
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Make Straight Segment while Using Curve Tool |
CTRL+ALT+click (using curve tool) |
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Nudge object one grid unit |
Arrow Key |
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Nudge object one pixel |
CTRL+Arrow Key |
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Temporarily Release Grid/Guide Snap |
ALT |
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Create Multiple Guides |
CTRL+Drag Guide |
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Controlling Slides in Slide Show |
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Go to Slide |
ENTER |
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Black/Unblack Screen |
B or Period |
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White/Unwhite Screen |
W or Comma |
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Show/Hide Pointer |
A or = |
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End Show |
ESC, CTRL+Break, Minus, END |
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Erase Screen Annotations |
E |
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Advance to Hidden Slide |
H |
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Advance to Next Slide |
Mouse Click, Spacebar, N, Right Arrow, Down Arrow, Page Down |
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Return to Previous Slide |
Backspace, P, Left Arrow, Up Arrow, Page Up |
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Getting Help & Programming Tools |
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Help |
F1 |
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Menu and Dialog Explanations |
Shift+F1 |
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Right Mouse Click without Mouse |
Shift+F10 |
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Bring up Visual Basic Editor |
ALT+F11 |
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Macro Recorder |
ALT+F8 |
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PowerPoint shortcut keys |
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Action |
PowerPoint shortcut |
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Bold |
Ctrl-B |
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Close |
Ctrl-W |
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Close |
Ctrl-F4 |
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Copy |
Ctrl-C |
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Find |
Ctrl-F |
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Italics |
Ctrl-I |
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Menu bar |
F10 |
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New slide |
Ctrl-N |
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Next window |
Ctrl-F6 |
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Open |
Ctrl-O |
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Paste |
Ctrl-V |
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Ctrl-P |
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Repeat Find |
Shift-F4 |
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Repeat/Redo |
Ctrl-Y |
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Replace |
Ctrl-H |
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Save |
Ctrl-S |
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Slide Show: Begin |
F5 |
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Slide Show: Black screen show/hide |
B |
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Slide Show: End |
Esc |
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Slide Show: Erase annotations |
E |
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Slide Show: Go to next hidden slide |
H |
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Slide Show: Hide pointer and button always |
Ctrl-L |
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Slide Show: Hide pointer and button temporarily |
Ctrl-H |
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Slide Show: Mouse pointer to arrow |
Ctrl-A |
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Slide Show: Mouse pointer to pen |
Ctrl-P |
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Slide Show: Next slide |
N |
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Slide Show: Previous slide |
P |
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Slide Show: Set new timings while rehearsing |
T |
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Slide Show: Stop/restart automatic slide show |
S |
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Slide Show: Use mouse-click to advance (rehearsing) |
M |
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Slide Show: Use original timings |
O |
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Slide Show: White screen show/hide |
W |
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Spelling and Grammar check |
F7 |
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Switch to the next presentation window |
Ctrl-F6 |
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Switch to the next tab in a dialog box |
Ctrl-Tab / Ctrl-Page Down |
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Switch to the previous presentation window |
Ctrl-Shift-F6 |
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Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box |
Ctrl-Shift-Tab / Ctrl-Page Up |
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Turn character formatting on or of |
Num / |
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Underline |
Ctrl-U |
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Undo |
Ctrl-Z |
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Text Formatting |
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To do this: |
Windows Keyboard: |
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Change Font |
CTRL+Shift+F, then use up/down arrow keys, click Enter when done |
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Change Point Size |
CTRL+Shift+P, then use up/down arrow keys, click Enter when done |
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Increase Font Size |
CTRL+Shift+> |
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Decrease Font Size |
CTRL+Shift+< |
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Bold |
CTRL+B |
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Underline |
CTRL+U |
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Italic |
CTRL+I |
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Superscript |
ALT+CTRL+Shift+> |
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Subscript |
ALT+CTRL+Shift+< |
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Plain Text |
CTRL+Shift+Z |
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Spelling Checker |
F7 |
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Center Paragraph |
CTRL+E |
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Justified Paragraph |
CTRL+J |
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Left-Aligned Paragraph |
CTRL+L |
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Right-Aligned Paragraph |
CTRL+R |
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Change Case |
Shift+F3 toggles selection through lower case, upper case, initial caps with each press of keys |
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Create Hyperlink |
CTRL+K |
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Deleting and Copying |
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Delete Character Left |
Backspace |
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Delete Word Left |
CTRL+Backspace |
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Delete Character Right |
Delete |
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Delete Word Right |
CTRL+Delete |
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Cut |
CTRL+X |
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Copy |
CTRL+C |
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Paste |
CTRL+V |
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Undo |
CTRL+Z |
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Create a copy of the text |
CTRL+Drag |
Posted under Microsoft
This post was written by Rahul Nagar on October 29, 2008




















