Shortcuts for editing and presenting

Keyboard shortcuts can speed up common editing and presenting actions. The available shortcuts depend on whether you are working in the editor or viewing a presentation.

Shortcuts use ⌘ for Command and ⌥ for Option on macOS, and Ctrl and Alt on Windows. ⇧ means Shift on both platforms. Keys shown together are pressed at the same time.

Editor shortcuts

Press ? in the editor to open the complete shortcut reference. You can also select the keyboard icon at the bottom of the editor's right sidebar. The dialog shows the shortcuts available for your account and operating system.

The dialog covers editor actions, panels and tools, slides, blocks, positioning, layering, zoom, and content insertion. Some useful starting points are:

• ? opens the keyboard shortcut dialog.
• ⌘ Z on macOS or Ctrl Z on Windows undoes the latest change.
• ⌘ D on macOS or Ctrl D on Windows duplicates the selected slide or block.
• Arrow keys move a selected block by one pixel. Hold ⇧ to move it by ten pixels.
• Esc opens arrange mode.
• ⌘ ⇧ M on macOS or Ctrl ⇧ M on Windows inserts slides from Markdown.

Most editor shortcuts are disabled while you are typing in a text field or while another dialog is open.

Presentation navigation

The arrows in the bottom-right corner of a presentation show which directions are available. You can also navigate with these keys:

Key	Action
Esc	Open overview mode for a bird's-eye view of the deck
B or .	Pause the presentation and black out the screen
S	Open speaker view from a fullscreen presentation
N, Page Down, or Space	Go to the next slide, including vertical slides
P, Page Up, or ⇧ Space	Go to the previous slide, including vertical slides
→	Go to the next horizontal slide
←	Go to the previous horizontal slide
↓	Go to the next vertical slide
↑	Go to the previous vertical slide
Home	Go to the first slide
End	Go to the last slide

Touch gestures

Gesture	Action
Swipe left	Go to the next slide
Swipe right	Go to the previous slide
Swipe up	Go to the next vertical slide
Swipe down	Go to the previous vertical slide