Shortcuts that accelerate content creation with basic editing operations like copy, paste, undo, and link insertion

Ctrl+X

Cut

Cuts the selected text, object, or slide.

💡 Hint: Cut

🎯 Efficient editing operation to remove unwanted content while moving it elsewhere

Ctrl+C

Copy

Copies the selected text, object, or slide.

💡 Hint: Copy

🎯 Significantly save time when reusing the same content across multiple slides

Ctrl+V

Paste

Pastes cut or copied text, object, or slide.

💡 Hint: Paste

🎯 Place copied or cut content in new locations

Ctrl+K

Insert hyperlink

Opens the Insert Hyperlink dialog.

💡 Hint: Key link

🎯 Insert external links or slide-to-slide links to create interactive presentations

Ctrl+Alt+M

Insert comment

Inserts a new comment.

💡 Hint: Markup

🎯 Efficiently add feedback during review or collaborative editing

Ctrl+Z

Undo

Reverses the last action.

💡 Hint: Zap mistake

🎯 Quickly cancel incorrect operations to recover from mistakes

Ctrl+Y

Redo

Repeats the last undone action.

💡 Hint: Yield again

🎯 Re-execute cancelled operations to work efficiently

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