Keyboard Shortcuts for PowerPoint 2003

You can perform the following tasks while running a presentation in slide show view:

Navigating
Stop or restart an automatic slide show by pressing S or PLUS SIGN.
End a slide show by pressing ESC, CTRL+BREAK, or HYPHEN.
Go to slide number by pressing number+ENTER.
Go to the next hidden slide by pressing H.
Return to the first slide by pressing 1+ENTER (or press both mouse buttons for 2 seconds).

Pausing
Display a black screen, or return to the slide show from a black screen by pressing B or PERIOD.
Display a white screen, or return to the slide show from a white screen by pressing W or COMMA.

Rehearsing
Set new timings while rehearsing by pressing T.
Use original timings while rehearsing by pressing O.
Use mouse-click to advance while rehearsing by pressing M.

Annotating
Erase on-screen annotations by pressing E.
Show or hide ink markup by pressing CTRL+M.

Working with the pointer
Show or hide the arrow pointer and Slide show toolbar by pressing A or =.
Hide the pointer and Slide show toolbar immediately by pressing CTRL+H.
Hide the pointer and Slide show toolbar in 15 seconds by pressing CTRL+U.
Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to a pen by pressing CTRL+P.
Redisplay hidden pointer and/or change the pointer to an arrow by pressing CTRL+A.

Working with animations
Perform the next animation or advance to the next slide by pressing N, ENTER, PAGE DOWN, RIGHT ARROW, DOWN ARROW, or the SPACEBAR (or click the mouse).
Perform the previous animation or return to the previous slide by pressing P, PAGE UP, LEFT ARROW, UP ARROW, or BACKSPACE.

Working with hyperlinks
Go to the first or next hyperlink on a slide by pressing TAB.
Go to the last or previous hyperlink on a slide by pressing SHIFT+TAB.
Perform the "mouse click" behavior of the selected hyperlink by pressing ENTER while a hyperlink is selected.
Perform the "mouse over" behavior of the selected hyperlink by pressing SHIFT+ENTER while a hyperlink is selected.

Displaying additional tools
View the Windows task bar by pressing CTRL+T.
Display the All Slides dialog box by pressing CTRL+S.
Display the shortcut menu by pressing SHIFT+F10 (or right-click).

See a list of keyboard shortcuts by pressing F1.