Using Shortcut Keys in LibreOffice Impress
You can use the keyboard to access LibreOffice Impress commands as well as to navigate through the workspace. LibreOffice Impress uses the same shortcut keys as LibreOffice Draw to create drawing objects.
Selecting placeholders
LibreOffice Impress \<emph\>AutoLayouts\</emph\> use placeholders for slide titles, text, and objects. To select a placeholder, press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Ctrl+Enter\</item\>. To move to the next placeholder, press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Ctrl+Enter\</item\> again.
If you press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Ctrl+Enter\</item\> after you reach the last placeholder in a slide, a new slide is inserted after the current slide. The new slide uses the same layout as the current slide.
During a Slide Show
To start a slide show, press Ctrl+F2 or F5.
Advance to the next slide or to the next animation effect
\<item type=\"keycode\"\>Spacebar\</item\>
Advance to the next slide without playing object animation effects
OptionAlt+PageDown
Return to previous slide
OptionAlt+PageUp
Go to a specific slide
Type the page number of the slide, and then press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Enter\</item\>.
Stop slide show
Esc or -.
Slide Sorter
When you first switch to Slide Sorter, press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Enter\</item\> to change the keyboard focus to the workspace. Otherwise, press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>F6\</item\> to navigate to the workspace, and then press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Enter\</item\>.
Selecting and deselecting slides
Use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide that you want to select, and then press the \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Spacebar\</item\>. To add to the selection, use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide(s) that you want to add, and press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Spacebar\</item\> again. To deselect a slide, navigate to the slide, and then press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Spacebar\</item\>.
Copying a slide:
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Use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide that you want to copy, and then press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Ctrl+C\</item\>.
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Move to the slide where you want to paste the copied slide, and then press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Ctrl+V\</item\>.
Moving a slide:
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Use the arrow keys to navigate to the slide that you want to move, and then press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Ctrl+X\</item\>.
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Navigate to the slide where you want to move the slide, and then press \<item type=\"keycode\"\>Ctrl+V\</item\>.
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Select \<emph\>Before \</emph\>or \<emph\>After\</emph\> the current slide, and then click \<emph\>OK\</emph\>.