
Welcome to PowerPoint Shortcuts Mastery!
Before you begin the course, make sure you download all the files and exercises in the Zip folder below: PowerPoint Shortcuts Mastery - Files & Resources
Once you download the folder, you can find it in the Downloads folder on your computer.
To unzip the folder, simply follow these steps:
1. Right-click the zip folder called: PowerPoint Shortcuts Mastery - Files & Resources
2. Select Extract All...
Inside the new folder, you will find all of the files, exercises and PDF cheat sheets for this course.
Discover why properly learning your shortcuts will radically change your life as a knowledge worker, putting you head and shoulders above your peers and lead you to better job opportunities.
Discover what it takes to turn 80% of everything you do into a shortcut. Also discover why shortcuts aren’t always the fastest way to do everything.
Learn the fastest way to crop and resize pictures in PowerPoint, and the workarounds to fix your images when you are done. Shortcuts are great, but they aren’t always the fastest way to get things done in PowerPoint.
These are the most basic and hardest to learn PowerPoint shortcuts, and often the only type of shortcut anyone learns. While these are the foundation of your PowerPoint shortcut strategy, they are just the beginning.
Learn the secret to inversing and extending some of the best Hold shortcuts in PowerPoint. The advantage of these shortcuts are they are super easy to learn and unlock some of the best commands and features in PowerPoint.
Learn how to turn on the Hover to Discover features in PowerPoint, so you can easily learn shortcuts on the fly as you work on your presentations.
Discover how to turn on and use the clipboard copy shortcut so that you can copy multiple things to your clipboard – regardless of the program you are in – and paste them all into your PowerPoint presentations at once.
Discover the difference between the Ctrl + M and Ctrl + Enter for New Slide shortcuts in PowerPoint and when the best times to use them are.
Learn how to use the hidden jump feature of the Duplicate shortcut (Ctrl + D) in PowerPoint. This is a shortcut within a shortcut when used properly to build your slides quickly.
Discover two different ways to use the Date & Footer shortcut (Alt + Shift + D) in PowerPoint. One of these allows you to add an automatic updating date to your slides.
Learn how to properly leverage all three grouping shortcuts to work smarter and more efficiently in PowerPoint.
Arguably the most useful and timesaving set of keyboard shortcuts in PowerPoint, this set of Shift-Sister shortcuts extends the functionality of the copy and paste shortcuts, allowing you to copy and paste your formatting.
Learn how to use the six different slide show shortcuts, allowing you to start your PowerPoint slideshow in a variety of different ways and from different views.
Practice using the Shift-Sister duplicate shortcuts, to both duplicate objects (Ctrl + D) and to duplicate slides (Ctrl + Shift + D). This set of shortcuts will radically cut down the amount of repetitive building you need to do in PowerPoint.
Practice using this set of Shift-Sister shortcuts to find and replace things throughout your presentation (Ctrl + H) and open and close the notes pane in PowerPoint (Ctrl + Shift + H). You’ll also learn some pro tips for using both in this exercise.
Learn how to properly leverage this set of Shift-Sister shortcuts to either collapse your Ribbon (Ctrl + F1) or hide your Ribbon (Ctrl + Shift + F1) to create more space to work on your presentation. This is a great set of shortcuts when you are stuck working on an airplane or in the back of a taxi.
Learn how to use this secret set of PowerPoint shortcuts, using a combination of your mouse and your keyboard. Most people never discover what these shortcuts are or how to best use them. The only way to learn these shortcuts is to have someone (like me) show them to you.
Learn how to find and use keyboard shortcuts to commands in PowerPoint that don’t normally have shortcuts associated with them. These are much easier to learn then the Hybrid Power Shortcuts as you can just visually follow the letters to find them (once you know what to look for).
Get practice using the Slide Master jump hybrid shortcut, and how you can use it to jump to either your Child Slide layout or your Parent Slide layout on your slide master.
Learn the hybrid super shortcut to simultaneously align, copy and paste your objects in PowerPoint. It’s three different hybrid shortcuts in one, and I think you will agree that it's amazing.
Learn the Visible Hybrid shortcut to add comments to your PowerPoint presentation, and how you can print those comments once you’ve added them.
Get practice using the Visible Hybrid Shortcut that allows you to jump back and forth between the Slide Show View and Presenter View in PowerPoint.
Discover the power of adding sections to your PowerPoint presentations, and two different shortcuts you can use (depending on which one is easier for you to learn).
Learn how to open and navigate the Set Up Slide Show Options dialog box using the different flavors of Visible Hybrid shortcuts. You’ll also learn what you can do in the set up slide show dialog box.
Learn how to follow the Ribbon Brick road to any command or feature that exists in your PowerPoint ribbon. Later you’ll learn how to turn any of these commands into even faster shortcuts.
Get practice at changing your bullet points and numbering using your Ribbon Guide keyboard shortcuts. Alt, H, U for Bullets. Alt, H, N for numbers.
Discover how to use your Ribbon Guide shortcuts to jump back and forth between your Slide Master and the Normal View in PowerPoint. These are alternatives you can use to the Hybrid Power Shortcuts you learned earlier in this course.
Learn how to use your Ribbon Guide shortcuts to quickly change your slide layout, forcing all of your content to flow into the proper content placeholders as setup on your slide master.
Practice aligning your text to the top, middle or bottom using your Ribbon Guide keyboard shortcuts.
Practice using your Ribbon Guide shortcuts to change your Font Style and Font size in PowerPoint. You’ll also see that if you jump into one, you can Tab or Shift-Tab back to the other command.
Discover the best and most flexible PowerPoint shortcuts, and how to strategically use them to get the most bang for your buck with your shortcuts in PowerPoint. These are hands down the best shortcuts in PowerPoint, and hardly anyone is properly using them.
Before you customize your QAT, you need to memorize the Save (Ctrl + S), Undo (Ctrl + Z) and Redo (Ctrl + Y or F4) shortcuts. Because these are such easy Hold shortcuts to learn, the last thing you want to do is clog of your QAT space with them.
Practice adding, removing and rearranging commands on your QAT. Once you know how to properly do this in PowerPoint, you can do the same in any other Microsoft Office program you use.
Learn how to setup and use the best PowerPoint shortcut that will save you the most time when building and editing your slides. This is what I call the Million Dollar PowerPoint shortcut.
Download and install my very own customized Quick Access Toolbar that will double your productivity in PowerPoint, by putting the most frequently used and hard to reach commands at your fingertips.
Congratulations, you made it through the entire course. Here’s a quick recap of everything you learned.
Reviews from the LIVE training version of PowerPoint Shortcuts Mastery:
"Whoa! This guy is crazy-amazing."
"I have learned so, so many shortcuts and tricks. This by far was the most helpful session I've been to. I had my hand cramp up, and I'm excited to share the tips with my team back home. I'll also add that Taylor has such a great spirit and attitude."
"Awesome but Taylor goes way too fast!! I love Him. Make sure he is here every year. Great information but we need handouts or something because we can't keep up."
"I really liked the way that Taylor walked through each of the steps to show exactly what to do, and when someone needed clarification, he did it again a little slower and more deliberately."
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Are you ready to do EVERYTHING faster in PowerPoint? Whether you are just starting in PowerPoint or have been using the program for years, this shortcuts course is for you.
That’s because shortcuts are the FASTEST way to double your productivity in PowerPoint, even if you are not doing things the best or fastest way yet.
And the sooner you jump on the shortcut train, the more time you'll save throughout your career.
Using my unique system, you will learn how to identify and use the right PowerPoint shortcuts for the right tasks to speed up ANYTHING and EVERYTHING you are currently doing in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Inside this course, you’ll learn how to leverage the FULL range of keyboard shortcuts available to you including:
Hold shortcuts
Shift-Sister shortcuts
Hybrid Power shortcuts
Visible Hybrid shortcuts
Ribbon Guide shortcuts
QAT Guide shortcuts
And most of these shortcuts are what I call visible keyboard shortcuts (or disposable shortcuts).
That means that you don’t have to memorize them to start using them.
Instead, you can just pick them up as you need them (no memorization required) to speed up whatever you are doing and then forget about them until you need them again.
SPEED UP EVERYTHING YOU DO IN MICROSOFT POWERPOINT
Microsoft added these powerful shortcut features to the Microsoft Office Suite over 10-years ago, and barely anyone is properly using them yet.
It's what I call the Lost Decade of Productivity, and why I created this course to fix it.
Inside this course, I’ll catch you up on the NEWEST and BEST PowerPoint shortcut strategies, teaching you how to take advantage of the full range of keyboard shortcuts available to you.
On top of that, I’ll show you how to strategically combine different types of shortcuts together to speed up your workflow even more.
WORKS IN MICROSOFT EXCEL AND MICROSOFT WORD TOO
Although this course focuses exclusively on Microsoft PowerPoint, this unique system of keyboard shortcuts works across the entire Microsoft Office Suite.
That means you can apply everything you learn inside this course to Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel too (or any other program you use in the Microsoft Office Suite).
DOWNLOAD 6 UNIQUE PDF CHEAT SHEETS
On top of the lectures and exercises to double your productivity in PowerPoint, I've also created 6 unique PDF cheat sheets broken out by the different shortcut types you'll learn throughout this course.
21 Hover to Discover PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts
120+ Hold shortcuts in PowerPoint
The 34 sets of Shift-Sister shortcuts in PowerPoint
The 18 Hybrid Power keyboard shortcuts (hidden mouse + keyboard combinations)
My 15 favorite Ribbon Guide shortcuts you'll use all the time
My 16 customized QAT shortcuts that will double your productivity in PowerPoint
And to make sure that you build up the muscle memory for each of these different types of shortcuts, I've included exercises at the end of each unit and included pro-tips for using the different types of shortcuts.
CAN'T I JUST LOOK UP THESE SHORTCUTS ONLINE FOR FREE?
Nope.
If you are just looking up shortcuts online and trying to memorize them, you are missing out for two reasons.
Reason #1: Most of the shortcut lists online don’t cover the NEWEST types of keyboard shortcuts or show you how to combine those shortcuts together into killer combinations to accomplish tasks quickly in PowerPoint.
As you will see inside the course, there are often a variety of different ways to shortcut the same commands and features in PowerPoint. Inside the course, I show you the best way to think through and execute your shortcuts for maximum impact in your daily work-life.
Reason #2: The trick to doubling your productivity in PowerPoint with keyboard shortcuts is knowing how to strategically combine the different types of shortcuts together to best speed up your workflow. You can’t learn that by simply looking up shortcuts online.
I’ve spent my entire career working in Excel and PowerPoint and have been teaching this stuff to professionals for the past 8 years. Once you know this unique system, you'll never be able to use PowerPoint the old-way again.
And to help you learn all of these shortcuts faster, the course is broken out into:
Actionable lectures, teaching you the ins and outs of the different varieties of shortcuts (and how to best use them)
Hands-on exercises - covering some of the best PowerPoint shortcuts - so that you build the muscle memory up for yourself.
DOUBLE YOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN POWERPOINT OR PLEASE ASK FOR A REFUND
By the end of this course, you’ll have a unique, step-by-step system for identifying and finding the best keyboard shortcuts for whatever PowerPoint task you need to accomplish. Armed with this knowledge, you'll be able to run circles around your peers and colleagues who have no idea how to do any of this.
If you are not blown away by this unique system of keyboard shortcuts and strategic thinking, please ask for a refund.
This course includes a 30-day money-back guarantee.
WHO AM I AND WHY SHOULD YOU LISTEN TO ME?
I started my professional career in the professional services division of PricewaterhouseCoopers in New York City and then moved overseas to China for 10-years. In China, I worked for a small startup raising capital (which eventually failed during the financial crisis), and as a consultant facilitating inbound and outbound investments and joint venture projects.
In short, my entire career has been spent creating financial models in Excel and PowerPoint pitchbooks. During that time, I developed my own unique methodologies and strategies for doing things faster in PowerPoint and began teaching those to my clients and colleagues.
After leaving China, I created my own PowerPoint speed training courses and have been teaching those online and in-person for the past 6 years to investment bankers, consultants and other working professionals who use PowerPoint on a daily basis for their job.
Inside this course, I catch you up on the latest and best-of-the-best shortcut strategies and techniques that will immediately boost your productivity in Microsoft PowerPoint.
If you are ready to take your shortcuts skills to the next level and fast-track everything you do in PowerPoint, this course is for you.