D Keyboard shortcuts

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Most keyboard shortcuts that you know from plain PowerPoint work with smart-elements as well. The same is true for keys that modify mouse operation like Shift-click for additive selection and Ctrl-drag for duplication of shapes.

The following table shows the keyboard shortcuts frequently used with think-cell, and the ones that offer additional functionality over Microsoft PowerPoint.

Shortcut key Description
F2 Toggle text-edit mode in text labels
Delete or ←
  • Delete the selected smart-element
  • Remove the selected feature (e.g., label)
Alt+
← → ↑ ↓
  • Move focus across shapes on the slide
  • Move focus across features (e.g., labels) of a smart-element
Alt+Insert Gantt chart only: Insert new activity
v, x Checkbox only: set state
0 1 2 3 4 Harvey ball only: set state
Alt+Enter In Excel data sheet: line break
F7 In Excel data sheet: spell checking
Middle mouse button:
click and drag 		In zoom view: Grab the slide and pan it around

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