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PowerPoint · Open the Clipboard pane

Insert

Windows · Linux

Alt+H·F·O

Mac

Not on this system

Opens the Clipboard pane listing what you copied recently; ordinary pasting only gives you the last item, while this pane lets you pick an earlier one.

Group
Insert
Keys held
2

Half of PowerPoint's shortcuts only listen while the show is running — blanking the screen with B, the laser on Ctrl+L — and in edit view those same keys do something else entirely.

Reading the key names

  • Keys joined by + are pressed together: Ctrl+Shift+P means hold Ctrl and Shift, then P.
  • On a Mac, Cmd is ⌘, Option is ⌥ (labelled Alt on some keyboards), Control is ⌃ and Shift is ⇧.
  • Windows Ctrl usually becomes Cmd on a Mac, but not always — this reference lists both combinations separately.
  • With a Korean, Japanese or Chinese input method active, shortcuts built on letter keys may not fire. Switch to Latin input and try again.
  • When a combination does nothing, another program has often claimed it as a global shortcut first.

Common questions

Q. What is the shortcut for Open the Clipboard pane in PowerPoint?

Opens the Clipboard pane listing what you copied recently; ordinary pasting only gives you the last item, while this pane lets you pick an earlier one. It is Alt+H F O on Windows and — on a Mac.

Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?

No — Alt+H F O on Windows, — on a Mac.

Q. How many keys is that?

2 pressed together. The combination sits under Insert in PowerPoint.

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