PowerPoint · Show or hide the guides
View
Windows · Linux
Alt+F9Mac
Ctrl+Cmd+Option+GTurns the alignment guides on and off; the Mac wants three modifiers at once, and the lines appear neither in print nor in the show.
- Group
- View
- 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 Show or hide the guides in PowerPoint?
Turns the alignment guides on and off; the Mac wants three modifiers at once, and the lines appear neither in print nor in the show. It is Alt+F9 on Windows and Ctrl+Cmd+Option+G on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — Alt+F9 on Windows, Ctrl+Cmd+Option+G on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
2 pressed together. The combination sits under View in PowerPoint.