PowerPoint · Go to the next slide
Slideshow
Windows · Linux
NMac
NBoth systems use the same combination.
Advances the show; it only listens while you are presenting — in edit view it just types the letter — and on an animated slide each press plays one step before the slide changes.
- Group
- Slideshow
- Keys held
- 1
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 Go to the next slide in PowerPoint?
Advances the show; it only listens while you are presenting — in edit view it just types the letter — and on an animated slide each press plays one step before the slide changes. It is N on Windows and N on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, N on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under Slideshow in PowerPoint.