PowerPoint · Switch between the outline and the thumbnails
Slides
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+Shift+TabMac
Ctrl+Shift+TabBoth systems use the same combination.
Swaps the left pane between the thumbnails and the outline; in the outline you type titles and bullets as plain text, which is the fastest way to rough out a deck.
- Group
- Slides
- Keys held
- 3
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 Switch between the outline and the thumbnails in PowerPoint?
Swaps the left pane between the thumbnails and the outline; in the outline you type titles and bullets as plain text, which is the fastest way to rough out a deck. It is Ctrl+Shift+Tab on Windows and Ctrl+Shift+Tab on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
Yes, Ctrl+Shift+Tab on both.
Q. How many keys is that?
3 pressed together. The combination sits under Slides in PowerPoint.