PowerPoint · Open Paste Special
Objects
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+Alt+VMac
Ctrl+Cmd+VPastes in a form you choose — as a picture, or as unformatted text; the Mac is one of the rare places that wants Ctrl alongside Cmd.
- Group
- Objects
- 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 Open Paste Special in PowerPoint?
Pastes in a form you choose — as a picture, or as unformatted text; the Mac is one of the rare places that wants Ctrl alongside Cmd. It is Ctrl+Alt+V on Windows and Ctrl+Cmd+V on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — Ctrl+Alt+V on Windows, Ctrl+Cmd+V on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
3 pressed together. The combination sits under Objects in PowerPoint.
The same action elsewhere
Shortcuts nearby
Paste the copied animationShift+Alt+VGroup the selected objectsCtrl+GUngroup the selected groupCtrl+Shift+GSend the object back one positionCtrl+Shift+[Bring the object forward one positionCtrl+Shift+]Duplicate the selected objectCtrl+DSelect the next object on the slideTabCopy the animation of an objectShift+Alt+C