PowerPoint · Send the object back one position
Objects
Windows · Linux
Ctrl+Shift+[Mac
Cmd+Shift+Option+BSends the object back one position in the stack; it is one step, not all the way to the bottom, so a pile of overlapping shapes takes that many presses.
- 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 Send the object back one position in PowerPoint?
Sends the object back one position in the stack; it is one step, not all the way to the bottom, so a pile of overlapping shapes takes that many presses. It is Ctrl+Shift+[ on Windows and Cmd+Shift+Option+B on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — Ctrl+Shift+[ on Windows, Cmd+Shift+Option+B on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
3 pressed together. The combination sits under Objects in PowerPoint.