PowerPoint · Start the slide show from the first slide
Slideshow
Windows · Linux
F5Mac
Cmd+Shift+ReturnRuns the deck full screen from slide one; it always goes back to the first slide no matter which one you were editing, and with two displays the show moves to the external one.
- 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 Start the slide show from the first slide in PowerPoint?
Runs the deck full screen from slide one; it always goes back to the first slide no matter which one you were editing, and with two displays the show moves to the external one. It is F5 on Windows and Cmd+Shift+Return on a Mac.
Q. Is it the same on Windows and Mac?
No — F5 on Windows, Cmd+Shift+Return on a Mac.
Q. How many keys is that?
1 pressed together. The combination sits under Slideshow in PowerPoint.