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Shortcuts

Presenter comes with many keyboard shortcuts—learning just a few of them can help you put together presentations even faster.

You’ll find most shortcuts on the main menu, next to their actions.

File Shortcuts

These shortcuts deal with the File menu and work alongside default macOS shortcuts) such as copy/paste and select all.

Shortcut Action
N New presentation
O Open existing presentation
W Close presentation
S Save presentation
S Save presentation as new file
S Duplicate

Editing Shortcuts

You’ll find all these shortcuts in the Inspector’s Text tab.

Speech Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
L Ordered list
L Unordered list
L Task list
> Blockquote

Text on Slide Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
- Slide break
T Add empty slide
Body text
1 Title
2 Subtitle
3 Heading
4 Subheading
5 Header 5
6 Header 6

Formatting Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
B Bold text
I Italic
/ Comment
U Strikethrough
U Highlight
K Footnote
K Link

Math/Code Shortcuts

Shortcut Action
` Inline code
M Inline math

View Shortcuts

Configure Editor and pane visibility shortcuts.

Shortcut Action
\ Show all tabs
D Focus Mode
+ Zoom in
0 Default text size
- Zoom out
S Show/Hide Thumbnails
I Show/Hide Inspector
P Show/Hide presentation
R Presentation Preview

Presentation Shortcuts

Slide navigation shortcuts when using the Editor.

Shortcut Action
Go to previous slide
Go to next slide
Go to first slide
Go to last slide

Custom Keyboard Shortcuts

You can customize keyboard shortcuts and add your own for menu items that don’t have them yet. To do so:

  1. Go to Settings/System PreferencesKeyboardShortcutsApp Shortcuts
  2. Select the button and select iA Presenter from the list of apps
  3. In Menu Title: box enter the menu item exactly as it appears in iA Presenter’s menu
  4. Click Add

When successful you’ll see the shortcut added next to the menu item in iA Presenter and you’ll be able to trigger the action with your shortcut.

Note that some key combinations will not work due to being mapped to system functions or other restrictions. If this happens, please repeat the steps above to re-map the menu item to a new key combination.

Contact Us

If you are experiencing a problem that our support section doesn’t solve please reach out to us. We take a break on the weekends (JST), but during weekdays we aim to reply within 1-2 business days.

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