MS PowerPoint Cheat Sheet
1 Nov 2026
Quick answer
A quick revision cheat sheet on Microsoft PowerPoint for SSC, Banking, Railway and state exams. It covers what PowerPoint is, its file format, the views, the slide-show shortcuts, the difference between animations and transitions, and the slide master, so you can revise the computer-awareness section quickly before the exam.
MS PowerPoint Cheat Sheet
Quick Revision
Microsoft PowerPoint is presentation software. A file is made of slides shown one after another in a slide show.
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1. File Format and Views
.pptx → default presentation (2007 onwards)
.ppt → older format
.potx → templateViews: Normal, Slide Sorter, Reading View, and Slide Show.
2. Slide-Show Shortcuts
F5 Start the show from the first slide
Shift + F5 Start from the current slide
Esc End the show
Ctrl + M Insert a new slide3. Animation vs Transition
- Transition — the effect between one slide and the next.
- Animation — the effect applied to an object on a slide (text, image, chart).
4. The Slide Master
The Slide Master sets the common look — fonts, colours, logo and placeholders — for every slide at once, so you change the design in one place.
5. Exam Quick Tips
- F5 starts the slide show from the beginning; Esc ends it.
- A transition is between slides; an animation is on an object.
- Edit the Slide Master to change all slides together.
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How this was made: Drafted with AI assistance; spot-checked by the editor on 1 November 2026.