Working with Microsoft PowerPoint

Use these commands for basic document operations using Microsoft PowerPoint.

These procedures use Natural Language Commands. To use them, you must have enabled the Enable Natural Language Commands option and the Enable Microsoft PowerPoint commands option in the Options dialog box>Commands tab>More commands dialog. For more information, see About Natural Language Commands.

For a list of commands you can use in PowerPoint, say "What Can I Say?" at any time.

Tutorial: What can I say

To open PowerPoint:

Say "Open Microsoft PowerPoint".

To open the File menu:

Say "Click File Tab".

To open all other menus:

Say "Click <menu name>".

To select a menu item:

Say "Click <menu option>".

To expand or collapse the ribbon:

Say one of the following:

  • "Expand Ribbon"
  • "Collapse Ribbon"

To set focus to the Tell me what you want to do field (Office 2016 only):

Say one of the following:

  • "Move to the Tell me field"
  • "Press Alt q"

To scroll in your document:

Say one of the following:

  • "Start Scrolling Up"
  • "Scroll Down"
  • "Start Scrolling Down"
  • "Scroll Faster"
  • "Scroll Up"
  • "Scroll Slower"

To stop scrolling:

Say "Stop Scrolling".

To scroll in windows and dialog boxes:

See To scroll in windows.

To move around a presentation:

Say one of the following:

  • "Go to the Beginning"
  • "Go Forward One Object"
  • "Go to the End"
  • "Go Backward One Object"
  • "Go Forward One Slide"
  • "Go Forward <number> Objects"
  • "Go Backward One Slide"
  • "Go Backward <number> Objects"
  • "Go Forward <number> Slides"
  
  • "Go Backward <number> Slides"
  

Or

Use Global commands. For more information, see Moving around in documents, web pages and text fields.

To create a new presentation:

Say "Open a New Presentation".

To open an existing presentation:

  1. Say "Open a Presentation".

    The Open dialog box appears.

  2. Dictate the file name. Say "<filename> dot <file extension>"
  3. Say "Click Open".

To close a presentation:

Say "Close Presentation".

To save an existing presentation:

Say "Save Presentation".

To save a new presentation:

  1. Say "Save Presentation".

    The Save As dialog box appears.

  2. Dictate the file name. Say "<filename> dot <file extension>"
  3. Say "Click Save".

To Save As:

  1. Say "Save Presentation As".

    The Save As dialog box appears.

  2. Dictate the file name. Say "<filename> dot <file extension>"
  3. Say "Click Save".

To print a presentation:

  1. Say "Print Presentation".

    A print preview appears.

  2. Say "Click Print".

To switch between open presentations:

See To switch between open documents.
 

Related procedures

Additional information

Working with Microsoft PowerPoint—Working with presentationsGetting help
Moving around in documents, web pages and text fields 
Working with Windows controls 
Selecting and deselecting text