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Speech recognition commands in PowerPoint
 
Applies to
Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003
Microsoft PowerPoint® 2002

This feature is available in the Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office 2003 and in the Simplified Chinese, English (U.S.), and Japanese language versions of Microsoft Office XP.

  Notes  

  • If you are in Voice Command mode and say "print," the file you are currently working on is sent to the printer.
  • If a command does not appear to work, switch to another program and switch back to the program you are working in, and then say the command again.

ShowNavigation commands you can say in PowerPoint

Task you can perform Command you can say
Display all the commands on a menu Expand
More buttons
In a dialog box, move to the next option or option group Tab
In a dialog box, move to the previous option or option group Shift tab
Close a dialog box without saving changes and close menus Escape
Cancel
Enter a new line Return
Enter
New line
Next line
Enter a new paragraph New paragraph
Go to the end of a line End
Go end
Go to the beginning of a line Home
Go home
Enter a backspace Backspace
Enter a space Space
Space bar
Move the insertion point one space to the left Left
Left arrow
Arrow left
Go left
Move the insertion point one space to the right Right
Go right
Right arrow
Arrow right
Move the insertion point one word to the right Right one word
Forward word
Forward one word
Go forward one word
Next word
Go right word
Control right
Move the insertion point one word to the left Left one word
Back word
Back one word
Go back one word
Last word
Control left
Go up one line Up
Go up
Up arrow
Arrow up
Go down one line Down
Go down
Down arrow
Arrow down
Scroll up through the slides in a presentation Page up
Scroll down through the slides in a presentation Page down
Delete selected text Delete
Switch to the next slide Next page
Switch to the last slide Previous page
Display the right click menu Right click
Right click menu
Show right click menu
Context menu
Show context menu
If the AutoCorrect Options button is visible, displays the AutoCorrect Options button menu AutoCorrect options
Options button
If the AutoFit Options button is visible, displays the AutoFit Options button menu AutoFit options
Options button
If the Automatic Layout Options button is visible, displays the Automatic Layout Options button menu Automatic layout options
Options button
If the Paste Options button is visible, displays the Paste Options button menu Paste options
Options button
Select the next word Shift control right
Select next word
Select the last word Shift control left
Select last word
Select text going backward Shift control up
Select last line
Select text going forward Shift control down
Select next line

ShowOther commands you can say in PowerPoint 2002

Task you can perform Command you can say
Open a file Open
File open
Open file
Close a presentation
Close the program		 Close presentation
File exit
Insert a new slide New slide
Insert new slide
View the slide show View show
Begin slide show
Start slide show
Slide show view
Switch to Normal view Normal
Normal view
Switch to Slide Sorter view Slide sorter
View the Slides tab Slides
View the Outline tab Outline
Select text Select word
Select paragraph
Select all
Capitalize selected text Capital
Capitalize
Copy Copy
Show the Office Clipboard Copy copy
Office clipboard
Show clipboard
Show office clipboard
Hide the Office Clipboard Hide clipboard
Hide office clipboard
Cut Cut
Paste Paste
Undo Undo
Redo Redo
Same as before
Bold On bold
Turn on bold
Begin bolding
Remove bold Off bold
Un bold
Stop bolding
Turn off bold
Remove bold
Italicize and remove italics Italic
Italics
Italicize
Save Save
Show the task pane Task pane
Show task pane
View task pane
Hide the task pane Hide task pane
Hide the Office Assistant Hide the assistant
Move the insertion point to the Ask a Question box Ask a question
Type a question for help
Print preview Print preview
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