OfficeOne Shortcuts for PowerPoint

PowerPoint is a very popular presentation tool that is used even in professional environments, however the application can be quite complicated and difficult to navigate at times. OfficeOne Shortcuts for PowerPoint is an add-on for PowerPoint that adds a series of extra menu shortcuts to access features that are not readily available, as well as extra hotkey support.

A common problem with add-ons for PowerPoint is that they can sometimes become lost in the standard interface, making it hard to use the additional features added. Fortunately, that is not the case for OfficeOne Shortcuts for PowerPoint as it would undermine the entire point of the add-on and make it redundant.

The extra button is immediately available just under the standard menu, making it quick to access and highlighting the purpose behind OfficeOne Shortcuts for PowerPoint. The shortcut menu provides four categories; Design Presentations, Control Slide Show, Control Multimedia in Slide Shows and Drawing in Slide Shows. Each category features a range of subcategories and options that users can access, as well as several commonly used tools.

Despite PowerPoint's complicated nature, the standard application actually includes very few hotkeys which does seem like a rather large oversight. OfficeOne Shortcuts for PowerPoint adds numerous hotkeys to the program, making it much more versatile.

There are hotkeys for start the slideshow from the present slide, to close all slideshows, to pause all slideshows, to resume all slideshows, to toggle pause/running state of all slideshows, to go backward through your presentation, to view the last viewed slide in the same presentation and to restart the current slide.

OfficeOne Shortcuts for PowerPoint can be divided into two distinct upgrades to PowerPoint, a series of menu shortcuts, as well as a variety of hotkeys. The shortcuts are useful, but not anywhere near as useful as the hotkey additions. Considering that OfficeOne Shortcuts for PowerPoint is a free upgrade to PowerPoint, there is little to no reason not to take advantage of the increased hotkey functionality.