For alumni of the Firm
The keyboard layer you used at the Firm — rebuilt for any laptop. 50+ shortcuts, 2,300+ icons, and the muscle memory you built there, on Mac and Windows.
Exhibit 1
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The problem
At the Firm, you built decks at speed — Ctrl+Alt+C to center, Alt+Z to match size, Ctrl+1 / Ctrl+2 to copy and paste position. The shortcut patterns top-firm consultants memorize were muscle memory by week three.
Then you moved to a corporate role, an exit, or somewhere else, and none of those patterns followed you. Now you're back to right-clicking menus, hunting through the ribbon, and spending twice as long on half the slides.
SlideShortcuts is a clean rebuild of those patterns. Same keystrokes. Same muscle memory. On any laptop, Mac or Windows.
Built by ex-Firm
SlideShortcuts is built and maintained by former top-firm consultants. We left, realized nobody had rebuilt the keyboard patterns we used every day, and made our own.
SlideShortcuts is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by McKinsey & Company. McKinsey® is a registered trademark of McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Why SlideShortcuts
Align left, right, center, top, bottom, middle. Distribute evenly. Group + align in one stroke. Nine shortcuts that replace the entire Format menu.
Match widths, heights, or exact positions across objects. Copy position from one shape, paste it onto ten. Resize-to-fit text without dragging handles.
Group, ungroup, bring forward, send back. Plus jump to the next shape on the slide with Alt + arrow keys — no more squinting at the selection pane.
Insert textbox, sticker, footnote, legend, sticky note, new slide. Smart paste from Excel that grabs your formatting. Ten shortcuts you'll use daily.
Word wrap, font size, line spacing, default text format. Pickup style and apply style across shapes. Split or join textboxes with one stroke.
Swap two objects, select similar shapes, group horizontally or vertically, convert any shape to dots. Five ribbon-grade actions on Alt + 5–9.
Jump to Normal, Slide Sorter, or Fit-to-Window views without the View tab. Print full deck or n-up handouts straight from the keyboard.
All 50+ shortcuts & commands
Setup
Double-click one file. It copies the add-in to PowerPoint and opens the activation dialog.
Paste the license key from your email. If it's already on your clipboard, it fills in automatically.
Shortcuts activate instantly. The SlideShortcuts add-in pane lists all 50+ for reference, anytime. Every future launch just works.
Pricing
Every plan includes all 50+ shortcuts & custom commands and free updates. Cancel anytime — no per-seat math.
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FAQ
Yes — SlideShortcuts runs on PowerPoint for Windows (2016, 2019, 2021, and Microsoft 365) and PowerPoint for Mac (16.66+). On Windows it ships as a standard add-in — no admin install needed. On Mac it installs through Microsoft AppSource or via a sideloaded Office Add-in.
SlideShortcuts uses key combinations PowerPoint doesn't assign by default (like Ctrl Alt C for align center). If you ever hit a conflict with a custom macro or another add-in, email support@slideshortcuts.com with the shortcut and we'll either help you remap or document the conflict.
Yes. SlideShortcuts works on PowerPoint for Mac 16.66 and later. The taskpane (Symbols, Lines, Textbox Table, Icons, Send-As, Export-to-Excel, Shortcuts reference) works identically on both platforms. The keyboard shortcuts on Mac are powered by a small SlideShortcuts helper app — signed, notarized by Apple, and set up for you by the installer (see FAQ #5 for details).
The SlideShortcuts helper is a small menu-bar app — signed with our Apple Developer ID and notarized by Apple — that provides the keyboard-shortcut hooks PowerPoint for Mac doesn't expose to add-ins natively (Mac PowerPoint has no equivalent to the Windows VBA API we use on the PC side). macOS requires one-time Accessibility permission for any app that responds to keyboard shortcuts system-wide; the installer walks you through granting it. The helper only acts while PowerPoint is the active app, runs your shortcuts entirely on your Mac, and never sees or transmits your slide content. It replaces the third-party Hammerspoon tool earlier versions relied on — one app, our name, nothing extra to install.
The shortcuts simply stop working. No uninstall needed. When you purchase a license, just enter the new key and you're back up instantly — all your PowerPoint files are completely unaffected.
Yes — your license is tied to your purchase email. Activate it on whatever machines you use (work laptop, home desktop, Mac and Windows). If you ever lose access to your license, email support@slideshortcuts.com and we'll get you back up.
The shortcuts are designed by former MBB consultants, adapted from the muscle memory you built at the firm. If you've spent time in PowerPoint at McKinsey, BCG, Bain, or a peer firm, the keystrokes will feel immediately familiar — same actions, same mappings, same speed.
SlideShortcuts runs locally inside PowerPoint and never reads or transmits your slide content, file names, or document data. The only thing transmitted is your license email at activation, encrypted in transit, used only to verify your subscription. No telemetry, no analytics, no behavioral tracking. Full details in our Privacy Policy.
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