Duplicating Shapes, and Drawing Multiple Shapes: Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, April 30, 2012, posted by Geetesh at 9:03 am

Updated: Friday, October 14, 2022 at 10:20 am

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PowerPoint (and other Microsoft Office programs) let you quickly duplicate selected objects using the Ctrl + D shortcut key (for Windows). Mac users can get the same results by choosing the Command + D shortcut key. These links below provide more details on using these shortcut keys to duplicate and create a patterned sequence of objects.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint 2016

Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint 2013

Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint 2011

Duplicate Shapes Using Keyboard Shortcuts in PowerPoint

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