How to Quickly Duplicate Items and Slides in PowerPoint

Learn how to quickly duplicate individual items and slides in PowerPoint to quickly make iterations of your designs.

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In this Presentation Design Conference sneak peek, Nolan Haims shares one of his favorite PowerPoint keyboard shortcuts. Though seemingly simple, he shows how Command/Ctrl+D can be used to duplicate elements for quicker slide creation. Finally, Nolan shows how using this shortcut on a slide itself can save you having to perform multiple undos when you want to revert to a previous look.

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This article was last modified on August 29, 2025

This article was first published on February 5, 2024

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