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AhaSlides provides presenters with a convenient way to control their slides using keyboard shortcuts. This ensures you maintain control over your presentation even when you don’t have access to a mouse or pointer. To view all available keyboard shortcuts at any time during your presentation, simply press K on your keyboard.

Keyboard shortcuts

Display QR code

To quickly display your QR code for audience access, press Q while presenting.

Start presenting

If you’re in the editor and ready to start your presentation, press Shift + P.

Return to editor

During your presentation, return to the editor by pressing the Esc key.

Show / hide results

  • Show results: press H while presenting to display the results on screen.
  • Hide results: press H again to hide them.

Open / close submission

  • Open submission: press S while presenting to allow participants to submit responses.
  • Close submission: press S again to stop accepting responses.

Effects

AhaSlides offers a variety of fun effects to enhance your presentation. To access these, hover over the Effect icon in the bottom-left menu while presenting. The available effect hotkeys are:
  • Confetti: press C to shower the screen with confetti.
  • Applause: press A to play an applause sound.
  • Drumroll: press D to start a drumroll.

Leaderboard

  • Show leaderboard: press L while presenting to display the leaderboard.
  • Close leaderboard: press L again, or click anywhere outside the leaderboard, to close it.
Using these keyboard shortcuts, you can seamlessly navigate and control your AhaSlides presentation. Remember, pressing K will always show you the list of available hotkeys during your presentation.