Mar 29, 2017 Equation Editor Shortcut for Mac Powerpoint 2016 I have been unable to locate a shortcut that inserts a new equation in Powerpoint 2016 for Mac. It exists in Word 2016 (Ctrl+=) but this shortcut creates a superscript in Powerpoint. Other companies managed to easily upgrade their software for Mac scientists and mathematicians. Great example is the interactive statistics product JMP. Surely Microsoft can hire some competent programmers to figure this out. The equation editor in Word 2016 for Mac is ridiculous and an insult to any math-aware professionals. Equations, Formulas, Math Functions, Maths, Microsoft Equations, PowerPoint 2013, PowerPoint 2016 How To Make a Widescreen PowerPoint in Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Posted on November 5, 2014 (September 17, 2016).
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PowerPoint 2016 for Mac finally includes the new-style equation editor (which was already available in Word for Mac and PowerPoint for Windows). An equation can be inserted using a ribbon button (Insert → Insert Equation).
How can I add a keyboard shortcut for this? Is there already a keyboard shortcut for it?
For Word I could use the OS settings from System Preferences → Keyboard and set up a shortcut for the menu item named 'Equation'. But I cannot find a corresponding menu item in PowerPoint. I can only find this feature on the ribbon, but not the in menu. Is there any way to set up a keyboard shortcut for it?
Update:
Since the situation seems to be in flux, here's an update:
Older versions, including the one that was current when I asked the question, have the undocumented shortcut ⌘-⌥-=. There is no menu item in this versions that would allow setting up a shortcut manually. Answer by theoden.
More recent versions do not have a shortcut built in, but they do have the menu item Insert → Equation, which makes it possible to set up a shortcut manually. Answer by suntoch.
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This shortcut is already in PowerPoint:⌘Option=
This produces a place to type an equation when you are in a text box.
Denis RasulevYou can't post keyboard shortcuts into comments, so I added an answer. I found out about the German keyboard shortcut (by trial and error). It is: ⌘alt´
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So, on a German keyboard the equals sign has to be replaced with an apostrophe (the key next to the backspace key (on its left)) @Daniel
The shortcut posted by theoden seems to be broken in new versions.As a workaround one can just go to the System Preferences => Keyboard => Shortcuts => App Shortcuts and add another one for Microsoft PowerPoint with the 'Equation' as Menu Title.
Same as @olik79, I think it is useful to specify that the correct combination on Italian keyboard is Option+ì.
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