Command Center

Modified on Thu, 20 Mar at 2:29 PM

The Command Center gives you a central and searchable view of all functionalities from both Power-user and the application (PowerPoint, Excel or Word).


From the Command Center, you can:

  • Find a feature from the list or using the searchbar, and trigger it
  • View a description of each feature, see its keyboard shortcut, and open the User Guide article 
  • Assign custom keyboard shortcuts to either Power-user features but also to PowerPoint/Excel/Word features



TABLE OF CONTENTS



Find and execute a feature from the Command Center


Find a feature


From the Power-user tab, open the Command Center by clicking the first button at the top left of the ribbon. 

Power-user for PowerPoint - Command Center

The Command Center dialog will open, listing all features. Use the scrollbar or type something in the searchbar to filter the list of features.


Power-user Command Center - Searching features

For each feature, a tooltip will give you a brief description of the functionality. You can also see a Help button at the right, that will open the corresponding article from this User Guide.


You can search for Power-user features, but also for native features from PowerPoint, Excel and Word.


At the bottom of the window, a switch allows you to automatically filter commands not suitable for the current context: 

  • If you have a selected, all the features to align and format shapes will be visible, but they will stay hidden otherwise
  • If you have a table  select, all the features to add and remove columns and rows will be visible, but they will stay hidden otherwise
  • Etc.


Execute a feature


To run a feature from the Command Center, just click it in the list. Make sure that you have first selected the relevant objects for that action.



Assign custom keyboard shortcuts to your favorite actions


  • From the Command Center, you can see the existing shortcuts that exist for each feature. 
  • To assign a new keyboard shortcut to a feature, click the field and just press the keyboard keys you want to use as a new shortcut. For instance, you can add a custom shortcut to basic features where it's terribly lacking, such as Align Left / Right / Top / Bottom / Middle / Center

How to assign custom keyboard shortcuts to each action in PowerPoint, Excel or Word

  • If the new shortcut creates a conflict with an existing shortcut key, a dialog box will let you know so you can either cancel or override the existing shortcut.
  • You can always restore default keyboard shortcut by clicking the return arrow in the shortcut field.


If you like using the Command Center, you can search it in the list and assign it a custom shortcut key as well. 



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