How to move inside a table of Powerpoint in Mac OS between tabulators ?

Roberto Tagliani 20 Reputation points
2026-07-01T13:38:22.86+00:00

I need moving between tabulators inside a table in Powerpoint for Mac. In the window edition I've used the TAB key + but now every time I use a combination (Command, optiont, etc. ..) with TAB key happen everything, but not the move of the cursor on next tabulation

Microsoft 365 and Office | PowerPoint | Other | MacOS
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IGYQ 22,055 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2026-07-01T14:28:12.6833333+00:00

Hi!

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

Unfortunately, PowerPoint for Mac does not support a keyboard shortcut to jump from one tab stop to the next within the same cell the way PowerPoint for Windows does.

If there are many fields that must be aligned in each row, it would be best to add more columns to the table instead of using tabulators. PowerPoint for Mac works efficiently with columns, and you won’t have to deal with any tab-stop restrictions at all.

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  1. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 437.7K Reputation points
    2026-07-01T17:45:31.3766667+00:00

    Use Shift+Option+Tab but IMO tabular lists within table cells can be quite difficult to manage... One of the reasons Tables were introduced is to avoid the use of tabular lists in the body text.

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