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Microsoft PowerPoint Tutorials

Slide Basics

How to Insert a New Slide

Follow these steps to insert a new slide into your presentation:

  1. From the Outline window, select the slide you want the new slide to appear after by selecting the slide's number.
  2. Select Insert>New Slide from the menu bar or click the new slide button on the standard toolbar.
  3. Choose the layout from the new slide window and press OK. (new slide window is shown below)

Applying a Design Template

To add a design template or changing the existing one, selection Format>Design Template from the menu bar. Select the template and click Apply.

How to Change Slide Layouts

To change the layout of a slide, select Format>Slide Layout from the menu bar. Select one of the layout thumbnail images and click Apply.

How to Reorder Slides

To reorder a slide in Slide Sorter View, simply click on the slide you wish to move and drag it to the new location within the presentation.

In Normal or Outline View, click the slide icon beside the number of the slide you want to move and drag the icon to a new location.

How to Hide Slides

If you do not want a slide to appear during the slide show, but do not want to delete the slide as it may be used later, the slide can be hidden by selecting Slide Show>Hide Slide from the menu bar. To add the slide back to the slide show, select the slide in the outline window or from the Slide Sorter view and clickSlide Show>Hide Slide again.

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