PowerPoint: How to add, delete and rearrange slides
Maybe you just imported slides from another presentation and want to delete some and rearrange the others. Or maybe you started from scratch and added new slides or rearranged existing ones. Whatever the reason, it's done quickly in a few easy steps right inside PowerPoint.
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Adding, deleting and rearranging slides in normal view
First, we'll be working in Normal View. This view is the default view you're probably used to working on a large slide in front of you with the slide preview pane on the left side.
To add a new slide, go to the "Slides" section of the "Home" tab. Here you will have two options to add a new slide.
Clicking the "New Slide" button will automatically insert the last used slide layout. You can also press Ctrl+M.
Clicking the arrow below the "New Slide" button opens a drop-down menu with several slide templates to choose from.
Go ahead, let's scroll through the menu and see what we have. Just choose the slide template that best fits what you want to do in PowerPoint.
To insert a slide between two existing slides, go to the slide preview pane and select the area between the two slides where you want to insert the new slide.
Right-click and select "New Slide".
The slide template will be the same as the slide directly above where you are inserting the new one.
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Deleting a slide is just as easy. In the slide preview pane, right-click the slide you want to delete, then click "Delete Slide." Alternatively, you can select the slide you want to delete and press "delete" on your keyboard.
Finally, to rearrange the order of the slides, click and drag the slide to the desired position.
Using PowerPoint Slide Sorter view
Now we'll learn how to add, delete, and reorder our slides in PowerPoint's Slide Sorter view.
To switch to Slide Sorter view, click the Slide Sorter icon in the status bar at the bottom right of the screen.
To add a new slide, select the slide where you want to insert a new slide, right-click and select «New slide«.
Just like in normal view, you can also use the "New slide" function in the "Home" tab.
To delete a slide, select the slide you want to delete, right-click and select "Delete Slide".
Finally, as with Normal view, to rearrange slides in Slide Sorter view, click and drag the slide to the desired position.
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