PowerPoint 2010 - Using Slides

Welcome to another entry on El Toro's Tech Blog. Today's entry will give you some information on PowerPoint slides, how to insert new ones, changing its layout, making a copy, rearranging a slide and deleting slides.

Inserting New Slides

When you insert a slide into a presentation, PowerPoint inserts it with the default layout immediately after the current slide. If you want to add a slide with a different layout, you select the layout you want from the New Slide gallery. The available layouts and their design depend on the template used to create the presentation.

After you have inserted a slide, you can change its layout at any time.

If you want to insert a slide that is similar to an existing slide, you can duplicate the existing slide and then change it, instead of having to create the slide from scratch.

To insert a new slide after the current slide

•  On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the New Slide button to insert a slide with the default layout.

• On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the New Slide arrow, and then click the layout you want.

To change the layout of an existing slide

• On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the Layout button, and then click the layout you want.

To duplicate a slide

• On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the New Slide arrow, and then click Duplicate Selected Slides.

• In the Overview pane, on the Slides tab, right-click the slide, and then click Duplicate Slide.

Rearranging Slides

You can rearrange a presentation’s slides at any time so that they effectively communicate
your message. You can rearrange a presentation in three ways:

• In Slide Sorter view, you can drag slide thumbnails into the correct order.

• In Normal view, you can drag slides up and down on either the Slides or Outline tab of the Overview pane.

• You can also cut and paste slides in the Overview pane.

To reorganize slides in Slide Sorter view 

1. In Slide Sorter view, on the View toolbar, click the Zoom In or Zoom Out button to adjust the size of the thumbnails as necessary to see the slides you want to move.
2. Drag the slide thumbnails to their new positions.

To move a slide in Normal view

• In the Overview pane, on the Slides tab, click the slide’s thumbnail, and then drag it up or down.

Or

1. On the Slides tab, click the slide’s thumbnail, and then cut it.
2. Click the thumbnail of the slide after which you want the cut slide to appear, and then paste the slide.

Or

• In the Overview pane, on the Outline tab, click the icon of the slide, and then drag it up or down.

Or

1. On the Outline tab, click the slide’s icon, and then cut the selection. If necessary, click Yes to confirm the command.
2. Click the icon of the slide after which you want the cut slide to appear, and then paste the slide.

Deleting Slides

You can easily delete slides you no longer need.

To delete the current slide

• On the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click the Cut button.

• In the Overview pane, on the Slides tab, right-click the slide thumbnail, and then click Delete Slide.

• In the Overview pane, on the Outline tab, right-click the slide title, and then click Delete Slide.

To delete multiple slides

1. In the Overview pane, on the Slides tab, select the slides you want to delete, and then do one of the following:

• Cut the slides.
• Right-click anywhere in the selection, and then click Delete Slide.

I hope you enjoyed this entry and found this useful. As always, Be Safe! =)