Outline
How to add a slide in PowerPoint
How to delete a slide in PowerPoint
How to duplicate a slide in PowerPoint
How to change a slide layout in PowerPoint
How to reset a slide in PowerPoint
How to add a section in PowerPoint
How to remove a section in PowerPoint
How to move a section in PowerPoint
How to collapse and expand a section in PowerPoint
How to rename a section in PowerPoint
How to rearrange a slide in PowerPoint
How to import documents into PowerPoint slide
How to reuse a slide in PowerPoint
How to Add a Slide in PowerPoint
1. Go to the “Home” Tab
2. In the “Slide group”, click on “New slide”
3. From the dropdown menu, choose a layout of your choice
Shortcut key: Ctrl +N
How to Delete a slide in PowerPoint
1. In the window on the left side, “right click” on the slide you want to delete.
2. A drop-down menu will appear, click “Delete Slide”
Method 2:
1. In the window on the left side, left-click on the slide you want to delete
2. Hit the “Delete” key on your keyboard
How to Duplicate a slide in PowerPoint
1. Go to the left panel
2. “Right-click” on the slide, you want to duplicate
3. Dropdown menu will appear, choose and click, the “Duplicate Slide” option
Method 2
Select a slide that you want to duplicate, press Ctrl +D or
Shortcut Key: CTRL + SHIFT + D
How to change a slide Layout in PowerPoint
1. Go to the “Home tab”
2. Click the “arrow” next to “New slide”
3. A drop-down menu will appear, pick the “layout” you want for your slide from the given layout styles
How to Reset a Slide in PowerPoint
1. Select the slide you want to reset
2. Go to the “Home tab”
3. Click the “Reset” next to the “New slide” option
How to Add a Section in PowerPoint
1. In the left panel Right-click the slide where the new section will begin
2. From the “Home tab”, Click the “Section”, and a drop-down menu will appear
3. Choose Add section from the drop-down menu
4. Click the “Add section” option
5. Name your section and click “Rename”
How to Remove a Section in PowerPoint
1. Select the section, you want to remove
2. In the “left panel”, Go to the “Home tab”
3. Click the “Section” option, and a dropdown menu will appear
4. Choose “Remove Section” (to remove the selected section ) or “Remove All
Sections”( to remove all the areas)
How to move a slide in a Section in PowerPoint
1. Go to the “left panel” and select the “section”, in which you want to rearrange the slides
2. Click, hold, and drag the slide and place it in your desired location
How to Collapse and Expand Section in PowerPoint
1. Go to the “Home tab”
2. Click the “Section” button, and a dropdown menu will appear
3. From the dropdown menu, select the “Collapse All” option to minimize all the sections
or
4. “Expand all” to show all the slides of all the sections
How to Rename a Section in PowerPoint
1. On the left slides panel, select the section you want to rename
2. Go to the Home tab
3. Click the “section” option, and a dropdown menu will appear
4. From the dropdown menu, “Choose Rename”
5. Type a name in the “Section name” box and click “Rename”
Rearrange the order of slides in PowerPoint
1. On the left “slides panel”, Click the thumbnail of the slide, you want to move
2. Click, hold and drag the slide to the new location
3. To select multiple slides: Press the right click and hold Ctrl, click each slide you want to move
How to import documents into slides in PowerPoint
STEP 1
1. “Open “Microsoft Word document and “Go to Home”
2. Type your text and “Use Styles” from the top home tab to format the content
3. Highlight the content you want to use as a slide title and select Heading 1 in Styles.
4. Highlight the content you want to use as the slide text, and select Heading 2 in Styles
(Note: If your Word document contains no Heading 1 or Heading 2 styles, PowerPoint will create a slide for each paragraph in your content)
5. On the top left Click the “File” button and choose “save as”
6. Choose the location where you want to save your file and then click “save”
7. Now close the word document file
Caution: Remember to close your word document file so you can insert it into a PowerPoint presentation.
Step 2
8. Open PowerPoint, On the top left panel, open the “Home tab”
9. Click the “arrow” next to the “new slide” button, click the second last option “Slides from Outline” dialogue box
10. Select the document, you want to open and click “insert”
11. A new slide will be created for each Heading 1 in your document
Reuse Slides in PowerPoint
1. Go to the “Home” Tab
2. In the “Slides” group, click on “New Slide “
3. From the dropdown menu, select “Reuse Slides”
4. A window will open on the right-hand side. Click “Browse”
5. Find and “Open” the presentation from where you want to reuse slides
6. Select the slides you want to import into your presentation
7. As soon as you click on a slide, it will be added to your presentation
Caution: Check the “keep source formatting” box if you want to reuse the slide\s with the original theme or formatting
