Objective 1.2 Insert and format slides
- 1.2.1 To add slides
- 1.2.2 Apply a layout / Reset
- 1.2.3 Hide / Delete Slides
- 1.2.4 Format slide backgrounds
- 1.2.5 Configure headers and footers on slides and printed materials
1.2 Contents
1.2.1 To add 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.
Thumbnails depict the content of each slide layout
After you insert a slide
- you can apply a different layout at any time
- if you make changes to the slide structure, you can reset the layout.
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 add a slide
- In Normal view or Slide Sorter view, click the slide that you want the new slide to follow, and then on the Home tab, in the Slides group, do one of the following:
- To add a slide of a specific layout, click the New Slide arrow, and then click the slide layout you want to add.
- To add a slide of the currently selected layout, click the New Slide button or press Ctrl+M.
- To add a slide that is identical to the currently selected slide, click the New Slide arrow, and then click Duplicate Selected Slides.
- Right-click a slide, and then do one of the following:
- To add a slide of the currently selected layout, click New Slide.
- To add a slide that is identical to the currently selected slide, click Duplicate Slide.