Objective 1.4 Order and group slides

  • 1.4.1 Order and group slides

1.4 Contents

1.4.1 Order and group slides

To make it easier to organize and format a longer presentation, you can divide it into sections.

In both Normal view and Slide Sorter view, sections are designated by titles above the first slide in the section.

  • Section titles do not appear in other views.

Expanded and collapsed presentation sections in Slide Sorter view

You can select, format, move, collapse, expand, and remove sections of slides by selecting the section title and then performing the action. You can print selected sections of a presentation. When collaborating on the creation of a presentation, individual people can edit separate sections.

You can easily reorder the slides within a presentation by moving individual slides or entire sections of slides.

Tip: If you arrange open presentation windows side by side, you can drag slides from one presentation to another.

To create presentation sections

  1. Do either of the following:
    • In Normal view, click in the Slides pane above the first slide of the new section.
    • In Slide Sorter view, click in the Slides pane to the left of the first slide of the new section.
  2. Do either of the following:
    • On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the Section button, and then click Add Section.
    • In Normal view, right-click in the Slides pane above the slide where you want to begin a new section, and then click Add Section.

To rename presentation sections

  1. Do either of the following:
    • Click the section header. On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the Section button, and then click Rename Section.
    • Right-click the section header, and then click Rename Section.
  2. In the Rename Section dialog box, enter the new section name, and then click Rename.

To move slides within a presentation

  1. Do either of the following:
    • In Normal view or Slide Sorter view, select the section headers or thumbnails of the slides you want to move.
    • In Outline view, select the icons of the slides you want to move.
  2. Do either of the following:
    • Drag the selection to the new location.
    • Cut the slides from the original location, and then paste them in the new location.