Microsoft Power Point

Working With Slides

Insert a New Slide

To insert a slide into a presentation:

• In the Outline window, select the slide you want the new slide to appear after by clicking the slide's number.
• Select Insert on the Menu Toolbar, then |New Slide from the drop-down menu or click the new slide button on the standard toolbar.
• Choose the page layout from the window and press OK.

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Applying a Design Template

• To add a design template or changing the existing one, selection Format on the Menu Toolbar, then select a Design Template from the menu bar.
• Select the template and click Apply.

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Changing Slide Layouts

• To change the layout template of the slide select Format on the Menu Toolbar, then select Slide Layout from the menu bar.
• Select one of the layout thumbnail images and click Apply.

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Reordering Slides

• Click on the slide you wish to move and drag it to the new location.
• In Normal or Outline View, click the slide icon beside the number of the slide you want to move and drag the icon to a new location.

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Hide Slides

If you do not want a slide to appear during the slide show, but do not want to delete the slide as it may be used later, the slide can be hidden.

• Selecting Slide Show on the Menu Toolbar.
• Select Hide Slide from the menu bar.
• To add the slide back to the slide show, select Slide Show and Hide Slide again.

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Create a Custom Slide Show

The Custom Slide Show feature allows you to select the slides you want to display in the slide show if not all the slides should be used.

• Select Slide Show on the Menu Toolbar.
• Select Custom Slide Show from the menu bar.
• The Custon Slide Show dialog will open.

  

• Click the New... button in the Custom Shows window.
• In the Define Custom Show window, type a name for the slide in the Slide show name field.

• Add slides to the custom show by highlighting them in the Slides in presentation window and clicking the Add >> button. Those slides will then appear in the Slides in custom show window.
• To remove slides from the custom show, highlight their names in the Slides in custom show window and click the Remove button.
• To reorder slides in the custom show, highlight the slide that should be moved and click the up and down arrows to change its order in the show.
• Click OK when finished.
• Click the Show button on the Custom Shows window to preview the custom slide show and click
• Close to exit.

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Edit a Custom Slide Show

• Select Slide Show on the Menu Toolbar, then select Custom Slide Show from the menu bar to open the Custom Show dialog box (as shown above).
• Edit the show by highlighting the name in the Custom shows box and clicking the Edit button.
• To delete a show, highlight the name and click Remove.
• Create a copy of a show by clicking the Copy button. The copy can then be renamed by clicking the Edit button.
• Click the Show button to preview the custom slide show.
• Click Close to exit.