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When creating your presentation, you’ll typically add new slides, move your slides around, and delete the slides you don’t need.

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Add slides

  1. Select the slide you want your new slide to follow.

  2. Select Home > New Slide.

  3. Select a layout.

  4. Select the text box and type.

Delete slides

  • For a single slide:  Right-click the slide in the thumbnail pane on the left, then select Delete Slide.

  • For multiple slides: Press and hold Ctrl, and in the thumbnail pane on the left, select the slides. Release the Ctrl key. Then right-click the selection and choose Delete Slide.

  • For a sequence of slides: Press and hold Shift, and in the thumbnail pane on the left, select the first and last slides in the sequence. Release the Shift key. Then right-click the selection and choose Delete Slide.

Duplicate a slide

In the thumbnail pane on the left, right-click the slide thumbnail that you want to duplicate, and then click Duplicate Slide. The duplicate is inserted immediately after the original.

Rearrange the order of slides

  • Move a single slide: In the pane on the left, click the thumbnail of the slide that you want to move, then drag it to the new location.

  • Move multiple slides: Press and hold Ctrl, and in the pane on the left, click each slide that you want to move. Release the Ctrl key, and then drag the selected slides as a group to the new location.

See Also

What is a slide layout?

Use vertical (portrait) slide view for your presentation

Reuse (import) slides from another presentation

Basic tasks for creating a PowerPoint presentation

Add a new slide

  1. In Normal view, on the left slide thumbnail pane, select the slide that you want your new slide to follow.

  2. On the Home tab, select the arrow by New Slide.

  3. In the gallery of layouts, select the layout that you want for your new slide. 

  4. As your new slide is now inserted you can click inside a placeholder and begin adding content.

Adding a slide

Rearrange the order of slides

In the left-side pane on, select the thumbnail of the slide that you want to move, then drag it to the new location.

Moving a slide

To select multiple slides, press and hold the Command key while you click each slide that you want to move, and then drag them as a group to the new location.

Delete a slide

In the left-side pane, Ctrl+click or right-click select the thumbnail of the slide to be deleted. Then click Delete Slide.

Deleting a slide

Alternatively, simply select the slide you want to delete, and press Delete.

Duplicate a slide

In the pane on the left, Ctrl+click or right-click the slide thumbnail that you want to duplicate. Then select Duplicate Slide in the menu of options. 

Screenshot shows a slide selected and the Duplicate Slide option selected in the right-click menu.

To add a slide from another presentation, see Reuse (import) slides from another presentation.

Another way to see all your slides at once and rearrange them is to use the Slide Sorter view. Learn more here: Switch to different views in PowerPoint

See Also

Organize your PowerPoint slide into sections

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Apply a slide layout

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Add a new slide

  1. In the left-side slide thumbnail pane, select the slide that your new slide will follow. 

  2. On the Home tab, click New Slide.

  3. In the New Slide dialog box, select a layout for your new slide.

    Learn more about slide layouts.

  4. Select Add Slide.

    Your new slide is inserted. Click inside the  placeholder to begin adding content.

The New Slide dialog box in PowerPoint Online has several slide layouts to choose from

Rearrange the order of slides

In the pane on the left, select the thumbnail of the slide to be moved, then drag it to the new location.

In the thumbnail pane, click and drag a slide to change the order.

To move multiple slides, press and hold Ctrl as you click all of the slides to be moved. Then drag them as a group to the new location. 

Delete a slide

In the left-side pane, right-click the thumbnail of the slide to be deleted. Press and hold Ctrl to select multiple slides or press and hold Shift to select multiple sequential slides. Then click Delete Slide.

Right-click a slide and then select Delete Slide

Duplicate a slide

In the left-side pane, right-click the slide thumbnail that you want to duplicate. In the menu, select Duplicate Slide.

Right-click a slide and then select Duplicate Slide

See Also

Apply a slide layout 

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