Add, rearrange, duplicate, and delete slides in PowerPoint
When creating your presentation, you’ll typically add new slides, move your slides around, and delete the slides you don’t need.
Add slides
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Select the slide you want your new slide to follow.
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Select Home > New Slide.
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Select a layout.
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Select the text box and type.
Delete slides
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For a single slide: Right-click the slide in the thumbnail pane on the left, then select Delete Slide.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Use vertical (portrait) slide view for your presentation
Add a new slide
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In Normal view, on the left slide thumbnail pane, select the slide that you want your new slide to follow.
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On the Home tab, select the arrow by New Slide.
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In the gallery of layouts, select the layout that you want for your new slide.
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As your new slide is now inserted you can click inside a placeholder and begin adding content.
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.
Tip: 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.
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.
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.
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Organize your PowerPoint slide into sections
Add a new slide
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In the left-side slide thumbnail pane, select the slide that your new slide will follow.
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On the Home tab, click New Slide.
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In the New Slide dialog box, select a layout for your new slide.
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Select Add Slide.
Your new slide is inserted. Click inside the placeholder to begin adding content.
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.
Tip: 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.
Duplicate a slide
In the left-side pane, right-click the slide thumbnail that you want to duplicate. In the menu, select Duplicate Slide.
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