Organize your PowerPoint slides into sections

Add a section

1. Right-click between slides and select Add Section.

   An Untitled Section is added in the thumbnail pane, and the Rename Section dialog box opens.

2. Type a name in the Section name box.

3. Select Rename.

4. To collapse a section, click the triangle next to the section name. The numeral by the section name shows the number of slides in that section.

Move or delete a section

Select View > Slide Sorter.

From here, you can:

• Move a section: Right-click and select Move Section Up or Move Section Down.

• Delete a section: Right-click and select Remove Section.

  You can also drag and drop sections.

Add a section

1. In Normal view, in the thumbnail pane, click the slide that will be the first slide of the section.

2. On the Home tab, click Section , and then click Add Section.

3. In the Section Name box, enter a name for the section.

4. To add more sections, select a new starting slide for the new section and repeat steps 2 and 3.

   

   The names you enter appear as headers above each section, followed by the number of slides in each section in parentheses.

Change the order of sections

• In Normal view or Slide Sorter view, drag the section title to where you want it—for example, move the third section before the first section.

Change the name of a section

• In Normal view or Slide Sorter view, double-click the section name and enter a new name in the Section Name box.