Manage slides

By default, a newly created presentation has one blank Title Slide. In the Presentation Editor, you can create new slides, copy a slide to paste it later to another place in the slide list, duplicate slides, move slides to change their order, delete unnecessary slides and mark some slides as hidden.

To create a new Title and Content slide:

• click the
  Add Slide icon on the Home or Insert tab of the top toolbar, or
• right-click any slide in the list and select the New Slide option from the contextual menu, or
• press the Ctrl+M key combination.

To create a new slide with a different layout:

1. click the arrow next to the
   Add Slide icon on the Home or Insert tab of the top toolbar,
2. select a slide with the necessary layout from the menu.

   Note: you can change the layout of the added slide anytime. For additional information on how to do that, please refer to the Set slide parameters section.

A new slide will be inserted after the selected one in the list of the existing slides on the left.

To duplicate slides:

1. select a slide, or multiple slides in the list of the existing slides on the left,
2. right-click the mouse button and select the Duplicate Slide option from the context menu, or go to the Home or the Insert tab, click the Add slide button and select the Duplicate Slide menu option.

The duplicated slide will be inserted after the selected one in the slide list.

To copy slides:

1. in the list of the existing slides on the left, select a slide or multiple slides you need to copy,
2. press the Ctrl+C key combination,
3. in the slide list, select the slide after which the copied slide should be pasted.
4. press the Ctrl+V key combination.

   Once the copied slide is pasted, the Paste Special button appears next to the inserted slide. Click this button to select the necessary paste option or use the Ctrl key in combination with the letter key given in the brackets next to the option.

   The following Paste Special options are available:

   • Use destination theme (Ctrl+H) - allows applying the formatting specified by the theme of the current presentation. This option is used by default.
   • Keep source formatting (Ctrl+K) - allows keeping the source formatting of the copied slide.
   • Picture (Ctrl+U) - allows pasting the slide as an image so that it cannot be edited.

To move existing slides:

1. left-click the necessary slide or slides in the list of the existing slides on the left,
2. without releasing the mouse button, drag it to the necessary place in the list (a horizontal line indicates a new location).

To delete unnecessary slides:

1. right-click the slide or slides you want to delete in the list of the existing slides on the left,
2. select the Delete Slide option from the contextual menu.

To mark slides as hidden:

1. right-click the slide or slides you want to hide in the list of the existing slides on the left,
2. select the Hide Slide option from the contextual menu.

The number that corresponds to the hidden slide in the slide list on the left will be crossed out. To display the hidden slide as a regular one in the slide list, click the Hide Slide option once again.

Note: use this option if you do not want to demonstrate some slides to your audience, but want to be able to access them if necessary. If you start the slideshow in the Presenter mode, you can see all the existing slides in the list on the left, while hidden slides numbers are crossed out. If you wish to show a slide marked as hidden to others, just click it in the slide list on the left - the slide will be displayed.

To select all the existing slides at once:

1. right-click any slide in the list of the existing slides on the left,
2. select the Select All option from the contextual menu.

To select several slides:

1. hold down the Ctrl key,
2. select the necessary slides by left-clicking them in the list of the existing slides on the left.

Note: all the key combinations that can be used to manage slides are listed on the Keyboard Shortcuts page.

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