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Creating Slides in PowerPoint 2010

October 22, 2010

When you open a new blank PowerPoint presentation, you will notice that there’s just one slide that’s displayed by default. PowerPoint 2010 allows you to add more slides to the presentation in one of the following ways. You can select a method that is more adaptable to the presentation you are working on. For a more detailed look at creating slides in PowerPoint 2010 from each of the above mentioned methods, follow the link.

7 Ways to Creating Slides in PowerPoint 2010

Creating a Slide from the Slides Pane

  • In the Slides pane, select a slide that you want to add as the next slide and press Enter.
  • In the Slides pane, right-click a slide and from the short cut menu, choose New Slide.

Techniques to Add Slides to a PowerPoint 2010 Presentation

The drawback with this method is that you don’t have the liberty to choose a different slide layout.

Creating a Slide Using the Ribbon Commands

If you want your presentation to include a slide with more placeholders such as text, graphics, charts, or tables, then you need to create a slide using the commands on the Ribbon. However, if the Slides pane contains a slide with the placeholders you want, just follow the previous procedure.

Add a new slide using the default Title and Content layout

On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the top half of the New Slide button.

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Add a new slide using another layout

1. On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the bottom half of the New Slide button.

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2. From the drop-down gallery, select the desired layout to insert it in the presentation.

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Creating a Slide from the Outline Pane

1. In the Navigation pane, select Outline.

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2. Click the slide icon in the Outline pane. You will notice a small blue line to the left of the outline slide.

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3. Right-click the line and select New Slide.

If your presentation already contains text, the outline will reflect the content. In such situations, here’s how to add a new slide.

1. In the Outline pane, click after the last line and press Enter.

2. Press Shift+Tab.

Copying a Slide from Within a Presentation

One cool way to create a new slide is to copy the slide from within an existing presentation. Here’s how you do it.

1. Ensure that you are in the Slides pane. Select the slide or slides that you want to copy.

2. Copy the slide. (Press Ctrl+C, or on the Home tab, in the Clipboard group, click Copy or right-click the slide and select Copy.)

Add Slides to a PowerPoint 2010 Presentation

3. Select a location in the Slides pane and click Paste. You can also choose from the Paste Options available in the Clipboard group.

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Copying a Slide from Other Presentations

There are a number of ways in which you can copy slides from other presentations. Here are a few options.

  • Open two PowerPoint presentations and drag-and-drop slides from one presentation to the other.
  • Open two PowerPoint presentations and copy and paste slides from one presentation to the other.
  • Save an existing presentation with a new file name, retain the slides that you need and delete the rest.

While it is not always possible to copy slides, you can choose the method that works best for you depending on your work requirements.

Adding  Slides to a Presentation by Duplicating Existing Slides

1. In the Slides pane, select the slide or slides to be duplicated.

2. Duplicate the slide.

  • On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the bottom half of the New Slide button and select Duplicate Selected Slides.

Add Slides to a Presentation by Duplicating Existing Slides

  • Right-click a slide or slides and choose Duplicate Slide.

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If you select multiple slides to duplicate, the duplicated slides will be displayed directly after the last slide that you selected.

You can simplify this process even further by adding the Duplicate Selected Slides command button on the Quick Access toolbar and clicking the button as and when required.

Reusing Slides from Other Presentations

1. On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the bottom half of the New Slide button.

2. From the drop-down gallery, select Reuse Slides.

Reuse Slides from Other Presentations

3. The Reuse Slides pane appears.

4. Select a PowerPoint file.

  • Below the Insert slide from text box, click Browse.
  • Click the Open a PowerPoint File link.

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5. The Browse dialog box is displayed. Navigate to the location where the presentation from which you want to copy slides is stored, and
click Open.

6. The Reuse Slides pane displays thumbnail images of the slides in the newly opened presentation.

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Note: You can view an enlarged image of the thumbnail images by hovering the mouse pointer over it.

7. If required, check the keep source formatting checkbox to retain the source formatting of the copied slides.

8. Reuse the slide.

  • Click a slide to insert it in the presentation.
  • Right-click a slide and choose Insert All Slides.
  • Right-click a slide and choose Apply Theme to All Slides, or Apply Theme to Selected Slides to copy only the slide theme and not its contents.

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