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Working with Slides

At times, after creating a presentation, slides may need to be added, removed or managed.

Add a Slide:

There are several ways to add a slide to a presentation:

1.Click on the Slide button on the right side of the toolbar to add a new slide to your presentation as shown in Diagram 1.

Diagram 1

2. Right-click on the Slides pane and select New Slide from the pop-up menu (works in Normal, Outline and Notes view) as shown in Diagram 2 or Right-click on the main work area in Slide Sorter view and select New Slide from the pop-up menu.

Diagram 2

On the work area in Normal view, right click on the active slide and select Slide > New Slide as shown in Diagram 3.

Diagram 3

3. Select Insert > Slide (works in Normal, Outline view and Slide Sorter View) from the menu as shown in Diagram 4.

Diagram 4

In order to add a slide in between two slides, follow these steps:

Right Click in the Blank Area between two slides in the Slide bar towards left side of the screen.
Click on New Slide option as shown in Diagram 5.
A Blank Slide will be inserted between the two slides as shown in Diagram 6.


Diagram 5	Diagram 6

Delete a Slide:

There are several ways to delete a slide from a presentation:

1. In Normal, Outline or Slide Sorter view, select a slide and then click Edit > Delete Slide from the menu as shown in Diagram 7. The Current slide will be deleted and remaining slides will renumber themselves appropriately.

Diagram 7

2. In the Slides Pane, right-click on the slide to be deleted and select Delete Slide from the pop-up menu as shown in Diagram 8 or just select the slide and then press the Delete key. The remaining slides will automatically renumber themselves appropriately.

Diagram 8

3. In Normal view, select the slide, right-click on the work area, then select Slide > Delete Slide from the context menu as shown in Diagram 9. The remaining slides will renumber themselves appropriately.

Diagram 9

NOTE: It is possible to delete multiple slides simultaneously by selecting them by Shift + Click and pressing the Delete key in Slide Sorter View.

Copying a Slide:

In order to copy a slide, it can be done in following way:

Select the slide which has to be copied.
Right click the selected Slide and click on Copy from the popup menu as shown in Diagram 10.
Select the location where the data selected for copying has to be pasted.
Right click the selected Slide and click on Paste from the popup menu.
A dialog box appears as shown in Diagram 11 which prompts you to choose where you want to insert the copied slide (i.e. before or after the selected slide)

Diagram 10

Diagram 11

Duplicate a Slide:

Duplicating a slide is another technique that you may require as you work on creating slide presentations. For example, you may want to repeat a slide later in the presentation and make slight changes to it to make a different point to the audience. When you duplicate a slide, you make an exact copy of it. The quickest way to add slides to an existing presentation is to duplicate the slides. Duplicating a slide can be done in Normal View.

To duplicate slide:

Select the slide which has to be duplicated by clicking it on the Slide pane
Select Insert à Duplicate Slide as shown in Diagram 12.
Impress immediately inserts a duplicated slide just below the original slide and is displayed in the work area.

Notice that the newly inserted slide would take the next sequential slide number in the presentation.

Diagram 12

Rename a Slide:

In order to rename a slide: In Normal view, right-click on the slide in the work area, then select Slide > Rename Slide from the pop‑up menu as shown in Diagram 13.

Diagram 13

Rename Slide dialog box appears, type a new name for the slide and then click OK as shown in Diagram 14.

Diagram 14

The renamed slide would be displayed immediately on slides pane as shown in Diagram 15.

Diagram 15

The other way to rename a slide:

Right click the slide whose name has to be changed from the Slide pane.
Select Rename Slide from the Context menu as shown in Diagram 16.
Rename Slide dialog box appears.
Type the name in the Name text box. Click on OK. The slide would be successfully renamed.

Diagram 16