• Overview
• Learning Materials
  • Creating a PowerPoint File
    • Open A New Document
    • Choose and Apply a Design
    • Add New Slides
    • Select and Apply Slide Templates
    • Add Text To Slides
    • Use Text Effectively
    • Insert Objects Onto a Slide
    • Insert a Picture Onto a Slide
    • Add A Chart To A Slide
    • Add A Table To A Slide
    • Use Content Effectively
    • Draw On Slides
    • Add Notes To A Slide
    • Add Slide Transitions
    • Add Animation to Text and Objects
    • Use Movement Effectively
    • Add Hyperlinks to a Slide
    • Add Action Buttons
    • Use Links Effectively
    • Add Narration to a Presentation
  • Delivering a Presentation
  • Distributing a Presentation
• What's Next
• Index

Add New Slides

There are several ways to add new slides to a PowerPoint presentation.

In Slide Sorter view or in the Slides tab in Normal view, do the following:

1. Click the cursor where you want to insert a slide. A blinking line will appear.
2. In the Insert menu, choose New Slide
   
   OR click the New Slide icon on the right end of the toolbar.
   

You can also insert a slide from the Slide Layout task pane(see Select and apply slide templates):

1. Point to the slide layout you want applied to the new slide.
2. Click on the arrow that appears.



3. Select Insert New Slide. A new slide will be inserted following the active slide.

Try it! Add a few slides to you presentation by trying out each method.