How do I add slides and sections?

Slides hold your content, and sections group slides into lessons or modules. A new slide goes straight after the slide you have selected, in the same section.

Add a slide

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   In the Slides panel, select the slide that the new slide should follow.

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   On the Home or Insert tab, choose New slide, or press Ctrl+M. The arrow beside New slide lists the Title and text and Blank layouts and Duplicate slide. The + button at the top of the Slides panel does the same.

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   In the Add slide dialog, type a Slide title.

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   Under Slide layout, choose an arrangement:

   • Title for a title and subtitle.
   • Title and text for a title and body text.
   • Two columns for a title and two columns.
   • Picture and caption for a picture frame and a caption.
   • Blank for an empty slide.
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   Choose Add slide. The new slide is selected and ready to edit.

Add a section

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   Select a slide in the section that the new section should follow.

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   On the Home or Insert tab, choose Add section.

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   Type a Section name and choose Add section. The empty section appears after the current one.

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   Move slides into it by dragging them onto the section heading, or with Move to section on the Slides tab. See How do I reorder and delete slides?.

Change the layout of an existing slide

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   Select the slide and choose Slide layout on the Home tab.

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   Pick a new Arrangement and choose Apply. Existing content stays on the slide; named placeholders are arranged and any missing ones are added empty.

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   Check the slide for overlaps afterwards. To put the layout back as it started, choose Reset to layout.