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This wikiHow will teach you how to add a new slide to your PowerPoint presentation. Adding a new slide in PowerPoint is super simple, but the exact process depends on whether you're using a Mac or PC. Either way, we've got you covered! The steps below will walk you through exactly what you need to do.
Steps
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Double-click your PowerPoint presentation if it isn't open. This will open the presentation in your Mac's PowerPoint program.
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Click the space between two slides in the sidebar. The sidebar in the left side of the PowerPoint window shows a summary of each slide in your presentation; clicking the space between two slides will mark that space as the point to which you add your new slide.Advertisement
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Click Insert . This tab is in the top-left side of your Mac's screen.
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Click New Slide . It's in the drop-down menu below the Insert tab. Doing so will insert a new slide into the PowerPoint presentation.
- If you decide to reposition your slide, you can click and drag it up or down in the sidebar to do so.
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Open your PowerPoint presentation if it isn't open. To do so, you can double-click the file itself, or you can open the PowerPoint program and then select the file name from the list of recent documents.
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Right-click a space between two slides in the sidebar. These should be two slides between which you wish to add your slide. Right-clicking here will invoke a drop-down menu.
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Click New Slide . It's toward the bottom of the drop-down menu. A new slide icon will appear in the area you selected between the two slides.
- You can click and drag your slide in the sidebar to reposition it in the presentation's order.
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Tips
- If you want to copy a slide from an existing presentation into your current presentation, simply right-click (or two-finger click) the slide's icon in the sidebar and click Copy . You can then right-click a space in your current presentation's sidebar and click Paste .Thanks
- You can also insert a new slide at any time by clicking the sidebar and then pressing either ⌘ Command + M (Mac) or Ctrl + M (Windows).Thanks
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Mac
- Click the Insert
tab, then click New Slide
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Windows
- Right-click the slide sidebar, then click New Slide
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