Introduction

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Open a presentation
• Insert a new slide
• Copy a slide
• Delete a slide

Opening a presentation

You can quickly open a presentation you've previously saved using the task pane.

To open a presentation:

• Start PowerPoint.
• In the task pane under Open a Presentation, click the presentation you want to open.

OR

• Choose FileOpen.
• Navigate to the file you want to open.

Inserting a new slide

Once you've created your opening slide, you'll want to add more slides to your presentation.

To insert a new slide:

• Click InsertNew Slide (Ctrl+M).
• Move your arrow pointer over the layouts or use the scroll bar and choose a slide layout.

• A gray bar appears on the right.
• Click the down-pointing arrow and choose Insert New Slide.

OR

• Click the New Slide button at the top of the screen.

• Move your arrow pointer over the layouts or use the scroll bar and choose a design layout.
• A gray bar appears on the right.
• Click the down-pointing arrow and choose Insert New Slide.

Copying a slide

Copying is another technique you may use as you work on your slide presentation. For example, you may want to repeat a slide later in the presentation or copy a slide and make slight changes to it to make a different point.

To copy a slide:

• Click the slide you want to copy in the pane on the left.
• Click Copy on the Standard toolbar (Ctrl+C).
• Move the arrow pointer to where you want the copied slide to appear.

OR

• Right-click the slide you want to copy in the pane on the left.
• Move the arrow pointer to where you want the copied slide to appear.
• A horizontal cursor appears.
• Click Paste on the Standard toolbar or right-clickPaste (Ctrl+V).

Deleting a slide

Sometimes you may want to take one or more slides out of your presentation.

To delete a slide:

• Click the slide.
• Press Delete on your keyboard.

OR

• Right-click the slide you want to delete in the pane to the leftDelete Slide.

You'll learn more about working with slides in different views in the next lesson.

Challenge!

• Open the Learning to Use PowerPoint XP presentation you created in the previous lesson.
• Insert a new slide with title and text placeholders.
• Type the title Learn about the New Features.
• In the bulleted list, type:
  • Tri-pane Normal view
  • Task pane
  • Outline and Slide tabbed panes
• Copy the slide titled Learn about the New Features.
• Delete the copy of the slide titled Learn about the New Features.
• Insert a new slide with title and text placeholders.
• Type the title What is PowerPoint XP?
• In the text placeholder, type PowerPoint XP, part of the Office XP suite, is a presentation graphics application.
• Save and close your presentation.