Which of the following should be used when you want to add slide to an existing presentation?

When creating your presentation, you’ll typically add new slides, move your slides around, and delete the slides you don’t need.

Add slides

1. Select the slide you want your new slide to follow.

2. Select Home > New Slide.

3. Select a layout.

4. Select the text box and type.

Delete slides

1. For a single slide: Right-click the slide in the thumbnail pane on the left, and select Delete Slide.

2. For multiple slides: Press and hold Ctrl, and in the thumbnail pane on the left, select the slides. Release the Ctrl key. Then right-click the selection and choose Delete Slide.

3. For a sequence of slides: Press and hold Shift, and in the thumbnail pane on the left, select the first and last slides in the sequence. Release the Shift key. Then right-click the selection and choose Delete Slide.

Duplicate a slide

In the thumbnail pane on the left, right-click the slide thumbnail that you want to duplicate, and then click Duplicate Slide. The duplicate is inserted immediately after the original.

Rearrange the order of slides

In the pane on the left, click the thumbnail of the slide that you want to move, and then drag it to the new location.

To select multiple slides: Press and hold Ctrl, and in the pane on the left, click each slide that you want to move. Release the Ctrl key, and then drag the selected slides as a group to the new location.

See Also

What is a slide layout?

Use vertical (portrait) slide view for your presentation

Reuse (import) slides from another presentation

Basic tasks for creating a PowerPoint presentation

Add a new slide

1. In Normal view, on the left slide thumbnail pane, click the slide that you want your new slide to follow.

2. On the Home tab, click the arrow next to New Slide.

3. In the gallery of layouts, click the layout that you want for your new slide.

4. Your new slide is inserted, and you can click inside a placeholder to begin adding content.

(To add a slide from another presentation, see Reuse (import) slides from another presentation.)

Another way to see all your slides at once and rearrange them is by using Slide Sorter view. Read about it in Switch to different views in PowerPoint.

See Also

Use sections in a PowerPoint for Mac presentation

Design in PowerPoint

Create or change slide layouts in PowerPoint for Mac

Create a basic presentation in four steps in PowerPoint for Mac

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Add a new slide

1. In the slide thumbnail pane on the left, click the slide that you want your new slide to follow.

2. On the Home tab, click New Slide.

3. In the New Slide dialog box, select the layout that you want for your new slide.

   Learn more about slide layouts.

4. Select Add Slide.

   Your new slide is inserted, and you can click inside a placeholder to begin adding content.

See Also

Pick a layout for your slides