Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Insert a New Slide

We only have 6 slides in our presentation from the previous part of this tutorial, and we need 7. To insert a new slide into a PowerPoint presentation, click on the slide icon next to the number 6. This will select slide 6:
Select Slide 6
Now click Insert from the menu bar at the top of PowerPoint. From the Insert menu, click New Slide:
The New Slide Menu
Or click the New Slide icon on the toolbar at the top:
PowerPoint 2000
New Slide Icon

PowerPoint 2003
New Slide Icon in PowerPoint 2003

If you can't see those icons, click View from the menu bar. From the View menu, select Toolbars > Standard.
When you click on New Slide, you'll see a dialogue box popping up if you have PowerPoint 2000. This one:

The New Slide Dialogue Box
The second option, the one selected, is the slide we want. Click OK when you have this slide selected.
If you have PowerPoint 2003, you'll see the Task Pane appear on the right hand side:
Insert a New Slide - PowerPoint 2003 Image
Select the one outlined in the image above, the one highlighted in blue under Text Layouts. You can also click the arrow to see the following:
Click the dropdown list
But whichever version you have, PowerPoint will insert a new slide for you. Because you had slide 6 selected, it will place the new slide after this one - slide 7:

A new Slide has been inserted
Notice that there is no heading next to number 7. The cursor should be flashing away, though. Notice, too, the way your new slide looks on the main stage:
The slide itself
With your cursor still flashing in the Outline View (after the number 7) type "Conclusion" for the heading. Your Outline View should then look like this:
Type a title for Slide 7
And the title for your new slide should look like this:
The title on the slide
Now click on where it says "Click to add text". But click on the text itself. The default text should disappear. Type some new text for yourself. (Type anything you like, as we'll come back to it:)
Type some new text
Now look at your Outline View. The text you added should appear there:
The new text in Outline View
So we've added a new slide, and the heading is Conclusion. The text we typed for the bullet is showing up below the heading.

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