To insert a new slide

• On the Standard toolbar, click New Slide

OR

• From the Insert menu, select New Slide... (SpeedKey: Ctrl + M)

The New Slide dialogue box is displayed.

• Click the AutoLayout you require and click OK

To change a slide's AutoLayout

If, while completing your slide, you decide that you have chosen the wrong slide layout, you do not need to delete the slide and start again.

• From the Format menu, select Slide Layout...
• Select a new layout for your slide

To delete a slide

• Switch to either Normal view or Slide view
• From the Edit menu, select Delete Slide

The slide is deleted.

Entering Text in Normal View or Slide View

Text can be entered directly onto the slide in either Normal view or Slide view. In any slide presentation, text is usually the most important component. Virtually every slide contains text of some kind, even if it is just a title.

To enter text into a title placeholder

• Click into the text placeholder to select it (SpeedKey: F2)

A hashed border, indicating that the placeholder is selected, replaces the dotted outline around the outside of the text placeholder. The sample text disappears, and the insertion point is displayed in the placeholder, indicating that you can enter text.

• Type your text

In the case of titles and subtitles, only press Enter when you want to begin a new line of text. If your new text is too long to fit on one line, PowerPoint automatically wraps the text to the next line and aligns the text appropriately.

• Click outside the text placeholder to deselect it (SpeedKey: F2)

To enter text into a bulleted list

When you work with bullets you can choose from five indentation levels.

• Click into the bullet placeholder and type your text
  
  

• Press Enter to start a new bullet at the same indentation level
  
  

• On the Formatting toolbar, click Demote (SpeedKey: Tab)
  
  

• On the Formatting toolbar, click Promote (SpeedKey: Shift + Tab)
  
  

  Tip: To start a new paragraph without a bullet point, press Shift + Enter. Moving the Insertion Point
  
  The insertion point (sometimes referred to as the cursor) is where new text is inserted. As you point into a text object, the mouse pointer changes to an I-beam that is used to control the position of the insertion point.
  
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