Slide Design/Adding a Slide
- When you open PowerPoint, a new presentation is created with a Title Slide in place. To add a new slide, go to the Home Ribbon.
- Click on the icon for new slide to insert a new slide with a duplicate layout as the current one selected in the presentation.
- Click on New Slide to select any layout, duplicate a previous slide, or reuse slides from a different presentation.
- The new slide will be added after the currently selected slide. Move between your slides by clicking on the appropriate
- slide icon in the left sidebar, or use the double arrows at the bottom of the right scrollbar.
Changing the Slide Layout:
- You can always change the layout by going to the Home Ribbon and clicking on the Layout icon.
- If content is already on the slide, you may need to move things around a little.
- NOTE, if you are using PowerPoint 2013: The default slide size in PowerPoint 2013 is for Widescreen mode (16:9 aspect ratio).
- In order for your slideshow to fit on most current projectors, you will need to change the slide size before you start.
- Go to the Design ribbon In the Customize group, choose Slide Size and set it to Standard (4:3).
OPTIONS:
For options to changing the design of your slides, see image below:
**Used with the gracious permission of the University of Michigan, Harlan Hatcher Graduate Library.
