From the course: Learning PowerPoint Desktop (Microsoft 365)

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Add slides and sections

Add slides and sections

- [Instructor] There are several ways to add new slides to your presentation. We've already seen one way, which is to click the New Slide button to instantly add a new slide, or you can click the menu below that button to choose from different layouts. So now I've created a new slide. And notice that this slide has been added as the second slide in my presentation. This is because I had the first slide selected when I added the new one. New slides always appear immediately after the current slide. But I can easily move this by simply dragging it up or down to change its position in the order. Also, notice that its thumbnail is blank because the only things on it right now are the placeholders, which we know don't contain any actual content. But we'll add some content later. Another way to add new slides to your presentation is to right-click here in the slide thumbnail area. And from this menu, you can choose New…

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