Introduction to PowerPoint 2002
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Text, Slides, and Layouts

This section describes how to insert and delete text, slides, and layouts.

To enter text into a slide:

Step 1:
Click inside placeholder.

Step 2:
Enter text.

Step 3:
When you are through entering text, click outside the placeholder on some “empty space.”

To insert a new slide:

Option #1: Go to Insert->New Slide. A blank slide will appear in the workspace.

Option #2: On the Slides pane (off to the left), position your cursor to the point in the presentation where you would like the new slide to appear (i.e. between slides, at the beginning of the presentation, or at the end of the presentation). Go to Insert->New Slide. A blank slide will appear in your selected location.

To apply a layout to your new slide:

Step 1:
When you insert a new slide, you’ll notice that the “Slide Layout” task pane appears off to the right.

Step 2
Scroll through available layouts by dragging the scroll bar to the right.

Step 3:
Click on the layout you would like to apply to your slide.

To delete a slide:

Option #1: Go to Edit->Delete Slide. The current slide will disappear from the workspace.

Option #2: On the Slides pane (off to the left), click on the slide you would like to delete, and then hit the <Delete> key.

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