Special Edition Using Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

Chapter 7. Formatting Slides and Presentations

Patrice-Anne Rutledge

In this chapter

• Exploring PowerPoint Formatting Options 110

• Adding Slides 110

• Deleting Slides 110

• Rearranging Slides 111

• Using the Slide Sorter View 112

• Copying and Moving Slides from One Presentation to Another 113

• Using Automatic Formatting 115

• Troubleshooting 117

Exploring PowerPoint Formatting Options

After you create a presentation, you might want to change it. It’s easy to add, delete, rearrange, copy, and move slides in PowerPoint.

Adding Slides

To add a new slide to an open presentation, click the New Slide button on the Home tab. PowerPoint displays a gallery of nine slide layouts. Select the slide layout you want to use; PowerPoint applies that layout to the slide (see Figure ...