PowerPoint Creating New Slides
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As you learned in a previous lesson, Control m will create a new slide when you are in a PowerPoint file. There are other methods to create a new slide which give more variety regarding the slide you are creating. The PowerPoint Home tab of the ribbon has a "New Slide" item near the left side of the ribbon. This will drop down a variety of slide choices, from a blank slide, to a two column slide, or even a slide with just a title area.
1. Hit the Windows key one time.
2. Type "powerpoint" (without the quotes).
3. Hit the Enter key one time. If you are in PowerPoint 2013, hit the Escape key one time to move into a blank slide.
4. Hit the Alt key one time.
5. Hit the h key one time to move to the Home tab of the ribbon.
6. Hit the letter i one time to bring up a variety of slide options.
7. Arrow to the type of slide you want.
8. Hit the Enter key one time to select and be placed in the slide you choose.
9. Practice steps 4 through 8 above until you are quick and accurate.
10. Press Alt F4 to close the PowerPoint program. Do not save the file.