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Organizing and formatting slides

Add a header or footer

Article Note    To add slide numbers, page numbers, or the date and time to your slides, see Add slide or page numbers or the date and time . You can add text ...

Add one or more content placeholders to a layout

Article Placeholders are boxes with dotted borders that contain content and reside within a slide layout. With the exception of the Blank layout, all built-in slide...

Add slide numbers, page numbers, or the date and time

Article It's simple to add slide numbers, page numbers, and the date and time to your presentation.

Apply a layout to a slide

Article Note    If you apply a slide layout to one or more slides in your presentation, and then go back and edit that layout by adding a placeholder or custom...

Change or delete a placeholder

Article Show All Hide All You can change a placeholder (placeholders: Boxes with dotted borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes hold title and...

Change the order in which stacked objects, placeholders, or shapes appear on a slide

Article You can stack items such as objects, placeholders, or shapes (and even grouped objects) so that one appears in front of another. You can change the order...

Create a slide layout that meets your needs

Article Show All Hide All If you do not find a standard layout (layout: The arrangement of elements, such as title and subtitle text, lists, pictures, tables, charts...

Edit and reapply a slide layout

Article To edit a layout, do the following: On the View tab, in the Master Views group, click Slide Master . In the pane that contains the slide masters and layouts...

Group or ungroup shapes, pictures, or other objects

Article Grouping shapes, pictures, or objects lets you rotate, flip, resize or arrange them together, as though they were a single shape or object.

Insert a background picture, color, or watermark to your slides

Article Customize PowerPoint 2010 slides by inserting a background picture, color, or watermark in your slides.

Organize your slides into sections

Article You can more easily sort your slides in PowerPoint 2010 by grouping them into sections.

Rename a layout

Article Show All Hide All When you add placeholders (placeholders: Boxes with dotted or hatch-marked borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes hold...

Resize or relocate headers or footers

Article Show All Hide All You can change a header or footer placeholder (placeholders: Boxes with dotted borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes...

Select individual slide components that are stacked

Article When objects on a slide are st acked on top of each other, it can be difficult to select individual objects . For example, you might want to select...

Use portrait and landscape slide orientation in the same presentation

Article By default, Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 slide layouts are set up in landscape orientation. Portrait page orientation Landscape page orientation To change...

What is a slide layout?

Article In this article Overview of slide layouts Use a standard layout Create a custom layout Links to information related to slide layouts Overview of slide layouts...

Change the order of your slides

Article When you create a presentation, you may want to change the order of your slides. In the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the Slides...

Using Presentation Structure to Create Effective Sales Presentations

Article Read how MVP Sandy Johnson uses the new Sections feature in PowerPoint 2010 to create winning sales presentations.

Copy and paste your slides

Article Tells how to copy and paste slides within same or to another presentation and where the Paste Options button is in PowerPoint 2010.

Change the starting slide number

Article To change the slide number that appears on the first slide in your presentation, do the following: On the Design tab, in the Page Setup group, click...

Show the slide number and total number of slides on every slide

Article You can display the current slide number and total number of slides on all of the slides in your presentation. For example, 1 of 12 slides, 12 of 15 slides...

Change or delete header and footer information in a presentation

Article What do you want to do? Change header and footer information on your slides Change header and footer information on your notes and handouts Delete header...

Duplicate slides within a presentation

Article Show All Hide All To add a slide that contains the content of an existing slide in a presentation, you can duplicate the slide.  Important    If you need...

Show or hide the Outline or Slides tab

Article Whether you are editing slides in the Slide pane, working with slide thumbnails on the Slides tab, or creating an outline for your presentation on the Outline...

Hide or show a slide

Article If your presentation contains slides that provide different levels of detail, perhaps for different audiences, you can hide these slides so that they are...

 
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