PowerPoint: Adding Slides and Slide Layout

Adding a Slide

The slides in an accessible theme already have the elements that are required for making your presentation accessible. They include a “title” box which is the heading and placeholders for your content. Unlike Word, there is no style panel for indicating headers.

To add a slide, on the Home tab, click the arrow below the “New Slide” icon (for Mac, this will be to the right of the icon). Then choose the layout you want.

Changing a Slide's Layout

You may change the layout of a slide that is already in your presentation.

1. Select the slide you want to change.
2. In the Home tab, select Layout dropdown menu.
3. Select the new layout.

Note: some editing may be required as PowerPoint will try to move the existing content to the new layout.

PowerPoint for Windows

Slide Master

You may change the theme by using the slide master. You can change all of your slide headers, you can change a single layout, and you can add a new layout. This is accomplished in the “Slide Master View.”

Open the Slide Master View by selecting View tab > Slide Master.

Creating a New Layout

1. In the Slide Master view, select Insert Layout
2. Rename the layout with a descriptive name.
3. Insert placeholders for text and objects.
4. Format, size and position your placeholders.

Exiting the Slide Master view

When your edits are complete, select Close Master View on Windows or Close Master on Mac.