Follow these steps to insert a new slide in PowerPoint 2007.
If PowerPoint is not already open, first launch the program.
If it is already open, skip to Step 3.
Go to your Windows Vista Start
menu (some steps may vary with Windows XP), and choose All Programs
| Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 as shown
in Figure
1, or
Windows Vista: Type the application name that you want to open
in the Start
Search field.
For example, if you type powerpoint, the Search
field displays the application name in Start menu above.
Click on the menu option that says Microsoft Office PowerPoint
2007.
Figure 1 : Start Menu Interface
Windows XP: Users can just access the Windows
Start Menu, and choose the Run option. In the Run dialog box,
type powerpnt --
and click OK.
This opens the PowerPoint interface
with a new presentation, containing one slide as shown
in Figure
2.
On the other hand, if you are presented with a New Presentation
dialog box, click the Blank Presentation option.
In the Home tab of the Ribbon, click the New Slide button,
as shown in Figure
3.
Figure 3: Insert a new slide
You can also click the down arrow below the New Slide button
to summon the Slide Layout gallery as shown in Figure
4.
Then click any of the layouts available to insert a new slide
using the chosen layout.
Figure 4: Insert a new slide
Either way, this inserts a new slide (see the Slides pane
on the left in Figure
5).
Figure 5: Inserted new slide
Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to insert as many slides as you need.
Thereafter, you can add titles, text, pictures, or any other
slide objects within the new slides.
