Reordering Sections in PowerPoint 2013 for Windows

In PowerPoint, sections are not just for effective and easy management of your slides. They can also let you quickly reorder large blocks of adjacent slides. Place all slides you want to reorder within a single section, and then move that section along with all the slides that it contains.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how you can reorder sections within PowerPoint 2013 for Windows:

1. Open your presentation that already contains added sections. Then, change to Slide Sorter view, as shown in Figure 1, below, so that you can easily access the sections.
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   Figure 1: Presentation open in Slide Sorter view
2. Now, identify the section you want to reorder. In Figure 2, below, you can see that we have chosen the section named Project Overview. Next, right-click on the name of the section to be moved. Within the contextual menu that appears, you will find two reordering options: Move Section Up and Move Section Down, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 2.
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   Figure 2: Options to move the selected section

Missing Move Section Commands?

Are the Move Section Up or Move Section Down options greyed out? If you right-click the first section in the presentation, you will find the Move Section Up option greyed out. If you right-clicked the last section in the presentation, you would find the Move Section Down option greyed out.
4. Let us explore both options for moving a section:

A. Move Section Up

5. This option moves the selected section along with its content slides one section above the preceding section, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 3, below. Compare with Figure 1, shown previously on this page, to see the difference.
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   Figure 3: Result of selecting Move Section Up option

B. Move Section Down

7. This option moves the selected section along with its content slides one section below the following section, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 4, below. Compare with Figure 1, shown previously on this page, to see the difference.
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   Figure 4: Result of selecting Move Section Down option
3. Select any option to move sections as required.

Moving to Non-Adjacent Sections

Options explained above will move the selected section only one level up or down. If you want to move the selected section to a position after or before non-adjacent sections, then you can use the drag and drop method explained below:

1. Within Slide Sorter view, click on the section to be moved and start dragging, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 5, below. PowerPoint will automatically collapse all sections.
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   Figure 5: Section being dragged from its position
2. Drag it to the position where you want to move it. In Figure 6, below, you can see that we dragged the selected section below the last section in the presentation, as shown highlighted in red within Figure 6.
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   Figure 6: Section being dragged to its new position
3. Let go the mouse button when the section is moved to the required position, as shown in Figure 7, below.
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   Figure 7: Section moved to the new position
4. Save your presentation often.