Learn about the Slide Sorter view in PowerPoint 2010 for Windows. This is the view that lets you see all your slides in a sequence, and also allows you to easily select multiple slides, or locate hidden slides.
Author: Geetesh Bajaj
Product/Version: PowerPoint 2010 for Windows
OS: Microsoft Windows XP and higher
As you are aware, PowerPoint 2010 provides a plethora of views to play and edit your presentation. Other than Normal view, you can choose Slide Sorter view for editing slides. This view does not let you edit individual slide objects on your slide, but work with whole slides. Any edits you make influence one or more slides, depending upon your selection.
Why Slide Sorter View?
Change to Slide Sorter View
Selecting Slides in Slide Sorter View
Tasks Suited for Slide Sorter View
Rearrange Slides in Slide Sorter View
Insert Slides in Slide Sorter View
Slide Sorter view displays thumbnail-sized representations of all slides in your presentation, as shown in Figure 1, below. This view works best when you have to select multiple slides. In this view, you can quickly reorder, delete, or duplicate your slides. In addition, this view also displays hidden slides.
Figure 1: Slide Sorter View
To access the Slide Sorter view, you can choose either of these options:
Here are some guidelines for selecting slides in Slide Sorter view:
Slide Sorter view works best when you have to select multiple slides (sequential or non-sequential slides) and perform tasks such as:
To change the slide order:
To insert a new slide within Slide Sorter view, choose any of these three approaches:
To copy, paste, and delete slides in Slide Sorter view, follow these guidelines:
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