| If you create your presentation using an AutoContent Wizard, PowerPoint generates an outline. If you prefer to develop your own outline, you can create a blank presentation and then type your outline. As you develop an outline, you can add new slides and duplicate existing slides in your presentation. You can also insert an outline you created in another program, such as Microsoft Word. Make sure the document containing the outline is set up using outline heading styles. When you insert the outline in PowerPoint, it creates slide titles, subtitles , and bulleted lists based on those styles. Enter Text in Outline Pane -
 | In the Outline pane of Normal view, click to position the insertion point where you want the text to appear. | -
 | Type the text you want to enter, pressing Enter after each line. | -
 | Press Tab to indent the text in one level, or press Shift+Tab to indent the text out one level. |  Add a Slide in Outline Pane -
| | In the Outline pane of Normal view, click at the end of the slide text where you want to insert a new slide. | -
| | Click the New Slide button on the Formatting toolbar, and double-click a layout, or press Ctrl+Enter to insert a new slide. |  Move Text to Different Levels in an Outline -
| | In the Outline pane in Normal view, click in the line you want to indent. | -
| | If necessary, click the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Outlining to display the Outlining toolbar. | -
| | Click the button you want: | -
To indent the line in one level, click the Promote button. -
To indent the line out one level, click the Demote button.  Insert an Outline from Another Program -
| | In the Outline pane of Normal view, click the slide after which you want to insert an outline. | -
| | Click the Insert menu, and then click Slides From Outline. | -
| | Locate and then select the file containing the outline you want to insert. | -
 | Click Insert. |  Did You Know? You can open an outline from another program in PowerPoint . Click the Open button on the Standard toolbar, click the Files Of Type list arrow, click All Outlines, and then double-click the outline file you want to open. |  |
