Inserting and Developing an Outline

If you create your presentation using an AutoContent Wizard, PowerPoint generates an outline automatically. If you prefer to develop your own outline, you can create a blank presentation, and then type your outline in the Outline pane of Normal view. 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 the Outline Pane

In the Outline pane of Normal view, click to place the insertion point where you want the text to appear.

Type the text you want to enter, pressing Enter after each line.

Add a Slide in the 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 then click a layout.

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You can delete a slide . In the Outline or Slides pane or in Slide Sorter view, select the slide you want to delete. Press Delete, or click the Edit menu, and then click Delete Slide.

Duplicate a Slide

In the Outline pane of Normal view, click the slide you want to duplicate.

Click the Edit menu, and then click Duplicate.

The new slide appears directly after the slide duplicated .

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You can change the display view size . Click the Zoom list arrow on the Standard toolbar, and then select a view size.

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 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.