Slides are the main component of any presentation. They contain placeholders which are areas with dotted borders within which you can place your content (such as text, pictures, and shapes). When you add a new slide to your presentation, it automatically assumes the same layout and theme as the preceding slide (layout is the arrangement of placeholders in a slide). You can also create your own Custom Layouts, if required.

1. Open the required presentation and include a slide in any of the following ways:
   
   Click the + SLIDE button in the top-left corner of the screen.
   Right click on a slide in the thumbnail panel below which you want to include the slide and select New Slide from the drop-down menu.
   Select the slide in the thumbnail panel below which you want to add a slide and press Enter on your keyboard.
   
   
   
   
2. Click any placeholder on the slide to add your content or use the thumbnail icons to insert a picture, media file, table or chart.
   
   
   
   You can further format the slide and its objects the way you want using the Format pane. Learn how to insert objects and format a slide in Show.