Add and Lay Out Slides

Whether you're creating a presentation from scratch or editing an existing one, you're going to need to know how to add new slides.

Insert a Slide

New slides will always be added after the one that's selected and use the same layout as the selected slide.

1. Click New on the toolbar.

Press Ctrl + N, or right-click a slide in the Thumbnails pane and select New Slide from the menu.

A new slide is added, with content placeholders ready for text.

Change a Slide Layout

If you don't like the layout that has been assigned to the new slide by default, choose a new one. Google Slides gives you eleven different layouts to choose from.

1. Click the Layout button on the toolbar.
2. Select a slide layout.
   

The layout is updated.

Insert a Specific Slide Layout

Now, if you have a slide layout in mind before adding a new slide, you can choose the layout upfront.

1. Click the New Slide button list arrow.
2. Select a slide layout.
   

A slide is added and is all ready to be filled in.

Add Text to Placeholder

1. Click a placeholder.
2. Type text into the placeholder.
   

Delete a Slide

If you decide you no longer need a slide, they're also easy to delete.

1. Select a slide.
   
2. Press Delete.

Right-click the slide you want to delete in the Thumbnails pane and select Delete in the menu.

The slide is deleted.