Question

Several of the items below indicate the steps required to add a slide to a presentation. Select those steps and indicate the order in which they should be performed to add a slide. (For example, if an item describes what you do first, select 1.) Included in the list are items that are not part of the process. For these items, select N/A (not applicable).

1 – first
2 – second
3 – third
4 – fourth
5 – fifth
6 – sixth
N/A – not applicable


Click on the New Slide icon.


Enter the slide position desired.


Click where you want to add the slide.


Select New Slide from the Tools menu.


Switch to the Normal or Slide Sorter view.


Switch to the Notes or Outline view.

Answer 1

To add a slide to a presentation, the following steps should be performed in this order:

1. Switch to the Normal or Slide Sorter view.
2. Click on the New Slide icon.
3. Enter the slide position desired.
4. Click where you want to add the slide.

The items that are not applicable to the process of adding a slide would be:

- Select New Slide from the Tools menu (this is an alternative method, but not necessary).
- Switch to the Notes or Outline view (this view is not typically used for adding slides).

So the complete ordering is:

1 – Switch to the Normal or Slide Sorter view.
2 – Click on the New Slide icon.
3 – Enter the slide position desired.
4 – Click where you want to add the slide.
5 – N/A (Select New Slide from the Tools menu)
6 – N/A (Switch to the Notes or Outline view)