Add, remove, and organize slides

Slides help you expand and structure the content of your project.

Tip: Looking for more slide management options? Check out Slide basics.

Add a new slide

If you need a separate whiteboard, presentation or video, you can add an extra slide to your project.

  1. While in a project, select  Add New Slide from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. A new slide will be added after the active one.

Note: If you're in a cloud project, start a collaboration from a local project, or start a new project from a File, you will be able to choose a template for your slide when selecting  Add New Slide.

Note: If your project contains slide(s) added from a template, selecting  Add New Slide will add a new slide with the recently chosen template. To add a blank slide to your project, select  Slide Sorter -> the + icon in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter -> All Templates -> Whiteboard.

If you need a separate whiteboard, presentation or video, you can add an extra slide to your project.

  1. While in a project, select  Add New Slide from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. A new slide will be added after the active one.

Note: If you're in a cloud project, start a collaboration from a local project, or start a new project from a File, you will be able to choose a template for your slide when selecting  Add New Slide.

Note: If your project contains slide(s) added from a template, selecting  Add New Slide will add a new slide with the recently chosen template. To add a blank slide to your project, select  Slide Sorter -> the + icon in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter -> All Templates -> Whiteboard.

If you need a separate whiteboard, presentation or video, you can add an extra slide to your project.

  1. While in a project, select  Add New Slide from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. A new slide will be added after the active one.

Note: If your project contains slide(s) added from a template, selecting  Add New Slide will add a new slide with the recently chosen template. To add a blank slide to your project, select  Slide Sorter -> the + icon in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter -> All Templates -> Whiteboard.

Add a new slide from a template

If you’d like to make use of one of the Explain Everything project templates or use a project you saved as a template, you can add a new slide from a template to your project.

  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select + in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter to add a new slide.
  3. Select a template for your new slide.

Note: After you add a new slide from a template to your project, selecting  Add New Slide from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen will add a new slide with the recently chosen template. If you’d like to add a new blank slide to your project, select  Slide Sorter -> the + icon in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter -> All Templates -> Whiteboard.

  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select + in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter to add a new slide.
  3. Select a template for your new slide.

Note: After you add a new slide from a template to your project, selecting  Add New Slide from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen will add a new slide with the recently chosen template. If you’d like to add a new blank slide to your project, select  Slide Sorter -> the + icon in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter -> All Templates -> Whiteboard.

  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select + in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter to add a new slide.
  3. Select a template for your new slide.

Note: After you add a new slide from a template to your project, selecting  Add New Slide from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen will add a new slide with the recently chosen template. If you’d like to add a new blank slide to your project, select  Slide Sorter -> the + icon in the top left-hand corner of the Slide Sorter -> All Templates -> Whiteboard.

Tip: Want to reuse parts of the content you create for future purposes? Learn how to save your project as a template.

Duplicate slides

If you’d like to make a copy of a slide with the content you created, you can duplicate slides in your project.

  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select Edit.
  3. Select the slide (or slides) you'd like to duplicate.
  4. Select the  Duplicate icon. If the slide you're trying to duplicate has a recording, you'll be able to choose whether you'd like to duplicate the slide with or without it.
  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select Edit.
  3. Select the slide (or slides) you'd like to duplicate.
  4. Select the  Duplicate icon. If the slide you're trying to duplicate has a recording, you'll be able to choose whether you'd like to duplicate the slide with or without it.
  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select Edit.
  3. Select the slide (or slides) you'd like to duplicate.
  4. Select the  Duplicate icon. If the slide you're trying to duplicate has a recording, the new copy will not include it.

Delete slides

If you’d like to get rid of the slides in your project, you can delete them.

  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. To open slide editing options, select Edit.
  3. Select the slide (or slides) you'd like to remove.
  4. To remove the slides, select  Delete.
  5. Select Delete to confirm deleting of your slide(s).
  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. To open slide editing options, select Edit.
  3. Select the slide (or slides) you'd like to remove.
  4. To remove the slides, select  Delete.
  5. Select Remove item(s) to confirm deleting of your slide(s).
  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. To open slide editing options, select Edit.
  3. Select the slide (or slides) you'd like to remove.
  4. To remove the slides, select  Delete.
  5. Select Remove item (or Remove items) to confirm deleting of your slide(s).

Change the order slides

If you’d like to reorganize slides in your project, you can change their order. You can change the position of a single slide at a time.

  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Touch and hold on a slide that you'd like to move.
  3. Once it goes up, drag and drop it to a different position.
  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select and hold on a slide that you'd like to move.
  3. Once it goes up, drag and drop it to a different position.
  1. While in a project, select  Slide Sorter from the control bar in the bottom right-hand corner of the screen.
  2. Select Edit.
  3. Drag the slide by the ↔ Reorder icon and drop it to a new position.

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