How to Create Sections in Microsoft PowerPoint on Windows 11

Posted on 18th June 2023

Introduction

Sections are a way of dividing up a long PowerPoint presentation into smaller, more manageable parts. They can be used to group together related slides, or to divide the presentation into distinct sections, each with its own title slide.

In Microsoft PowerPoint, sections are represented by a small icon in the left-hand pane, which can be expanded to reveal the slides that it contains. To create a new section, simply click the ‘New Section’ button at the bottom of the left-hand pane.

Step 1: Open Microsoft PowerPoint

Open Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer. If you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint installed, you can download it from the Microsoft website.

Step 2: Click ‘New Section’

Click the ‘New Section’ button at the bottom of the left-hand pane. This will create a new, empty section in your PowerPoint presentation.

Step 3: Enter a name for the new section

Click inside the ‘Name’ field at the top of the new section, and type in a name for the section. This could be the name of the topic that the slides in the section will cover, or a more general name such as ‘Section 1’ or ‘Part 2’.

Step 4: Add slides to the section

To add slides to the new section, simply drag and drop them from the ‘Slides’ pane into the section. Alternatively, you can click the ‘Add Slide’ button at the bottom of the section, which will insert a new, blank slide into the section.

Step 5: Repeat steps 2-4

Repeat steps 2-4 until all of the slides in your PowerPoint presentation have been added to a section.

Conclusion

Sections are a great way to organize a long PowerPoint presentation, and can be used to group together related slides or to divide the presentation into distinct parts. Creating sections is easy to do in Microsoft PowerPoint, and only takes a few seconds.

If you want to create sections in your PowerPoint presentation to make it easier to navigate, you can do so by creating hyperlinks to the different sections. To do this, first select the text or object that you want to create a hyperlink for. Then, click the Insert tab and click the Link button. In the Insert Hyperlink window, select Place in This Document from the Link To drop-down menu.

Now, select the heading for the section you want to link to from the list of bookmarks. Then, click the OK button. Your hyperlink will now be created and you can test it by clicking on it.

If you want to add a table of contents to your PowerPoint presentation, you can do so by using the built-in Heading styles. To do this, first select the text that you want to format as a heading. Then, click the Home tab and click the Styles drop-down menu. From the list of styles, select the Heading style that you want to use.

Now, all you need to do is add your headings and subheadings in the order that you want them to appear in the table of contents. To do this, simply click the Heading style that you want to use for each heading and then type in the text. When you’re finished, click the Update Table button.

Your table of contents will now be generated and you can click on each heading to jump to the corresponding section in your PowerPoint presentation.

If you want to create sections in your PowerPoint presentation to organize your content, you can do so by using the built-in Heading styles.

To use Heading styles:

1. Select the text you want to format as a heading.

2. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow next to Font Size.

3. Point to Heading, and then click the heading style that you want.

4. To apply a different heading style to selected text, do the following:

a. Select the text that you want to format.

b. On the Home tab, in the Styles group, click the style that you want to apply.

If you want to add a new slide with a specific layout to your presentation, you can do so by using the Layout gallery.

To use the Layout gallery:

1. On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout.

2. Under Custom Layouts, click the layout that you want to apply.

3. To insert a new slide based on the selected layout, click Insert.

4. To change the default layout for new slides, do the following:

a. On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click Layout.

b. Under Custom Layouts, click the layout that you want to apply as the default.

c. Click Set as Default.

When you create a new presentation in PowerPoint, it will have a default theme applied to it. If you want to change the theme of your presentation, you can do so by using the Themes gallery.

To use the Themes gallery:

1. On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Themes.

2. Under Built-In, click the theme that you want to apply.

3. To download more themes, do the following:

a. Click Get More Themes.

b. In the Office.com Themes gallery, click the theme that you want to apply.

c. To preview a theme, hover over it.

d. To download the theme, click the Download button.

If you want to change the colors used in your presentation, you can do so by using the Colors gallery.

To use the Colors gallery:

1. On the Design tab, in the Themes group, click Colors.

2. Under Built-In, click the color scheme that you want to apply.

3. To create a custom color scheme, do the following:

a. Click Customize Colors.

b. In the Create New Theme Colors dialog box, under Theme colors, click the color that you want to change.

c. Click the color that you want to use, and then click OK.

d. To save the custom color scheme, click Save as.

e. In the File name box, type a name for the color scheme, and then click Save.