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Slide Sections

Group open day slides into Welcome, Tours, and Q&A sections in the thumbnail pane.

What Sections Do

Sections group related slides in the thumbnail pane. They help James Okonkwo collapse Welcome while polishing department bullets, drag the whole Campus tours block if sports tours move earlier, and hand Q&A slides to Dr. Helen Marsh as one collapsed group before rehearsal. Sections do not change Slide Show order. Reorder slides inside a section with drag in Slide Sorter view.

1 Click slide 1 in the slide pane. 2 Click Home \to Section \to Add Section . 3 Right-click the section bar \to Rename Section \to type Welcome . 4 Click slide 3 (Tour schedule). Home \to Section \to Add Section . Rename Campus tours . 5 Click slide 7 (Contact). Add section Q&A . 6 Expected result: Three named sections appear: Welcome, Campus tours, Q&A.

James Okonkwo edits tour slides without scrolling past every welcome slide. 1 In the slide pane, click the triangle beside Campus tours . 2 Expected result: Tour thumbnails collapse under one bar. 3 Click the triangle again to expand and show all slides in that section. Right-click between two thumbnails \to Add Section works when the Home tab is not visible on a narrow window.

Slide titles (e.g. Tour schedule) appear on the projector. Sections are editor-only labels in the thumbnail pane — parents never see them. Use slide titles and speaker notes for on-screen content. Use Home \to Section for your own navigation while building NorthgateOpenDay.pptx .

Sections do not apply animation to every slide at once, change theme colours, or open Slide Master. Those tasks live on Animations, Design, and View tabs respectively. Think of sections as folders in the slide pane — organisation for editors only.

Example — Organise a long deck: Sections group related slides in the thumbnail pane . They are the editor's map of Welcome, Campus tours, and Q&A — not something the audience sees during Slide Show.

Practice

What do sections help you do?

What Sections Do

Sections group related slides in the thumbnail pane. They help James Okonkwo collapse Welcome while polishing department bullets, drag the whole Campus tours block if sports tours move earlier, and hand Q&A slides to Dr. Helen Marsh as one collapsed group before rehearsal. Sections do not change Slide Show order. Reorder slides inside a section with drag in Slide Sorter view.

Add Welcome, Campus Tours, and Q&A

1 Click slide 1 in the slide pane. 2 Click Home \to Section \to Add Section . 3 Right-click the section bar \to Rename Section \to type Welcome . 4 Click slide 3 (Tour schedule). Home \to Section \to Add Section . Rename Campus tours . 5 Click slide 7 (Contact). Add section Q&A . 6 Expected result: Three named sections appear: Welcome, Campus tours, Q&A.

Collapse While Editing

James Okonkwo edits tour slides without scrolling past every welcome slide. 1 In the slide pane, click the triangle beside Campus tours . 2 Expected result: Tour thumbnails collapse under one bar. 3 Click the triangle again to expand and show all slides in that section. Right-click between two thumbnails \to Add Section works when the Home tab is not visible on a narrow window.

What Sections Do Not Do

Sections do not apply animation to every slide at once, change theme colours, or open Slide Master. Those tasks live on Animations, Design, and View tabs respectively. Think of sections as folders in the slide pane — organisation for editors only.

Example — Organise a long deck: Sections group related slides in the thumbnail pane . They are the editor's map of Welcome, Campus tours, and Q&A — not something the audience sees during Slide Show.

Practice

What do sections help you do?