Slide Master and Slide Layouts: Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint

Created: Monday, January 5, 2015, posted by Geetesh at 9:59 am

Updated: Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 10:30 am

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In PowerPoint, a placeholder is a container that you can use to fill in with some content. When you launch PowerPoint, you will see distinctive boxes that invite you to add some content. Haven’t you noticed the “Click to add title” suggestions? All these boxes are placeholders.

To learn more, choose your version of PowerPoint. If we do not have a tutorial for your version of PowerPoint, explore the version closest to the one you use.

Microsoft Windows

Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2016

Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2013

Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2010

Apple Mac

Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2016

Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint 2011

Inserting New Placeholders Within Slide Layouts in PowerPoint

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