Select multiple slides in PowerPoint for iOS

(Originally posted March 19, 2020 By ~ Ekta Dwivedi)

I’m Ekta Dwivedy and I’m a Program Manager on the PowerPoint team. I’m excited to share with you some new features coming to PowerPoint for iOS. In fact, this was one of the most requested features.

As the saying goes, it’s better to work smarter than to work harder. So it’s smart to reuse or use previously drafted slides as a starting point. Until now, you could only copy one slide at a time. Well, the wait is over! Now you can select multiple slides at once and complete multiple actions at once, such as copying, pasting, duplicating, or sharing.

How it works

1. Open a presentation that contains multiple slides on which you want to work.
2. Long-press the thumbnail of the first slide you want to select, then tap each of the remaining slides on which you want to perform actions.
3. Tap the command you want.
   • chop
   • copy
   • kneading
   • Duplicate
   • delete
   • Share
   • lurk

You can select multiple slides and use options like cut, copy, paste, duplicate, etc.

Scenarios to try

Select multiple slides:

• Copy this and paste it into a new presentation.
• Duplicate it and then edit it.
• Keep it hidden.

effectiveness

Multi-select mode is available to Insiders running PowerPoint for iOS (iPhone and iPad) version 2.34 (20012701) or later.

We usually release features over a period of time to make sure everything is working smoothly. This also applies to Insiders. Since we release slowly to a larger number of Insiders, we highlight features that you may not have. Sometimes we remove elements based on your feedback to make it even better. This is rare, but we also have the option to remove a feature from the product entirely, even if you, as an Insider, have had the opportunity to try it out.

feedback

I’d like to hear from you! Go to: help > feedback To submit your thoughts on this feature, please contact PowerPoint.

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