Copying and Pasting

You can copy text and graphics from other files to the clipboard and paste them into PowerPoint slides. The clipboard holds up to 24 items. Open a file containing text or images you want to copy into your current presentation (see Searching for Files). Choose Edit > Office Clipboard to display the Clipboard task pane. Select a piece of text or a graphic, then click or press CTRL+C to copy the item to the clipboard. Repeat to copy multiple items. Tip: You can copy the selected item and switch to the Clipboard task pane in one step by pressing CTRL+C twice. Switch back to your open PowerPoint presentation by clicking its task button (e.g. ) on the Windows taskbar. Position the cursor in your presentation where you want to paste items from the clipboard. On the Clipboard task pane, click the text or graphic you want to paste into your presentation. Alternatively, click to paste all items. To clear an item from the clipboard: position the mouse pointer over the item you want to delete, click , and choose Delete. Click to delete all items from the clipboard. To set clipboard display options: click at the bottom of the Clipboard task pane and choose an option from the list.