Which shortcut key is used to insert a new slide in an open MS PowerPoint presentation?
- A.Ctrl + M
- B.Ctrl + N
- C.Ctrl + D
- D.Ctrl + K
Correct answer
Explanation
The correct answer is A, Ctrl + M. It adds a fresh slide below the selected slide, using the layout of the current one. Option B, Ctrl + N, is the trap: it does not touch the open file at all but opens a new blank presentation in another window. Option C, Ctrl + D, duplicates whatever is selected, so with a slide selected in the thumbnail pane it makes a copy of that slide, complete with its text and pictures, rather than an empty new slide. Option D, Ctrl + K, inserts a hyperlink on the selected text or object, linking it to a web page, another slide or a file. The commonest examination error is choosing Ctrl + N here, so tie Ctrl + M to "one more slide".
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Practice Questions
View allIn MS-PowerPoint, what is the shortcut key you can press to start the presentation from the first slide?
- A.Alt + F5
- B.Ctrl + P
- C.Alt + Tab
- D.F5
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Pressing F5 anywhere in a presentation closes the editing window and runs the slide show from slide one, whichever slide you were working on.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
(i) Pressing Ctrl + N in Microsoft PowerPoint adds a new slide to your presentation.
(ii) Presentation can be saved as PDF in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.
(i) Pressing Ctrl + N in Microsoft PowerPoint adds a new slide to your presentation.
(ii) Presentation can be saved as PDF in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.
- A.Only (i) is false
- B.Only (ii) is false
- C.Both (i) and (ii) are false
- D.Neither (i) nor (ii) is false
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Statement (i) is wrong because Ctrl + N opens a brand new, empty presentation; the key that inserts a new slide into the open presentation is Ctrl + M. Statement (ii) is true: PowerPoint 2016 can save or export a presentation as a PDF through Save As or Export, a…
Read the full explanation →What is the default file extension of a presentation created in MS PowerPoint 2016?
- A..ppt
- B..potx
- C..pptx
- D..ppsx
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From PowerPoint 2007 onwards the default save format is the XML-based Open Office format, whose extension is.pptx, and PowerPoint 2016 follows it.
Read the full explanation →Which view of MS PowerPoint displays all the slides of a presentation as small thumbnails so that their order can be changed easily?
- A.Reading View
- B.Notes Page View
- C.Normal View
- D.Slide Sorter View
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It lays every slide of the deck side by side as a thumbnail, so a slide can be dragged to a new position, copied, hidden or deleted, and the flow of the whole presentation can be judged at a glance.
Read the full explanation →In MS PowerPoint, the effect that plays while moving from one slide to the next is applied from which tab?
- A.Design
- B.Transitions
- C.Animations
- D.Insert
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A transition is the visual effect between two slides — Fade, Push, Wipe, Split or Morph — and its gallery, duration, sound and advance timing all sit on the Transitions tab.
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