The Add slide action enables you to add a new slide to the active presentation at a specified position and layout. This action is useful for dynamically building presentations or inserting structured content during automation.

Settings

  • Session name: Select one of the following options:
    • Session name: Enter the name of the session used during the Open action.

      (Optional) Click the Insert a value icon to select an existing variable that you have used to store the default session name.

    • Variable: Enter the name of the variable that you have used to store the PowerPoint session name.
  • Slide layout: Choose one of the following options to specify the layout for the new slide:
    • Title slide
    • Title and content
    • Section header
    • Two content
    • Comparison
    • Title only
    • Blank
    • Content with caption
    • Picture with caption
  • Position: Select one of the following options to specify where to insert the new slide:
    • Start: Inserts the new slide at the beginning of the presentation (as the first slide).
    • End: Inserts the new slide at the end of the presentation (as the last slide).
    • After current slide: Inserts the new slide immediately after the currently active slide in the session.
    • After slide index: Specify the index number in the After index field to insert the slide.
  • Assign output to variable: Create or choose a Number variable to store the inserted slide index.