You may need to apply the slide-transition effect or the animation effect to some of your slides in PowerPoint. For this, you must first select the slides.
Now, PowerPoint offers three ways to view slides. These are—normal view, outline view, and slide sorter view.
And, you can select slides in PowerPoint in three ways. You can select all slides at once. You can select a group of consecutive slides or a few non-consecutive slides.
9 methods of selecting Multiple Slides in PowerPoint:
- Select all Slides in Normal View.
- Select a group of consecutive slides in Normal View.
- Select non-consecutive slides in Normal View.
- Select all Slides in Outline View.
- Select a group of consecutive slides in Outline View.
- Select non-consecutive slides in Outline View.
- Select all Slides in Slide Sorter View.
- Select a group of consecutive slides in Slide Sorter View.
- Select non-consecutive slides in Slide Sorter View.
We will explain all the above methods in simple step-wise instructions.
Let us begin.
Method #1: Select all Slides in Normal View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Normal View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Normal icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a vertical column on the left.
Step #3: Select all slides
Click the topmost slide.
Press Crtl+A on your keyboard.
You have selected all slides.
Method #2: Select a group of consecutive slides in Normal View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Normal View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Normal icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a vertical column on the left.
Step #3: Select a group of consecutive slides
Click on the first slide of the group of slides you want to select.
Press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard.
Click on the last slide of the group.
You have selected a group of consecutive slides.
Method #3: Select non-consecutive slides in Normal View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Normal View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Normal icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a vertical column on the left.
Step #3: Select non-consecutive slides
Press and hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard.
Click on the slides you want to select.
You have selected multiple non-consecutive slides.
Method #4: Select all Slides in Outline View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Outline View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Outline VIew icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a vertical column on the left.
Step #3: Select all slides
Click the topmost slide.
Press Crtl+A on your keyboard.
You have selected all slides.
Method #5: Select a group of consecutive slides in Outline View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Outline View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Outline VIew icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a vertical column on the left.
Step #3: Select a group of consecutive slides
Click on the first slide of the group of slides you want to select.
Press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard.
Click on the last slide of the group.
You have selected a group of consecutive slides.
Method #6: Select non-consecutive slides in Outline View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Outline View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Outline VIew icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a vertical column on the left.
Step #3: Select non-consecutive slides
Press and hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard.
Click on the slides you want to select.
You have selected multiple non-consecutive slides.
Method #7: Select all Slides in Slide Sorter View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Slide Sorter View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Slide Sorter icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a sequential order.
Step #3: Select all slides
Click the first slide.
Press Crtl+A on your keyboard.
You have selected all slides.
Method #8: Select a group of consecutive slides in Slide Sorter View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Slide Sorter View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Slide Sorter icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a sequential order.
Step #3: Select a group of consecutive slides.
Click on the first slide of the group of slides you want to select.
Press and hold the Shift key on your keyboard.
Click on the last slide of the group.
You have selected a group of consecutive slides.
Method #9: Select non-consecutive slides in Slide Sorter View.
Step#1: Open the PowerPoint presentation.
Open the presentation where you have multiple slides.
Step #2: Arrange slides in Slide Sorter View.
Click on the View tab in the top menu bar to change the ribbon.
In the section Presentation Views, click on the Slide Sorter icon.
PowerPoint arranges the slides in a sequential order.
Step #3: Select non-consecutive slides.
Press and hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard.
Click on the slides you want to select.
You have selected multiple non-consecutive slides.
Conclusion
We have shown you 9 methods of selecting multiple slides in your PowerPoint presentation. Use the method most suitable for your purpose.