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                           existing presentations 
      • Existing slides can be combined with new slides to 
         create new, updated presentations. 
      • You might need to change the style of the older 
         slides to fit the new purpose of the presentation.
      • Inserting existing slides saves time and effort.
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                                      Existing slides will be inserted  XP
                                                 into this presentation
       This figure shows a 
       presentation that is going to 
       have two slides from an 
       existing presentation 
       inserted into it. The 
       existing slides will be 
       inserted between the  
       current slides 2 and 3.
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                                             Insert slides from                               XP
                                          another presentation 
         •   To create a new presentation using slides from an older presentation, 
             start PowerPoint and select the Blank Presentation option, or open an 
             existing presentation. 
         •   To insert the slides from the older presentation, select Slides from 
             Files on the Insert menu to open the Slide Finder dialog box. 
              – You might have to browse your directories to locate the older presentation 
              – Insert the entire presentation or only selected slides
         •   Click the Insert and Close buttons to return to the new presentation. 
              – When you save the new presentation, the slides you selected will be 
                  included
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                                         The Slide Finder dialog box
                    The Slide Finder dialog box is used to locate an existing presentation. 
      It will display the 
      slides currently in 
      that presentation so 
      you can select some 
      or all to copy to the 
      new presentation.
     In this case, slides 2 and 3 will be 
     copied to the other presentation.
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                                       Slides copied from an existing  XP
                                              presentation to this one
         This figure shows the same presentation seen in a previous slide after 
         two slides from another presentation have been copied into it.
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