PowerPoint: Hide slides - how it works

If you want to skip slides from your PowerPoint during the presentation, you can hide them. We'll show you the clever trick.

Powerpoint: Hide slides - with this trick it works

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation.
2. In the slide selection on the left, click the slide you want to hide. To select multiple slides, hold down [Ctrl] and click on the corresponding slides.
3. Select the tab "Slide Show"> "Hide slide".
4. You can recognize hidden slides by the crossed out number in the slide selection.
5. To show slides again, select them and click "Hide slide" again.

We will show you how to insert arrows in PowerPoint in the next practical tip. These instructions were created with Microsoft PowerPoint 2010.