Building a presentation often means creating multiple slides with the same layout — for example, a series of product features, meeting notes, or agenda items. Instead of creating a new slide from scratch and reapplying formatting, PowerPoint lets you duplicate slides in seconds.
Simply select the slide you want to copy and press Ctrl + D. An exact copy appears immediately below the original.
This isn’t just for slides - you can use the same shortcut to duplicate any item within a slide, like:
Duplicating items instead of recreating them saves time, keeps formatting consistent, and makes building presentations much faster and less frustrating.