Getting Down To Work - Microsoft PowerPoint

1.5. Home Bar

The Home Bar contains your text editing functions.  It is also where you find the option to create a new slide. 

When you click on the New Slide section, it opens to a selection of possible slide options.  Your choice of option depends on how you want to display your content and whether you want to add mostly text, mostly images or a combination of text, images or media to the new slide.