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In the process of creating a SlideShow, I have managed to add a slide that I now want to remove. However, the slide now has no title, nor do the right=hand bars signifying the presence of a cell appear that one might be able to delete. I believe this blank was created when I highlighted some code, copied it and moved it to another similarly structured slide, thus leaving a "whole" in the presentation. A page for the slide (ie a "slide") remains but contains no content.

How does one delete such a "dead" slide in such a case?

Perhaps the question might be rephrased, is there a SlideShow Function not presently visible, stored in the presentation, that could be modified to delete this "blanK" slide?

The Slide before looks like this (sans output, which of course follows)

img1 = ImageAdd[Import["Georges_Cuvier.jpg", ImageSize -> 200], 0.20];
img2 = ImageAdd[
Import["Achille_Valenciennes01.jpg", 
ImageSize -> {1600, 2000}], -.03];
disk = Graphics[{Black, Disk[{0, 0}, {8, 12.0}]}];
img2 = ImageAdd[img2, disk];
text1a = Text[
Style[ToString["Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier"], 
FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 22]];
text1b = Text[
Style[ToString["(23 August 1769 - 13 May 1832)"], 
FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 16]];
text2a = Text[
Style[ToString["Achille Valenciennes"], FontFamily -> "Helvetica", 
Bold, 22]];
text2b = Text[
Style[ToString["(9 August 1794 - 13 April 1865)"], 
FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 16]];
Grid[Transpose@{{ImageResize[img1, 700], text1a, 
text1b}, {ImageResize[img2, 700], text2a, text2b}}, 
ItemSize -> {30, Full}]

The slide that is blank is simply empty except for the slide style background. The cursor appears as a input horizontal bar.

The slide that follows looks like this (sans output graphics), which of course would follow) The first line is a title as per slideshow style, followed by the code [and output not shown]:

Discoverers of "Biodiversity"

disk = Graphics[{Black, Disk[{0, 0}, {8, 12.0}]}];
img1Bleeker = 
ImageCrop[ImageAdd[
Import["Pieter-Bleeker-1819-1878.jpg", ImageSize -> 1000], 0.010], 600, 
Bottom];
img1Bleeker = ImageAdd[img1Bleeker, disk];
img2Gunther = 
ImageCrop[ImageAdd[
Import["Gunther_Albert_1830-1914.png", ImageSize -> {800, 1000}], -.03], 
700, Bottom];
img2Gunther = ImageAdd[img2Gunther, disk];
img3Boulenger = 
ImageAdd[Import["Boulenger_George_1858-1937.png", 
ImageSize -> {750, 1100}], -.03]; img3Boulenger = 
ImageAdd[img3Boulenger, disk];
img4Steindachner = 
ImageAdd[Import["Steindachner_Franz_1834-1919.png", 
ImageSize -> {1600, 2000}], -.03];
img4Steindachner = ImageAdd[img4Steindachner, disk];
text1aBleeker = 
Text[Style[ToString["Pieter Bleeker"], FontFamily ->  "Helvetica", Bold, 
22 ]];
text1bBleeker = 
Text[Style[ToString["(10 July 1819- 24 January 1878)"], 
FontFamily ->  "Helvetica", Bold, 16]];
text2aGunther = 
Text[Style[ToString["Albert Gunther" ], FontFamily ->  "Helvetica", Bold, 
22]];
text2bGunther = 
Text[Style[ToString["(3 October 1830-1 February 1914)"], 
FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 16]];
text3aBoulenger = 
Text[Style[ToString["George Boulenger"], FontFamily ->  "Helvetica", Bold, 
22]];
text3bBoulenger = 
Text[Style[ToString["(19 October 1858-23 November 1937)"], 
FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 16]];
text4aSteindachner = 
Text[Style[ToString["Franz Steindachner"], FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 
22]];
text4bSteindachner = 
Text[Style[ToString["(11 November 1834-10 December 1919)"], 
FontFamily -> "Helvetica", Bold, 16]];
Grid[Partition[#, 
2] &@(*2 is number of desired columns*)(Column[#, 
  Alignment -> Center] & /@ {{ImageResize[img1Bleeker, 700], 
  text1aBleeker, text1bBleeker}, {ImageResize[img2Gunther, 700], 
  text2aGunther, text2bGunther}, {ImageResize[img3Boulenger, 700], 
  text3aBoulenger, text3bBoulenger}, {ImageResize[img4Steindachner, 500], 
  text4aSteindachner, text4bSteindachner}}), ItemSize -> {30}]
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  • $\begingroup$ Could you show a screen shot of such a "dead" slide, including the cells before and after it? $\endgroup$ Nov 15, 2016 at 1:36
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    $\begingroup$ The Slide before looks like this: $\endgroup$ Nov 15, 2016 at 1:48
  • $\begingroup$ Looks like what? $\endgroup$ Nov 15, 2016 at 23:11

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While editing all slides are separated by a small gray "space-holder".

Suppose you have 6 slides and you want to delete the 5th, which is your empty one.

Within the "space-holder" between slide 4 and 5 you can click on the (outermost) cell bracket (being for the fifth slide [becoming visible as you move the pointer to the border]).

Choosing this cell bracket and and deleting it, deletes the 5th slide.

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