This was the first task I was given in my job, and it's a really good way to quickly make a whole bunch of flashcards if you're learning a language. The way I made them, you end up with six flashcards on a page, that you can then cut out and quiz yourself with.
For every six vocab words you want to memorize, you have to create six slides immediately following them with definitions. However, if the words go 1 2 3 4 5 6, the definitions have to go 2 1 4 3 6 5. For instance, if you want to learn the Spanish colors, slide 1 could say rojo, slide 2 could be azul, 3 blanco, 4 negro, 5 amarillo, and 6 verde. Slide 7, then, will say blue, 8 will say red, 9 will say black, 10 will say white, 11 will say green, and 12 will say yellow. The reason for this is that when you're finished with your flashcards, you print them double-sided, which puts slide 7 on the back of slide 2, etc. Even if your total number of vocab words is not a multiple of six, your total number of slides has to be, so there might be several blank slides among your flashcards.
When you're done, print the slideshow, and in the print menu, go to the pulldown menu that says "Print What." It will probably say "Slides." Select "Handouts (6 slides per page)" and make sure that you are printing double-sided. Then you can cut out and use your new flashcards, and you won't have to write everything out on index cards!
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