I'm running 00 2.0.2rc3 on Fedora Core linux.  Within an existing .odp file, I
go to Slide Sorter view, then Insert/Slide.  A new slide appears, and it has the
proper layout.  But when I view this slide in Notes View, the slide itself is
vertically compressed.  When I click on the slide within Notes View, edge and
corner "handles" appear, as they normally would. I can drag the slide around. 
But when I move the cursor until it is on top of one of the "handles," the
cursor changes into a "no parking" type of symbol. Clicking or dragging on the
handles has no effect.  I'll send as an attachment a copy of an .odp file that
has had a new slide inserted in this way.  I have deleted a lot of the
surrounding (normal) slides, so as to decrease the size of the final file, and
to enable one easily to focus on the abnormal inserted slide (which is number 2
out of 3 total slides).