Add Header and Footer, Date and Time, Slide Number to PowerPoint

Insert Header and Footer, Slide Number, Date and Time to PowerPoint 2007?:

Insert Header and Footer, Slide Number, Date and Time to PowerPoint 2007?

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Inserting Header and Footer

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To add a header and footer, click on the Insert tab, then on the Header & Footer button. The Date & Time and Slide Number buttons will also bring up the same dialog box.

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Click on the Slide tab, select the Footer check box, and then type the text that you want to appear in the center bottom of the slide.

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If you do not want to display the footer on the title slide, select the Don't show on title slide check box. The Preview box displays the header and footer information in the location that the slide, handout, or notes page will present it.

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If you want to footer information to all of the slides, notes pages, or handouts in your presentation, click Apply to All or click Apply button to add the same to the selected slide.

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Go to the Notes and Handouts tab for inserting Headers to the slides. Select the Header checkbox and type the text for it. You can preview from the Preview box. Then click Apply to All button to place header to all the slides.

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Inserting Slide Number, Date and Time

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On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Date & Time button and a dialog box appears on the screen.

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In the Header and Footer dialog box, you have following two options: If you want to add the date and time to your slides, click the Slide tab. If you want to add the date and time to your notes or handouts, click the Notes and Handouts tab.

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When you select Date and Time checkbox, the Update automatically option is enabled where the current date and time displays each time you open or print the presentation. You can also select the date and time format that you want from the dropdown list.

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If you want to set the date and time to a specific date, click Fixed , and type the date format that you want. (Note: By setting this option, you can easily keep track of the last time you made changes to it.)

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If you want to add the date and time to all of the slides, notes pages, or handouts in your presentation, click Apply to All or click Apply button to add the same to the selected slide.

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Go to Insert tab again, select Slide Number button and the same dialog box appears where you can add numbers to the slides of your presentation. Click on Apply to All button to insert number all your slides or click Apply button to add number to only a selected slide of the presentation.

Why do you need to add headers, footers, slide numbers, date and time to a Presentation?:

Why do you need to add headers, footers, slide numbers, date and time to a Presentation? You can add text (such as your presentation's title, the presenter's name, a file name, company name, and more) to the bottom or to the top of one or more slides in your presentation with header and footer. You can update date and time automatically each time you open your presentation. By setting the date on your PowerPoint as Fixed , you can easily trace the last time you updated the presentation. Inserting slide numbers is useful when you have a PowerPoint with a lot of slides. You can provide a professional touch to your slideshow with header, footer, slide number, date and time. Organize the information efficiently with these features.

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