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Header and Footer

Adds or changes text in placeholders at the top and the bottom of slides and master slides.

To access this command...

Choose Insert - Header and Footer

Choose Insert - Page number

Choose Insert - Date and time

The Header and Footer dialogue box contains the following tab pages:

  • Slide tab page in which you can specify options for the current slide or for all slides.
  • Notes and Handouts tab page in which you can specify options for the notes pages and the handout pages.

Adding a Header or a Footer to All Slides

Changing and Adding a Master SlidePage

Header Footer Dialogue Box

Include on slide

Specify the elements to include on your slides.

Adds the text that you enter in the Header text box to the top of the slide.

Header text

Adds the text that you enter to the top of the slide.

Date and time

Adds the date and time to the slide.

Fixed

Displays the date and time that you enter in the text box.

Variable

Displays the date and time that the slide was created. Select a date format from the list.

Language

Select the language for the date and time format.

Adds the text that you enter in the Footer text box to the bottom of the slide.

Footer text

Adds the text that you enter to the bottom of the slide.

Slide number / Page number

Adds the slide number or the page number.

Do not show on first slide

Does not display your specified information on the first slide of your presentation.

Apply to All

Applies the settings to all the slides in your presentation, including the corresponding master slides.

Apply

Applies the current settings to the selected slides.