Tech Tip: PowerPoint Footers

Do you manually edit PowerPoint slides, so each one shows the title, date or slide number?

For some, this rudimentary PPT feature is a mystery (you know you’ve seen a slide deck that had an erroneous date or slide number). Follow these simple steps to ensure accuracy and consistency in your PPT footer information:


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To update the slide footer Title and Date detail in PPT, click “Header& Footer” on the Insert tab.

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Date and time: “Update automatically” always shows the current date. “Fixed” shows a specified time (08/23/2016).

Slide number:  Choose whether or not to include a slide number.

Footer: Enter a custom footer (Classes Begin).

IMPORTANT:  “Apply to All” adds these edits to all slides in the slide deck. 

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Validate date/footer/slide# changes.