In PowerPoint you can add or remove automatic slide numbers, hide numbering on the title slide, and move slide numbers. You can also add the date and time to slides.
If you'd like to suggest improvements to the slide numbering feature, you can do that by clicking Help > Feedback > I have a suggestion.
Select a heading below to open it and see the detailed instructions.
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On the Insert tab, select Slide Number.
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On the Slide tab, check the Slide number box.
If you don't want a number to appear on the title slide, also check the Don’t show on title slide box.
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Select Apply to All.
The theme applied to your presentation has a standard location for where the numbers appear on your slides, as illustrated by the two themes picture below. To change that location, see "Change where the page numbers appear on your slides" below.
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On the Insert tab, select Slide Number.
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On the Slide tab, clear the box named Slide number.
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Select Apply to All.
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On the Insert tab, select Slide Number.
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On the Slide tab, check the Don’t show on title slide box.
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Click Apply to All.
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On the View tab, select Slide Master.
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At the top of the thumbnail pane, select the Slide Master thumbnail.
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In the Slide pane, select and hold the page number placeholder until you see the four-headed arrow, and drag it to a new location.
When you're finished, select Close Master View.
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On the Design tab, select Slide Size, and then Custom Slide Size.
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Under Number slides from, click the up or down arrow to switch to the number that you want to start from:
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Click OK.
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On the View tab, in the Presentation Views group, click Normal.
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On the left of your screen, in the pane that contains the slide thumbnails, click the first slide thumbnail in your presentation.
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On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Date & Time.
The Header and Footer dialog box opens.
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On the Slide tab, select the Date and time check box, and then choose the kind of date you want:
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If you want the date and time to reflect the current date and time each time you open or print the presentation, click Update automatically, and then select the date and time format that you want.
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If you want to set the date and time to a specific date, click Fixed, and then, in the Fixed box, type the date that you want.
By setting the date on your presentation so that it is Fixed, 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 in your presentation, click Apply to All.
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On the Insert tab, select Header & Footer.
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On the Slide tab, check the Footer box.
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In the box below Footer, type the text that you want, such "Company Confidential".
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To prevent the footer from appearing on the title slide, check the Don't show on title slide box.
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Select Apply to All to make the footer appear on all slides, or select Apply to make it appear on just the currently selected slide.
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On the Insert tab, select Header & Footer.
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On the Slide tab, clear the Footer box.
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Select Apply to All to remove the footer from all slides in the presentation. Otherwise, select Apply to only remove the footer from the currently selected slide.
Troubleshoot problems with making footers appear on your slides
For details, see Troubleshoot footers.
Other articles related to numbering and footers
Insert or remove slide numbers
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Go to View > Normal.
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Go to Insert > Slide Number.
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Select Slide Number, then enter the starting slide number. Preview shows the location.
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To add or remove the slide number from just the title page, clear or select Don’t show on title slide.
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Select Apply to all or Apply.
Insert the date and time in a footer
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Go to View > Normal.
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Go to Insert > Slide Number.
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Select Date and time, then select either Update automatically or Fixed. If you choose Fixed, enter the date in the format that you want. If you choose Update automatically, PowerPoint enters the current date, and you select the date format you want from the dropdown list.
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Select Apply to all or Apply.
Add slide numbers to your presentation
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On the Insert tab, select Footer > Slide Number.
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In the Footer pane, select the Slide Number box.
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If you want to avoid having a slide number on the title slide, select Don't show on title slide.
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If you want to include additional "footer" text on your slides, select Footer, then enter the info you want in the text box.
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Select Apply to All.
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Close the Footer pane.
Add a footer to your presentation
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On the Insert tab, select Footer > Footer.
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In the Footer pane, select the Footer box.
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Enter info you want in the text box. For example, you could enter a data or a file name.
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Select Apply to All.
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Close the Footer pane.
