Add headers and footers

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003

  1. Click the Slide tab, and then select the options you want.
    • To add an automatically updating date and time, under Date and time, click Update automatically, and select a date and time format. Or, to add a fixed date and time, click Fixed, and type a date and time.
    • To add a number, click Slide number.
    • To add footer text, click Footer, and type your text.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To add the information to the current slide or selected slides, click Apply.
    • To add the information to every slide in the presentation, click Apply to All.

Notes

  • If you don't want the information to appear on the title slide, select the Don't show on title slide check box.
  • If you are using multiple design templates and therefore have multiple master slides in your presentation, when you select Apply to All in the Header and Footer dialog box, the settings apply to all the designs in your presentation.

ShowAdd headers and footers to notes, handouts, and the printed outline

  1. Click the Notes and Handouts tab, and then select the options you want.
    • To add an automatically updating date and time, under Date and time, click Update automatically, and select a date and time format. Or, to add a fixed date and time, click Fixed, and type a date and time.
    • To add page numbers, click Page Number.
    • To add header text, click Header, and type your text.
    • To add footer text, click Footer, and type your text.
  2. Click Apply to All.

ShowTip

You can add, change, or delete headers and footers while viewing your slides or notes and handouts in print preview. To open print preview, on the Standard toolbar, click Print Preview Button image. After you select what you want to view, click the Options button, click Header and Footer, and then make your changes.