Add a slide numbers, page numbers, or the date and time

You can add slide numbers, notes page numbers, handout page numbers, and the date and time to your presentation.

 Notes 

• If you want to add a slide to your presentation, see the article Add a new slide with a built-in layout.
• If you want to insert an automatic slide count to your slides, see the discussion group post How do I insert an automatic total page count, page 1 of 10?.
• If you want to change the slide number that appears on the first slide in your presentation, see the article Change the starting slide number

Add slide or page numbers

1. On the View tab, in the Presentation Views group, click Normal, and then on the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the first slide thumbnail in your presentation.
2. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Slide Number.

3. In the Header and Footer dialog box, do one of the following:
• If you want to add slide numbers, click the Slide tab, and then select the Slide number check box.
• If you want to add page numbers to notes or handouts, click the Notes and Handouts tab, and then select the Page number check box.
4. If you want to add page numbers to all of the slides, notes pages, or handouts in your presentation, click Apply to All.

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Add the date and time

1. On the View tab, in the Presentation Views group, click Normal, and then on the pane that contains the Outline and Slides tabs, click the first slide thumbnail in your presentation.
2. On the Insert tab, in the Text group, click Date & Time.
3. In the Header and Footer dialog box, do one of the following:
• 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 pages or handouts, click the Notes and Handouts tab.
4. Select the Date and time check box, and then do one of the following:
• If you want to set the date and time to a specific date, click Fixed, and then in the Fixed box, type in the date that you want.
  

   Note   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.

• If you want to specify that the date and time updates 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 .
5. 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.

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