- [Instructor] We can also add things such as page numbers,
dates as well as headers and footers to our presentations.
So let's take a look at how to do that.
I'm going to hop over to the insert men.
A and over here next to the text box button
is a header and footer button.
So I'm going to go ahead and click on that.
And as you can see, this is very self-explanatory.
So we have a footer and if we want to,
we can type whatever text we want.
So I'm going to type in quarterly status.
We can also add a slide number.
Now notice when I check these boxes,
these little icons show up in the preview menu.
So when I click on date and time, you'll see that.
Now date and time has two main options.
One is to update automatically.
Now, typically that's for the time
that the presentation is given,
and we also have fixed,
which is when the presentation was created.
Now we can also show or not show
the footer on the title side.
Now, typically I don't like showing the footer
on the first slide.
So I'm going to uncheck this box, hit Apply to All,
and there we go.
So now when I go to section one,
there's my footer, down here is another footer
and a page number and so on.
Now, the default formatting for this
might not always be ideal.
So you can also change the formatting
using the master slide.
So let's go into view, click on Slide Master,
and then scroll up to the very, very top.
Now this is where we can change the footer
as well as the date and the page number.
So let's just go ahead and change the footer.
So we can highlight this.
And then if we hover over this,
you'll see we can change the text size.
You change things such as bolding,
or if you want to, we could even change
something like color.
Now, once I'm done with this,
all I have to do is basically hit Close Master View,
and now my formatting has changed.
So it's very easy to add page numbers, dates,
as well as footers into your PowerPoint presentations.