Inserting Content in Headers and Footers

Headers and footers are text which appear on every slide or handout. Headers appear at the top of a handout, and footers appear at the bottom. Slides only display footers. Use footers when you want to display the same text on every slide, such as name of your company.

To add text to the footer of slides:

1. Click the View menu and select Header and Footer...
2. Click the Update automatically radio button under Date and Time to display the current date on your slide.
3. Click the Slide Number check box to display the slide number.
4. Type any text you want to display on every slide in the Footer box.
5. Click the Apply to All button to add the footer to all the slides in your presentation.

• Click the Apply button to apply the footer to just the current slide.
• If you don't want the footer information to appear on the first slide of your presentation, select the Don't show on title slide check box.
• Click the Notes and Handouts tab in the Header and Footer dialog box to add a header and footer to the printout of your presentation.

By default the current date is displayed in the lower left corner of the slide, the footer is centered at the bottom of the slide, and the slide number is displayed in the lower right corner of the slide. You can modify the layout of these placeholders in the Slide Master. To learn more about changing the layout of footers in the Slide Master, see the task Modifying Placeholders in the Slide Master.