How do you number pages automatically

[matthewR]

I am not that familiar with PowerPoint 2007. I tried to use the Master slide to put page numbers in. How do you get it to number slides 1,2 etc. I have been numbering manually for each slide but I want it to number automatically so that if I delete a slide it will renumber etc.

[HansV]

Activate the Insert tab of the ribbon.
Click 'Header and Footer'.
Tick the 'Slide Number' check box.
If you don't want a slide number on the title slide, tick the 'Don't show on title slide' check box.
Click 'Apply to All'.

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[matthewR]

I did that but it took out the page numbers and didn't put anything in the footer. This is a Presentation that was already set up so maybe I am doing something wrong. What should the Master slide look like?

[HansV]

The screenshot below is from PowerPoint 2010 but it's basically the same in 2007.

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[matthewR]

Everything looks like what you sent but what I get in the presentation is a place holder with "footer" inside it. If I put something in the insert page footer like a 1, then a 1 is on all slides.

[HansV]

If you enter text in the footer box, it'll be fixed text. The way to add a slide number is what I showed in my first reply: tick the Slide Number check box in the Header and Footer dialog.

If you still have problems, could you create a copy of the presentation, delete all slides except an empty one, zip it and attach it to a reply?