How to finally set the page number of slides on PowerPoint

How to add page numbers to all slides

Adding a page number to your PowerPoint presentation is very easy and can be useful in providing a guide for your readers or audience. Here's how to do it:

1. Open your PowerPoint presentation and select the slide you want to add a page number to.
2. Click “Insert” in the banner at the top of the screen and select “Header and Footer” or “Page Number”
3. In the window that opens, check “Page Number” in the list of available items.
4. Click “Apply to All” to add the page number to all slides in your presentation or “Apply” to add the page number to only the selected slide.

My PowerPoint page number does not appear on my slides

It's probably because it was misconfigured or removed from the PowerPoint mask.

This is not supposed to happen on a new presentation but commonly happens on presentations that have been modified by a third party or by software.

Check that the page number is present on the Slide Master

1. Go to the mask mode of your presentation
2. Click “Insert” in the menu at the top of the screen and select “Header and Footer”
3. Click on ok

Verify that the page number is present on all mask layouts

Look in each layout of the mask mode (as well as the slide master) if you see the Placeholder Of the page number

If not, you need to add it by hand.

1. Copy the placeholder for the page number in the slide master
2. Paste it on each of the layouts (always in the mask mode) where it is not present
3. Now go back to the Normal mode of your presentation
4. Repeat the first step of the guide and re-insert your page number

By following these steps, you should be able to easily add a page number to your PowerPoint presentation. Remember to customize the appearance of the page number using the formatting options available to make it fit perfectly into your presentation.

If you want to solve technical problems, do not hesitate to contact our PowerPoint agency.

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