How to Add Slide Numbers and Footers in PowerPoint

Learn how to add numbers and footers to your PowerPoint slides, customize the information, and apply that to just the current slide or across all slides.

Stephy Hogan Stephy Hogan

In this PowerPoint how-to video, Stephy Hogan shows how to add slide numbers and footers. She demonstrates how to customize that info and apply it to just the current slide or across all slides. Lastly, Stephy explains how to fix the footers and page numbers if they don’t show up as well as how to apply them across multiple slide decks.

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