Is it possible to format the date in a footer in PowerPoint?

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Hello,
Is it possible to change the date in the footer in PowerPoint to a format
that is not an option. I am wanting to add brackets to one of the options?
 
Not sure I understand what you need to do.

Will this help: On the master slide first delete date/time from the date box
and then > insert date and time. You can edit it on the master slide (ie add
brackets etc)
 
Good afternoon Mr Wilson,

Thank you very much that has is great.

I hope you have a good Easter.

Kindest regards

Michelle
 
Michelle said:
Hello,
Is it possible to change the date in the footer in PowerPoint to a format
that is not an option. I am wanting to add brackets to one of the options?
Click to expand...

I would put the brackets on the slide master in the date placeholder. So
you'd have something like this:

[<date/time>]

The <date/time> tells the master to pull the info from View|Headers and
Footers. So, go to View|Headers and Footers and check the box to show date
and time and choose either "fixed" or "update automatically."

That will then show [04/14/2006] (or whatever format you chose in
View|Header and Footer) on your slides.

I wouldn't delete the <date/time> from the placeholder in the slide master,
especially if you want the date to update automatically.
 
I would like to format my date/time differently. Is it possible to custom
format how the date/time shows? For example, I would like the following date
to show as:

16 Nov 06 1541Z
(I'd like to use the 24 hour clock if possible, with a 'Z' to indicate
universal time)
as

161541ZNOV06

Is this possible? I couldn't find anything yet that would allow me to do that.
Thanks,
TC


Echo S said:
Michelle said:
Hello,
Is it possible to change the date in the footer in PowerPoint to a format
that is not an option. I am wanting to add brackets to one of the options?
Click to expand...

I would put the brackets on the slide master in the date placeholder. So
you'd have something like this:

[<date/time>]

The <date/time> tells the master to pull the info from View|Headers and
Footers. So, go to View|Headers and Footers and check the box to show date
and time and choose either "fixed" or "update automatically."

That will then show [04/14/2006] (or whatever format you chose in
View|Header and Footer) on your slides.

I wouldn't delete the <date/time> from the placeholder in the slide master,
especially if you want the date to update automatically.
Click to expand...
 
To use a custom date format you will need to generate using some code. Do
you know VBA?

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TC said:
I would like to format my date/time differently. Is it possible to custom
format how the date/time shows? For example, I would like the following
date
to show as:

16 Nov 06 1541Z
(I'd like to use the 24 hour clock if possible, with a 'Z' to indicate
universal time)
as

161541ZNOV06

Is this possible? I couldn't find anything yet that would allow me to do
that.
Thanks,
TC


Echo S said:
Michelle said:
Hello,
Is it possible to change the date in the footer in PowerPoint to a
format
that is not an option. I am wanting to add brackets to one of the
options?
Click to expand...

I would put the brackets on the slide master in the date placeholder. So
you'd have something like this:

[<date/time>]

The <date/time> tells the master to pull the info from View|Headers and
Footers. So, go to View|Headers and Footers and check the box to show
date
and time and choose either "fixed" or "update automatically."

That will then show [04/14/2006] (or whatever format you chose in
View|Header and Footer) on your slides.

I wouldn't delete the <date/time> from the placeholder in the slide
master,
especially if you want the date to update automatically.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Hi Bill,

No, I don't. I do use Access and was trying yesterday to see if I could
create something there to bring over to PowerPoint. But wasn't having much
success. I know in Access you can use the "=date()", "=time()" or "=now()".
That's about as far as I got.

Thank you..Tom

Bill Dilworth said:
To use a custom date format you will need to generate using some code. Do
you know VBA?

--
Bill Dilworth
A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team
Users helping fellow users.
http://billdilworth.mvps.org
-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages.
yahoo. They answer most of our questions.
com www.pptfaq.com
..



TC said:
I would like to format my date/time differently. Is it possible to custom
format how the date/time shows? For example, I would like the following
date
to show as:

16 Nov 06 1541Z
(I'd like to use the 24 hour clock if possible, with a 'Z' to indicate
universal time)
as

161541ZNOV06

Is this possible? I couldn't find anything yet that would allow me to do
that.
Thanks,
TC


Echo S said:
Hello,
Is it possible to change the date in the footer in PowerPoint to a
format
that is not an option. I am wanting to add brackets to one of the
options?

I would put the brackets on the slide master in the date placeholder. So
you'd have something like this:

[<date/time>]

The <date/time> tells the master to pull the info from View|Headers and
Footers. So, go to View|Headers and Footers and check the box to show
date
and time and choose either "fixed" or "update automatically."

That will then show [04/14/2006] (or whatever format you chose in
View|Header and Footer) on your slides.

I wouldn't delete the <date/time> from the placeholder in the slide
master,
especially if you want the date to update automatically.

--
Echo [MS PPT MVP] http://www.echosvoice.com
Fixing PowerPoint Annoyances
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/powerpointannoy/
PPTLive! Sept 17-20, 2006 http://www.pptlive.com
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