Reference to slide number within a presentation

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Hoklai

Is there a way to put a reference to a slide number in my
PowerPoint presentation? For example, slide 24 displays
a formula and then in slide 30 I have this line of text:

"Refer to formula (slide 24)"

I have since added additional slides before both of these
slides. instead of typing in "24" can I make a link
somehow to the slide that contains the formula, and have
this number automatically updated?
 
Why not use the text 'Review formula' and create a hyperlink to the slide.
If slides are added before or after the hyperlink will still go to the
referenced slide if the user clicks on the link.

You could also create a link on the formula slide that would link back to
the slide that was seen.

B
 
Thank you for your response. To be more specific, the slides are used once
for presentation in the classroom and then students print the slides for
themselves to use later when doing their homework. Slide numbers are
displayed at the bottom of each slide. Hyperlinks would work for the few
students who use laptops, but the majority of the students are printing out
the slides and need a reference to a slide number. The problem arises when
I add, delete or move slides around and then I have to manually change all
references to slide numbers.

I'm wondering if there are any special characters, variables, field
codes or macros that can be used in PowerPoint, such as the &p and &P in
Internet Explorer Page Setup (example: "Page &p of &P" in the header
displays "Page 1 of 5", etc.). Then this could be used as the "Text to
display" for the hyperlink.
 
Create this macro and run.

===============
Sub RefIndex()
Dim SldNum As Integer
For SldNum = 1 To ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
With ActivePresentation.Slides(SldNum).HeadersFooters
.Footer.Text = "Reference #" & _
ActivePresentation.Slides(SldNum).SlideID
.Footer.Visible = msoTrue
End With
Next SldNum
End Sub
===============

Regardless of where you move the slide, the reference number will remain
constant. You may need to format the master to get the footer fonts and
colors right.
B
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