Show only even number slide numbers

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andy

On the slide master I have set the slide numbers to appear
on all slides, however, I would like only the even number
slide numbers to show. Can it easily be done without
having to touch all slides, or to touch new slides as they
are entered?

Thanks in advance
God bless you
 
Hi Andy,

Nice feature in Word, not there in PowerPoint. You can try
Echo's tricks with Multiple Masters and create one master
for odd pages without slide numbers and one master for
even pages with slide numbers, but at the completion of
the presentation, you'll still have to select all the odd
and even and apply the appropriate Master templates. You
can make it a little faster/easier using the slide sorter
and the control key to select multiple slides at once.

Echo's Multiple Masters tutorial:
http://www.echosvoice.com/creatingmultiplemasters.htm

HTH,
Glenna
 
Click the "Slide Show" menu, and select "Custom Show". Give it a name,
select the even slides, then click the "Show" button when you are ready to
run it. It will be saved within the entire presentation. Matter of fact,
you can have several Custom Shows within a single presentation.
 
I think Andy wants to run all slides and run them in order, but he just
doesn't want the slide number to show on the odd numbered pages.
 
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Here's a little code to do the deed a little easier. Post back if you need
help plugging in this code.

Sub EvenOdderiser()
Dim Dummy As String
Dim EvenOdder As Boolean
Dummy = MsgBox("Yes for even, " & _
"No for Odd", _
vbQuestion + vbYesNoCancel, _
"Show slide numbers of which slides?")
Select Case Dummy
Case vbYes
EvenOdder = False
Case vbNo
EvenOdder = True
Case Else
Exit Sub
End Select

Dim SldNum As Integer
For SldNum = 1 To ActivePresentation _
.Slides.Count
With ActivePresentation. _
Slides(SldNum).HeadersFooters.SlideNumber
If SldNum / 2 = Int(SldNum / 2) Then
.Visible = Not EvenOdder
Else
.Visible = EvenOdder
End If
End With
Next SldNum
End Sub

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