Slide Numbers on Handouts??

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Is this possible? I can see where to print page numbers on handouts, and
slide numbers on slides, but not slide numbers on handouts.

Greg
 
From the view menu go to the slide master and in the lower right hand corner select the # simble and delete it. Now go to the insert menu and choose slide number. This should do it. Each slide will now have a number on it that will print when you print your hand outs.
 
Thanks. The customer didn't leave any room for a number on the slide. It is
edge to edge. Is there any way to put it outside the slide, so it looks
similar to the sorter view? Personally I think it's dumb. There ARE page
numbers. Are they worried people will suddenly decide to read from bottom to
top?? UGH!!! If it's what they really want, I'll make it work somehow...
probably setting the numbers and merging the pages in a PDF.

Oh well. Two rules of business. #1 The customer is always right. #2 They
must be punished for their arrogance!

Greg

Tbrox said:
From the view menu go to the slide master and in the lower right hand
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corner select the # simble and delete it. Now go to the insert menu and
choose slide number. This should do it. Each slide will now have a number on
it that will print when you print your hand outs.
 
Oh well. Two rules of business. #1 The customer is always right. #2 They
must be punished for their arrogance!
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Is this a one-shot or will you have to do it regularly?
If a one-shot and since you mentioned PDF, howzabout this:

Go to the Handouts master and add text boxes where you want the numbers to go.
Make them just say "XXX" or whatever for now, but format them to taste.

Make a PDF of the whole presentation by printing handouts as PDF.

Open the PDF in Acrobat and use the text touchup tool (or whatever Adobe's
renamed it to this week) to edit the XXXs to actual numbers, the ones the
client (who's 1:always right but 2: if not, see 1) wants.
 
Thanks, Steve. That's exactly what I did!

Steve Rindsberg said:
<g>

Is this a one-shot or will you have to do it regularly?
If a one-shot and since you mentioned PDF, howzabout this:

Go to the Handouts master and add text boxes where you want the numbers to go.
Make them just say "XXX" or whatever for now, but format them to taste.

Make a PDF of the whole presentation by printing handouts as PDF.

Open the PDF in Acrobat and use the text touchup tool (or whatever Adobe's
renamed it to this week) to edit the XXXs to actual numbers, the ones the
client (who's 1:always right but 2: if not, see 1) wants.
Click to expand...
 
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Hello,

PowerPoint does not have the specific capability that you are looking for.
Slide numbers for slide images on handout pages are only printed as part of
the slide image itself.

If you (or anyone else reading this message) think that PowerPoint should
provide some additional slide numbering options for printing handouts from
PowerPoint (without having to rely on Word, VBA or add-ins), don't forget
to send your feedback (in YOUR OWN WORDS, please) to Microsoft at:

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