PowerPoint Slide Headers - where are they?

[leegold2]

My systems at work - I can get particulars about the PP version if necessary. It's within MS Office on XP.

Question:

I was trying to get a header for all slides in a presentation.

I saw Footer - it's there and very easy to do. But I could not find any way to make a Header for SLIDES. It just wasn't there...for notes/handouts it's there but not for slides.

I tried view > header/footer.I tried master layout and all the controls and check boxes I could find, but there seems no way to get a slide header.

Any help appreciated. Thanks,
Lee G.

 

[xlhelp]

Header is probably deleted. Go to master view: On the Formatting menu, click Master Layout, and then under Placeholders, select the check box for the deleted placeholder; in your case - Header.


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[combo]

There is no header for slides, it's available in notes view (second tab in header/footer dialog).

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[xlhelp]

Combo, you are so right. I should verify stuff; but am one of those speedy gonzales types.

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[fneily]

Make one by using the textbox option on the Drawing toolbar and placing it on the Slide Master. If you need it for future presentations, then create your own design template.

 

[SkipVought]

Did you check HELP???

About headers and footers

Headers and footers consist of the header and footer text, slide or page number, and date you want at the top or bottom of your slides or notes and handouts.

Applying headers and footers
You can use headers and footers on single slides or all slides. For notes and handouts, when you apply a header or footer, it applies to all notes and handouts. Headers and footers that you create for handouts also apply to printed outlines.

You do not have to include headers and footers. By default, notes and handouts include page numbers, but you can turn these off. You might choose to include no headers and footers on your slides but instead to reserve them for notes and handouts for that presentation.

Typical text footers in a presentation are a company name or labels such as "Draft" or "Confidential."

Changing header and footer position, size, or formatting
When you want to change the font style for headers and footers or the position, size, and formatting of the placeholders (placeholders: Boxes with dotted or hatch-marked borders that are part of most slide layouts. These boxes hold title and body text or objects such as charts, tables, and pictures.) that contain headers and footers, you can do so on the slide master (slide master: The slide that stores information about the design template applied, including font styles, placeholder sizes and positions, background design, and color schemes.), notes master (master: A slide view or page on which you define formatting for all slides or pages in your presentation. Each presentation has a master for each key component: slides, title slides, speaker's notes, and audience handouts.), or handout master, as appropriate.

If you accidentally delete header or footer placeholders on the master, you can reapply the placeholders

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[leegold2]

RE: Help

Yep I checked help - I wish they would of clearly stated there are no headers for slides.

I will put a text box in the master - thanks

I wonder why they didn't make that option?

Many thanks for the help