If you are using Microsoft PowerPoint for your presentation, then it is important to add headers and footers to that. I will explain to you in this guide how to add headers and footers in Microsoft PowerPoint. In the slides, you can use headers and footers to add simple details regarding your project. Normally, in the footer, you can add slide numbers. Also, you can put the credit of images used in the footer or webpage references for the content in that slide.
The header usually contains the heading of the slide content. Including headers and footers brings visual clarity to your presentation. The viewers get an idea of what is being presented to them. Also, your project on PowerPoint looks more professional. You can even add the date and time and have it update automatically if the presentation is frequently being updated.
Add Headers and Footers in PowerPoint
Here are the simple steps you need to know include headers and footers in your PowerPoint presentation.
- Open PowerPoint
- Either click on a blank presentation or open an existing presentation
- In the menu bar click on Insert
- Navigate to right and you will see the option Header & Footer. Click on it
- Under include on Slide, you can click on the checkbox Date and Time
- You can choose the date and time to update themselves automatically or not depending on the presentation’s requirement
- To include slider number, click the checkbox Slide number
- Similarly, to add a footer in your PowerPoint slide, click the checkbox Footer
- Now you have to add some text that will display in the footer section
- If you select Apply to All, the same information regarding Date/time, slide number and footer data will appear on all the slides in the PowerPoint presentation.
- Otherwise, clicking on Apply will make the header and footer info appear on that current slide
- Usually, people put different data on the footer section for different slides of a PowerPoint presentation. This is totally up to your discretion as to how you wish to set it up for your PowerPoint project.
