

If text boxes (not placeholders) have been added to the slide, you may need to delete them. If the layout does not seem to apply correctly, click Reset in the Slides group. In Normal View, Layouts appear in the Layouts drop-down menu: Common layouts include Title Slide, Title and Content and Title Only.

Most slide numbers tend to appear in the footer position at the bottom of a slide. In Slide Master View, click the Insert tab in the Ribbon, click Header & Footer in the Text group, check Slide number and click Apply to apply to the current layout or Apply to All to apply to all layouts.In Normal View, apply layouts that include a slide number placeholder to slides.In order to insert slide numbers on a slide, you will need to do two things: If slide numbers are entered manually in text boxes on your slides, you won't be able to edit or format them easily and they will not renumber if the slides are rearranged. It's best not to type slide numbers in text boxes on slides in Normal View. If the placeholders have been deleted, slide numbers will not display. If your slide layouts contain slide number placeholders, you can then apply those layouts to your slides and insert slide numbers in the placeholders.

You can insert slide numbers on some or all of your PowerPoint slides using slide layouts. Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint using Slide Layoutsīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated April 5, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® 2013, 2016, 2019, 2021 and 365 (Windows)
