I selected View Slide Master, then Insert Slide Number, I unchecked 
everything except Slide Number, then clicked Apply to All.  I see (#) in the 
right footer in Slide Master, but when I select Normal View, the slide 
numbers vanish.

Very user-unfriendly!

PowerPoint 2007

Insert / Text group / Header & Footer / window of same name launches / Slide 
tab / click in Slide number so that it has a tick (check) in it / Apply to All

If my comments have helped please hit Yes. 



"Mike Row Soft" wrote:

> I selected View Slide Master, then Insert Slide Number, I unchecked 
> everything except Slide Number, then clicked Apply to All.  I see (#) in the 
> right footer in Slide Master, but when I select Normal View, the slide 
> numbers vanish.
> 
> Very user-unfriendly!

Sorry, I'm in PowerPoint 2003

"trip_to_tokyo" wrote:

> PowerPoint 2007
> 
> Insert / Text group / Header & Footer / window of same name launches / Slide 
> tab / click in Slide number so that it has a tick (check) in it / Apply to All
> 
> If my comments have helped please hit Yes. 
> 
> 
> 
> "Mike Row Soft" wrote:
> 
> > I selected View Slide Master, then Insert Slide Number, I unchecked 
> > everything except Slide Number, then clicked Apply to All.  I see (#) in the 
> > right footer in Slide Master, but when I select Normal View, the slide 
> > numbers vanish.
> > 
> > Very user-unfriendly!

The Header Footer dialog box is on the View menu in PPT 2003. View | Header 
and Footer.

Basically, you need two things for a footer in PPT: 1) a placeholder, 2) to 
populate the placeholder with text (or slide number, date, etc.).

What you select and type in the View | Header and Footer dialog will 
populate the placeholder you added to the slide master.

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"Mike Row Soft" <MikeRowSoft@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:2A643B25-60CB-4A85-AA5A-7F01AAB99B4D@microsoft.com...
> Sorry, I'm in PowerPoint 2003
>
> "trip_to_tokyo" wrote:
>
>> PowerPoint 2007
>>
>> Insert / Text group / Header & Footer / window of same name launches / 
>> Slide
>> tab / click in Slide number so that it has a tick (check) in it / Apply 
>> to All
>>
>> If my comments have helped please hit Yes.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Mike Row Soft" wrote:
>>
>> > I selected View Slide Master, then Insert Slide Number, I unchecked
>> > everything except Slide Number, then clicked Apply to All.  I see (#) 
>> > in the
>> > right footer in Slide Master, but when I select Normal View, the slide
>> > numbers vanish.
>> >
>> > Very user-unfriendly!