Article ID: 163388
Article Last Modified on 9/14/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q163388
For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 version of this article, see
197705.
For a Microsoft PowerPoint for Macintosh version of this article, see
217175.
SYMPTOMS
When you try to add a Slide or Page Number, Date and Time, or other footer or header items to your presentation these items do not appear.
RESOLUTION
Replace the missing placeholders on the master slide. To do this follow these steps:
- On the View menu, point to Master, and then click
Notes Master (or click on Handout Master, Slide
Master, or Title Master).
- On the Format menu, click Notes Master Layout (or
click Handout Master Layout, or Master Layout for handouts
or both slide layouts).
- Under Placeholders, click to select the placeholder check
box for the item that is missing from the master slide.
- Click OK.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products
listed at the beginning of this article.
MORE INFORMATION
When you attempt to use the
Page Number or
Slide Number command (on the
Insert menu) while you are using any of the Masters: Notes, Handout, Slide, or Title, or when you are in Slide or Notes view, you receive the following message:
To add a page number to this page only, first select the text where
you want it to go. To add a page number to every page, use the Header
and Footer command on the View menu. Do you want to go to the Header
and Footer Command now?
When you click
OK, the
Header and Footer dialog box appears.
When you attempt to use the
Date and Time command (on the
Insert menu) while you are using any of the Masters: Notes, Handout, Slide, or Title, or when you are in Slide or Notes view, you receive the following message:
To add the date or time to your own text, fisrt select the text where
you want it to go. To add the text or time to the placeholder, use the
header and footer command on the view mwnu. Do you want to go to the
Header and Footer Command now?
When you click
OK, the
Header and Footer dialog box appears.
When you attempt to use the
Header and Footer command (on the View menu) directly while you are using the Notes Master, Handout Master, Slide Master, or Title Master, and you try to add in header or footer text or a fixed date.
For the Slide and Title Masters, only the
Slide Number box is unchosen on the
Slide tab. All of the options on the
Notes And Handouts tab are selected. When you click
Apply To All and the
Header and Footer dialog box closes, the placeholders do not reappear on the Master.
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