Headers and Footers play a
significant role in every word and PowerPoint Document. If you want to create a
descriptive content or presentation in PowerPoint, then placing your tag or
title, author info, data and time, etc., in header and footers makes your
presentation more appealing. These features also attract the viewer’s towards
your content as these things will make them very interesting and exciting.
Here, we are providing various
methods for customizing and inserting various info and titles into headers and
footers in your PowerPoint.
Inserting
Headers and Footers in PowerPoint
- First and
foremost, launch the PowerPoint Presentation page on your PC.
- Then, hit the
Insert tab.
- After that,
navigate to the Text group section and then hit the tab related to
“Headers and Footers.”
- Once the
Windows launches on your device, then you will find yourself into the
Slide section. You may choose any of the options mentioned below for
adding to your slides:
- Time and Date
- Footer
- Slide Number
Note: Users may notice that there is
no option for your header. Because of the unavailability of these headers on
your slides, don’t worry as you proceed further, and you will get the solution.
- After choosing
your respective option, you have to move to the right-hand side section
for preview on your slide.
- Go to the
Footer section and then enter the text that you wish to appear in Footer’s
panel footer. One can choose the option “Don’t Show on the Title Slide” if
you are not willing to have the text in the presentation’s title slide.
- Now, hit the
Apply tab to add your respective content to the currently selected slide.
You can select the option “Apply to All” to add the contents to the entire
slides in your presentations.
- After a while,
you will see that the respective selected content is appearing at the
lowermost portion of your Presentation slides that you have selected.
Editing
Headers and Footers in PowerPoint
PowerPoint also provides editing
tools for Headers and Footers in slides. As each slide is different from the
other one, and it is possible that you like to edit a separate text or section
of the particular slide. If that’s the case, you can hit the content or article
and then edit it normally as you do on other slides.
Editing
Text Format
- If you wish to
edit the format and orientation of the text, hit and drag the cursor over
the respective text you wish to edit.
- Now, apply
formatting tools from the pop-out menu.
Editing
Footers from all the Slides
- In case you
wish to edit the Footer from all the slides, then you can do so by
navigating the Insert option.
- After that, hit
the Header and Footer section.
Note: Here, formatting options remain
deactivated.
- In case you
wish to modify the font size and color of the respective footer text on
all the slides, then hit the option “Slide Master” from the Master Views
tab situated under the section of View Tab.
- After that, hit
the best-matched slide option from the left-hand side section.
- Now, highlight
and edit the footer text into the sliding window. You can change to font
style and color.
- Once you switch
back to the View tab, hit the Normal option, and you will see the recent
modifications on your screen applied on the respective slide.
Adding
Header in Slides
- If you want to
add your respective header in the PowerPoint presentation, then the
process is very straightforward, just like adding a fresh text box at the
uppermost section.
- One can do this
into the Slide Master; then, it will display on entire slides or your
presentation.
- To add the
Headers in Presentation slides, follow these steps:
- Hit the View
tab.
- After that,
press the Slide Master option to launch the Slide Master section.
- Now, hit the
uppermost slide and hit the Text group located under the Insert button.
- Finally, hit
the Text Box there.
- Hit and drag
the cursor to create the header box in your desired and convenient place.
- After that, you
have to enter your text to show as a header.
John
Hunt is a self-professed security expert; he has been making the people aware
of the security threats. His passion is to write about Cyber security,
cryptography, malware, social engineering, internet and new media. He writes
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