This may seem strange, but it's often better to delete and show the placeholders again. Click the slide master (which appears with a 1 beside it in the thumbnails on the left), delete the placeholders for footer, date and slide number.Ideally, you will now have only one slide master and its set of layouts. You will not be able to delete layouts if they are used by any slides in Normal View. Right-click any unnecessary slide masters and layouts in the thumbnails pane on the left and select Delete.Click the View tab in the Ribbon and select Slide Master.In Slide Sorter View, Ctrl-click each slide that should be using the same layout (with slide number placeholders).In that case, it's best to apply the desired layouts to slides, delete unnecessary slide masters and layouts and then show and hide placeholders again to correct the problem: If slides have been copied to a presentation or different themes have been applied, extra layouts and even slide masters may have been added in Slide Master View and the placeholders may not work correctly. Show and hide placeholders in Slide Master View To correct this (assuming you want slide numbers on all layouts with slide number placeholders), you can click the Insert tab in the Ribbon, select Header & Footer, ensure Don't show on title slide is deselected and click Apply to All. If the Title Slide layout has been applied to a slide, then the slide number may not display if you clicked Header & Footer on the Insert tab in the Ribbon and then selected Don't show on title slide. You may need to cut and paste from text boxes into placeholders.Ĭheck to see if the assigned layout is the Title Slide layout If placeholders have been deleted on the slides in Normal View and replaced with text boxes, Reset will not correct that issue.Click the Home tab in the Ribbon and click Reset in the Slides group.In Slide Sorter View, Ctrl-click each slide where the slide numbers are not appearing.To reset layouts (which reapplies the slide layout from Slide Master view):
If slides have been modified and are different from the slide layout, you may need to reset layouts: It's important that you select layouts that have slide number placeholders and that numbers have been inserted into those placeholders using the Header & Footer dialog box.īelow is a sample of a slide master and its associated layouts in Slide Master view: Click the Home tab in the Ribbon and select the desired layout from the Layout drop-down menu in the Slides group.īelow is the Layout drop-down menu on the Home tab in the Ribbon:.In Slide Sorter View, Ctrl-click each slide that should be using the same layout (which includes slide number placeholders).To ensure the desired layouts are applied to slides: If slides have been copied from another presentation or different themes have been applied, extra layouts (or even masters) may have been added in Slide Master View. A slide layout is applied to every slide in a PowerPoint deck. It's important to ensure that the desired layouts are applied to your slides. In the Arrange group, select Send to Back from the Send Backward drop-down menu.Įnsure that the desired layouts are applied to your slides.Click the Drawing Tools or Picture Tools Format tab in the Ribbon.Click the picture or shape to select it.To send a picture or shape to the back of a stack of objects: You may need to resize, move or reorder (send to back) the picture or shape to see the slide number. In Normal View, a picture or shape may be on top of the slide number placeholder.
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Recommended article: How to Add Slide Numbers in PowerPoint (The Complete Guide)ĭo you want to learn more about PowerPoint? Check out our virtual classroom or live classroom PowerPoint courses > Ensure a picture or shape is not on top of the slide number placeholder If you've inserted slide numbers in slide layout placeholders in PowerPoint and the slide numbers are still not working, there are a few reasons that they may not appear.įor this article, we assume you have a good understanding of how to add or insert slide numbers in PowerPoint using slide layouts.
Slide Numbers Not Working? Try These Strategies to Fix Missing Slide Numbersīy Avantix Learning Team | Updated January 26, 2021Īpplies to: Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® 2013, 2016, 2019 and 365 (Windows)
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