Microsoft KB Archive/217175

= MacPPT: Cannot Apply Headers and Footers If Placeholders Are Missing =

Article ID: 217175

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh

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This article was previously published under Q217175



For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 version of this article, see 197705.

For a Microsoft PowerPoint 97 version of this article, see 163388.



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:
 * 1) On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Notes Master (or click Handout Master, Slide Master, or Title Master).
 * 2) On the Format menu, click Notes Master Layout (or click Handout Master Layout or Master Layout for handouts or both slide layouts).
 * 3) Under Placeholders, click to select the placeholder check box for the item that is missing from the master slide.
 * 4) Click OK.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are 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 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 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 not selected 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.

Additional query words: PPT2001 PPT98 pg page number # num missing gone lost add insert view slide master text box copy paste handouts placeholders powerpnt powerpt power point ppt

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB217175

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