Microsoft KB Archive/138309

Time Not Updated While Running Slide Show

PSS ID Number: Q138309 Article last modified on 05-16-1998

MACINTOSH:3.0,3.0b,4.0; windows: 3.0,4.0,4.0a,4.0c

MACINTOSH WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 3.0, 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c == Microsoft PowerPoint for the Macintosh, versions 3.0, 3.0a, 4.0 == 

= SUMMARY =

If you insert a time placeholder into the Slide Master of a PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0 presentation and run the slide show, the first and subsequent slides will display the time that the show was started.

This behavior is described in PowerPoint Help as:

The time that appears will be the time the slide is printed or shown.

This may be confusing.

= MORE INFORMATION =

In PowerPoint 3.0 or 4.0, the page number, date, and time placeholders are updated when a slide show is started or a presentation is printed. They are not updated at any other time.

Note: PowerPoint Help also contains the following information about the time placeholder:

Time symbols are generally used to keep track of draft versions as the presentation is developed. You may want to omit time symbols from the final printed version.

In PowerPoint for Windows 95, version 7.0, PowerPoint 97 for Windows, and PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition, you can insert time placeholders as fixed text or to be updated automatically.

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