- Introduction
- Making Your Presentation Look Consistent
- Viewing Masters
- Controlling Slide Appearance with Masters
- Controlling a Slide Layout with Masters
- Modifying Placeholders
- Controlling a Slide Background with Masters
- Adding a Header and Footer
- Inserting Slide Numbers
- Inserting the Date and Time
- Understanding Color Themes
- Viewing and Applying a Theme
- Creating a Color Theme
- Choosing Theme Fonts
- Choosing Theme Effects
- Creating a Custom Theme
- Adding Colors to a Presentation
- Adding a Background Style
- Modifying a Background Style
- Saving a Template
Inserting the Date and Time
You can insert the date and time into your presentation. For example, you might want today’s date to appear in a stock market quote. You can insert the date and time on every slide, notes page or handout, or only on a specific slide. To insert the date and time on every page, you place it in a placeholder on the slide master. To insert the date and time only on a specific page, you insert it in a text box on the slide you want. You can set the date and time to automatically update to your computer’s clock or stay fixed until you change it.
Insert the Date and Time on a Specific Slide
- Click to place the insertion point in the text object where you want to insert the date and time.
- Click the Insert tab.
- Click the Date & Time button.
- Click the date or time format you want.
- To have the date and time automatically update, select the Update automatically check box.
- To change the default date and time format, click Default, and then click Yes to confirm.
- Click OK.
Insert the Date and Time on Slides, Notes, and Handouts
- Click the Insert tab.
- Click the Date & Time button.
- Click the Slide or Notes and Handouts tab.
- Click the Date and time check box.
- Click the Update automatically or Fixed option, and then specify or select the format you want.
- Click Apply to apply your selections to the current slide, or click Apply to All to apply the selections to all slides.