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Ineedhelp - 01 Nov 2006 23:36 GMT

I want to be able to insert a slide that describes what the section is going
to illustrate, but i don't want this slide to be numbered... how do i do this?

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John Wilson - 02 Nov 2006 09:54 GMT

Just depends what you mean and need!

To not have slide numbers on a slide select just that slide, view headers &
footers> untick slide number and apply (not apply to all)

However this will always leave a gap in the numbers eg 1,2,3,5,6 where 4 is
the slide in question

I guess this isnt what you want. Do you need this to work on screen or when
you print out the slides?

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> I want to be able to insert a slide that describes what the section is going
> to illustrate, but i don't want this slide to be numbered... how do i do this?

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Echo S - 02 Nov 2006 22:52 GMT

>I want to be able to insert a slide that describes what the section is
>going
> to illustrate, but i don't want this slide to be numbered... how do i do
> this?

I would probably create an extra title master, give my section slides a
title slide layout, and apply the extra title master design to it. Then I'd
do one of the following:

In the Header and Footer dialog, I'd select "do not show on master"
or
Delete the page number placeholder from the extra title master

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John Wilson - 03 Nov 2006 13:39 GMT

Hi Echo

I think that would still have the problem of leaving gaps in the numbers.
However you've given me an idea!!

If you use title only layout for the section slides and then use this vba to
number the slides....

Sub numbers()
Dim osld As Slide
Dim Inum As Integer
Inum = 1
For n = 1 To ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
If ActivePresentation.Slides(n).Layout <> ppLayoutTitle Then
ActivePresentation.Slides(n).Shapes. _
AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, 650, 500, 60, 20). _
TextFrame .TextRange = Inum
Inum = Inum + 1
End If
Next n
End Sub

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> >I want to be able to insert a slide that describes what the section is
> >going
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> or
> Delete the page number placeholder from the extra title master

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Echo S - 03 Nov 2006 15:48 GMT

> Hi Echo
>
> I think that would still have the problem of leaving gaps in the numbers.
> However you've given me an idea!!

Yes, you'd still have gaps, but it's still what I'd do. Also,
In the Header and Footer dialog, I'd select "do not show on master" should
have been
In the Header and Footer dialog, I'd select "do not show on title slide"

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