New date format in PPT 2019

When you are a subscriber to Office 365 you regularly get new features. Those are generally not made available for lecagy versions.

Sometimes some of them are implemented in legacy versions, this one is, you now can choose only the year in the date footer list.

Go to Insert - Header and footer - check the date and time box and click on the list arrow in the Update automatically section and choose the year.

This is and automatic change, which means the year will be updated to represent the current year. Very handy when you need to update a copyright notice. You can also add text to the date placeholder if you want.

Remove slide numbering in a master or slide layout in PPT 2019

You want to remove slide numbers from a master or even a particular slide layout ? Here's how.

Go to View - click Slide Master - select the master (top thumbnail) - click Insert tab on the ribbon - click the Header and footer button. 

In the dialog box remove the check in the box for slide numbering, then click the Apply button. This will remove slide numbers on all the slide layouts belonging to that master. If you have other masters slide numbering will not be removed. Close the master view by clicking on the Close Master view button.

If you want to remove the numbering for a particular slide layout follow the same procedure. Of course only select that particular layout in the master view click Insert tab on the ribbon - click the Header and footer button remove the check next to slide number and choose Apply.

Finally go back to normal view by clicking on the Close Master view button.

Verwijderen van dianummering op een diamodel of diaindeling in PPT 2019

Hoe kan je de dianummering verwijderen uit een diamodel of een diaindeling?

Ga naar Beeld - klik op Diamodel - selecteer het model (bovenste miniatuur) - klik op tabblad Invoegen op het lint - klik op de knop Kop- en voettekst.

Verwijder in het dialoogvenster het vinkje in het vakje voor dianummering en klik vervolgens op de knop Toepassen. Hiermee worden dianummers verwijderd van alle diaindelingen die bij dat model horen. Als je meerdere diamodellen hebt wordt de nummering niet verwijderd. Sluit de diamodelweergave door op de knop Modelweergave sluiten te klikken.

Als je de nummering voor een bepaalde dia-indeling wilt verwijderen, volg je dezelfde procedure. Selecteer natuurlijk alleen die specifieke diaindeling in het model, klik op het tabblad Invoegen op het lint - klik op de knop Koptekst en voettekst, verwijder het vinkje naast het dianummer en kies Toepassen.

Ga ten slotte terug naar de normale weergave door op de knop Modelweergave sluiten te klikken.

Why do my slide numbers not appear in PPT 2019?

Here are some reasons why slide numbers do not appear in PPT.

A slide object overlaps the slide number placeholder on the slide

On the individual slide

To solve this select the overlapping picture and put it on the background. Under Picture tools select the Layout tab and click on the Send backward button, choose To the back. If the slide number is in an unobstrusive colour you may need to alter the formatting. Of course you can change the position/size of the picture also.

On the slide master

In the video below you can see an example of a picture which is on top of the slide number placeholder. Slide numbers are present but barely visible as the default colour of the numbers is light grey. So you can either adapt the size of the picture or you can alter the formatting of the slide number placeholder so that it becomes more visible.

The footer box is unchecked on one or more slide layouts in the master

If the Footer box in the Master layout group is unchecked on one of the layouts the slide number will not appear. Neither will the date or the footer itself.

To reactivate it go to View - Slide master - select the slide layout in question and check the footer box. Then go to Insert - Header and footer -  hit Apply to all.  Or leave the slide master by clicking on the Close master view button. select the slide(s) where the footer is missing and go to Insert - Header and footer -  check the slide number box and hit Apply. Not very intuitive but there you go.

The slide number placeholder has been deleted from one or several slides

Select the slide(s) where the slide number placeholder has been deleted. Go to Insert - Headers and footers - check the slide number box - click Apply.