Helen,
What have you done so far?
I normally go to the slide master
Create a textbox
Then "insert menu > Slide number"
Then a little # appears.
When you view the slide show or print it out the hash turns on to the slide
number
Cheers
TAJ Simmons
microsoft powerpoint mvp
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