Actually you can just select the slide thumbnails that you want to have slide
number on. To do so, hold down the Ctrl key, then click on the slide
thumbnails.
Next, click View > Header and Footer.
Put a checkmark on Slide Number. Click Apply.
Works for PowerPoint 95-2003.
If the slide numbers has been added to all the slides already, you will need
to remove it first before doing the above steps.
To remove, click View > Header and Footer. Uncheck Slide Number, click Apply
to All.
Hope this helps.
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