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<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Adding a Header or a Footer to All Slides</title>
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<bookmark_value>master slides; headers and footers</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>headers and footers; master slides</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>slide numbers on all slides</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>page numbers on all slides</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>date on all slides</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>time and date on all slides</bookmark_value>
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  <comment>mw changed "adding;" to "inserting;"</comment>
  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3153191" role="heading" level="1"><variable id="footer"><link href="text/simpress/guide/footer.xhp" name="Adding a Header or a Footer to All Slides">Adding a Header or a Footer to All Slides</link> 
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  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1356547" role="paragraph">Every slide is based on a master slide. The text, pictures, tables, fields or other objects that you place on the master slide are visible as a background on all slides that are based on that master slide.</paragraph>
  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id704672" role="paragraph">Masters exist for slides, notes, and handouts. </paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8403576" role="paragraph">To edit a master slide, choose <emph>View - Master Slide</emph>. Click the Close Master View icon on the Master View toolbar, or choose <emph>View - Normal</emph>, to leave the master slide.</paragraph>
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   <listitem>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5641651" role="paragraph">To edit a master notes, choose <emph>View - Master Notes</emph>. Click the Close Master View icon on the Master View toolbar, or choose <emph>View - Normal</emph>, to leave the master notes.</paragraph>
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   <listitem>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1583300" role="paragraph">To edit a master handout, click the Handout tab above the slide. Click the Normal tab to leave the master handout.</paragraph>
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  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id7251808" role="heading" level="2">Adding predefined header or footer objects</paragraph>
  <comment>see i53011</comment>
  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5015411" role="paragraph">Every type of master has some predefined areas to hold the date, footer, and slide numbers. </paragraph>
  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8217413" role="paragraph">When you switch to the master view, you can move those areas to any position on the master. Also, you can enter additional text into them, resize them, and select their contents to apply text formatting. For example, you can change the font size or color.</paragraph>
  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7549668" role="tip">A predefined Header Area is available only for notes and handouts. If you want a header on all slides, you can move the Footer Area on the master slide to the top.</paragraph>
  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1829889" role="paragraph">Objects that you insert on a master slide are visible on all slides that are based on that master slide.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id8843043" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>Insert - Header and Footer</emph>.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1876583" role="paragraph">You see a dialog with two tab pages: <emph>Slides</emph> and <emph>Notes and Handouts</emph> where you can enter contents to the predefined areas.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id4101077" role="paragraph">By default, the <emph>Date and Time</emph> checkbox is enabled, but the format is set to Fixed and the text input box is empty, so no date and time is visible on the slides.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id204779" role="paragraph">By default, the <emph>Footer</emph> checkbox is enabled, but the text input box is empty, so no footer is visible on the slides.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1453901" role="paragraph">By default, the <emph>Slide number</emph> checkbox is cleared, so no slide numbers are visible.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1445966" role="paragraph">Enter or select the contents that should be visible on all slides.</paragraph>
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   <listitem>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id1956236" role="paragraph">If you want to change the position and formatting of the master objects, choose <emph>View - Master</emph>.</paragraph>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id5259559" role="paragraph">You see the master slide with areas near the bottom. You can move the areas , and you can select the fields and apply some formatting. You can also enter some text here which will be shown next to the fields.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id2521439" role="paragraph">Click the Date Area and move the time and date field. Select the &lt;date/time&gt; field and apply some formatting to change the format for the date and time on all slides. The same applies to the Footer Area and the Slide Number Area.</paragraph>
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  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id4712057" role="heading" level="2">Adding text objects as header or footer objects</paragraph>
  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155064" role="paragraph">You can add a text object anywhere on the master slide.</paragraph>
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   <listitem>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148866" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>View - Master Slide</emph>.</paragraph>
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147295" role="paragraph">On the <emph>Drawing</emph> bar, select the <emph>Text</emph> icon 
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    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3149947" role="paragraph">Drag in the master slide to draw a text object, and then type or paste your text.</paragraph>
   </listitem>
   <listitem>
    <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155441" role="paragraph">Choose <emph>View - Normal</emph> when you are finished.</paragraph>
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  <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150476" role="tip">You can also add fields, such as the date or page number, to a header or footer by choosing <emph>Insert - Field</emph>.</paragraph>
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   <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155848" role="paragraph"><link href="text/simpress/01/04990000.xhp" name="Insert Fields">Insert Fields</link></paragraph>
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