You’ll find options for working with slide numbers on the Insert and View > Slide Master tabs in PowerPoint 2013 and powerpoint 2016. There you can do the following things:
Add slide numbers to your presentation
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On the Insert tab, select Insert Slide Number.
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On the Slide tab, check the Slide number box.
Note: If you don’t want a number to appear on the title slide, also check the Don’t show on title slide box.
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Select Apply to All.
Note: The theme applied to your presentation will determine where the numbers appear on your slides. For example, here are two different themes that show numbers appearing in different places on a slide.
Hide slide numbers on the title slide
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On the Insert tab, select Insert Slide Number.
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On the Slide tab, check the Don’t show on title slide box.
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Click Apply to All.
Change where the page numbers appear on your slides
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On the View tab, select Slide Master.
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At the top of the thumbnail pane, select the Slide Master thumbnail.
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In the Slide pane, select and hold the page number placeholder until you see the four-headed arrow, and drag it to a new location.
When you’re finished, select Close Master View.
Start your slide numbering with a specific number
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On the Design tab, select Slide Size, and then Custom Slide Size.
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Under Number slides from, pick one of these
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To start slide numbering from zero, click the down arrow until you get to ‘0’.
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To start the slide numbering from any other number, click the up arrow.
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