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How to name slides in PowerPoint without the name appearing on the slide?

Anonymous
2022-02-14T18:31:32+00:00

I seem to remember one could give a name to each PowerPoint slide without it appearing as a title on the actual slide. I was trying to name my slides by typing the name next to the slide icon in outline view but the name appears in a GIGANTIC font on my slide. I can resize the font and drag it out of view but I don't want to do that on every slide and there's always the danger of messing something up having to manually change each one.

Also, each time I add the name in outline view, a blank title slide gets added and the name doesn't appear in normal or slide sorter view, only in outline view.

Is there another way to add a slide name?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T18:53:35+00:00

    @Hillaryy, thank you for responding, but the steps described seem to be the same as what I was doing. It adds a title to the slide, which I don't want.

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  2. Steve Rindsberg 99,161 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-14T21:21:34+00:00

    What you're probably seeing is a slide title. The title gets its formatting from the slide master or the layout that the slide's based on.

    If this is the case, doing this should fix the problem:

    Choose View | Slide Master

    Scroll to the top of the group of slide thumbnails in the pane on the left; choose the topmost one.

    Click anywhere in the text "Click to edit Master title style" then press ESC

    Now use your arrow keys to move the text box just off the top of the slide.

    While it's selected, you might want to reformat it to a smaller size.

    Close master view and see if the results suit you.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-02-15T18:56:09+00:00

    Thank you. I will probably have to resort to that.

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  4. John Korchok 231.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2022-02-14T21:25:46+00:00

    You can set the slide name using VBA:

    Sub SetSlideName()

     ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Name = "Slide Name, Not Title"

End Sub

    Then you can retrieve it with VBA:

    Sub GetSlideName()
    MsgBox ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Name
End Sub
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  5. Anonymous
    2022-02-14T20:57:19+00:00

    Hi, Rosm2004.

    Try the alternative shown in the link below:

    https://artofpresentations.com/name-slides-in-p....

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