Updating date & time automatically (2000 / XP)

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Hi,

I have a rolling presentation with the date in the footer.
In order to get this to update I manually stop & restart the presentation
each morning.
I realise I could use Scheduled Tasks to restart it for me but this isn’t
the best solution.

I would prefer to get PowerPoint to update the date automatically from
within the presentation.
Is this possible?

Ideally I want the date & time in the footer (dd:mmm:yyyy hh:mm) with both
being updated automatically.
Can this be done either in XP or 2000 versions?

Thanks

Colin

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Have you tried opening the Slide Master and in the footer section, insert Date and Time and make sure you have selected the automatically update option or on a slide, go to Header and footer and select the slide tab and make sure the automatically update option is selected?

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Hi Hetty,

My presentation is already set up as you describe. This ‘feature’ displays the date/time when the presentation is started. It does not update automatically while it is running. Hence my original question.

I also sent the question to the Microsoft PowerPoint newsgroup & was directed to a free add-in that does exactly what I want. Its called AutoDateTime and is available at http://officerone.tripod.com. However, this slows my presentation to a crawl & so is unusable.

Other ideas very welcome!

Colin

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