Question

you can prevent the slide number from appearing on the title slide​

Answer 1

On the Insert tab, select Slide Number.

shows the slide number button on the ribbon in powerpoint

On the Slide tab, check the Slide number box.

Show header and footer dialog in powerpoint

If you don't want a number to appear on the title slide, also check the Don’t show on title slide box.

Select Apply to All.

The theme applied to your presentation has a standard location for where the numbers appear on your slides, as illustrated by the two themes picture below. To change that location, see "Change where the page numbers appear on your slides" below.

Wisp Theme with slide number

Ion theme with slide number....

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