# Powerpoint 07 - Adding A Slide w/o Messing up In-document Links

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 9, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-07-adding-a-slide-w-o-messing-up-in-document-links/492542 "2009-04-09T18:09:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-07-adding-a-slide-w-o-messing-up-in-document-links/492542/1 "2009-04-09T18:09:59Z")

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I have several powerpoint presentations that are set up as “jeopardy games” where the first slide is a game board with links to other slides in the presentation. For example, if you click on a 500 question link, it takes you to slide 17, etc. There are 25 links on the board slide per presentation.

However, the Powers That Be want me to add a title slide to the original presentations. Doing so completely messes up the in-document linking scheme (for instance, where it points to slide 17 it is now technically pointing to slide 16) and it would take a lot of time to individually fix on my part.

Is there anyway to add a title slide so it does not count as a numbered slide or to add it and automatically shift the other links? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-07-adding-a-slide-w-o-messing-up-in-document-links/492542/2 "2009-04-09T18:22:52Z")

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I don’t have access to PowerPoint 07 but for PowerPoint 03, the online help says:

> [@](#):
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> Change the starting slide number
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> On the File menu, click Page Setup.  
> Under Number slides from, enter the number you want the slides to start with.
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> Tip
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> If you want slide numbering to begin with your second slide and not your title slide and you want the starting number to be 1, in the Page Setup dialog, select 0 as the starting number. On the View menu, click Header and Footer, click the Slide tab, make sure the Slide number check box is selected, and then select the Don’t show on title slide check box. Click Apply to All.

Hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-07-adding-a-slide-w-o-messing-up-in-document-links/492542/3 "2009-04-09T18:37:50Z")

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Thanks a lot! One day I shall be more adept at searching the help files… :smack: until then, I’m glad I’ve got you guys!

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**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2009, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/powerpoint-07-adding-a-slide-w-o-messing-up-in-document-links/492542/4 "2009-04-09T18:56:09Z")

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I haven’t used PowerPoint 2007 very much, but in 2003, my experience has been that if you use Action Settings —\> Hyper link to—\>Slide… (choose your slide from the list), then adding slides in any location usually\* won’t affect the existing links.

\*I say “usually”, because with Office apps you’ll get all kinds of surprises. I’ve seen perfectly good links suddenly go bad.