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If you use material created by someone else in your PowerPoint presentations, you must include a footnote to indicate the source of the material. You can definitely include anything you want in the footnote, not just the source material. As an example, you can add notes to specific sections of your slide. Even though in previous versions of PowerPoint you had to go through the Header & Footer menu to add a footnote, every slide in PowerPoint 2010 contains a dedicated section for footnotes. Basically add the footnote in the text box.
Footnotes in PowerPoint
Usually, you use the footer feature to insert a footnote in PowerPoint. It works in the same way as inserting headers and footers in other Office products, such as Word, and also in non-Microsoft products, so it may be familiar to you.
Add footnote text
Below is an example of a footnote in PowerPoint. Follow the steps below to add your own footnote. After adding your footnote, you can move the footnote labels up.
- Click the location in the body of the slide where you want to add a footnote, and type a number or symbol, such as "1."
- Click Insert > Header & Footer.
- On the Slide tab, select Footer, and in the Footer box, type the number or symbol you added in step 1, then type the text you want to appear in the slide footnote.
- Click Apply if you want the footer to appear only on the chosen slide. If you want it to appear on all slides, click Apply to all.
Insert a footnote in PowerPoint
I'll now add the PowerPoint footnote below, inserting a new text box at the bottom.
Let's continue writing number 1, then the source of the attribution, which is actually the footnote that explains it.
Apply the font via superscript to a footnote
Then we highlight it and go back and apply the same Superscript option to the text to make it clear that this is the reference. The audience now knows the source of the event and can look up all the details, especially if you send the PowerPoint slides later.
conclusion
Footnotes are ideal for providing additional information without taking up too much space. Since space is limited on each PowerPoint slide, footnotes may be just what you need.
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