{"version":"1.0","dimension":"headers-footers","items":[{"slug":"slide-number-only","name":"Slide Number Only","description":"A minimal bottom-right slide number for decks that need navigation without extra metadata.","useCase":"Long internal or client decks where people need to reference specific slides during review.","category":"navigation","opfStatus":"native","opfGap":false,"opfGapNote":null,"config":{"slideNumbers":true,"slideNumberFormat":"{current}","dateFormat":null,"logoPosition":null,"legalLine":null,"classificationLine":null,"headerContent":null,"footerContent":null,"hideOnTitleSlide":true},"preview":{"headerLeft":null,"headerCenter":null,"headerRight":null,"footerLeft":null,"footerCenter":null,"footerRight":"14","badge":null},"whenToUse":"Use when the deck is primarily read or discussed live and the only persistent reference needed is the slide number.","whenToAvoid":"Avoid when exported PDFs need owner, date, confidentiality, or client context on every 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classification must be visible before content.","category":"compliance","opfStatus":"extension-pending","opfGap":true,"opfGapNote":"OPF v1 does not yet expose a confirmed classification banner field.","config":{"slideNumbers":true,"slideNumberFormat":"{current}","dateFormat":null,"logoPosition":null,"legalLine":"Handle according to company policy","classificationLine":"Internal Use Only","headerContent":"{classificationLine}","footerContent":"{legalLine}","hideOnTitleSlide":false},"preview":{"headerLeft":null,"headerCenter":"Internal Use Only","headerRight":null,"footerLeft":"Handle according to company policy","footerCenter":null,"footerRight":"14","badge":"classification"},"whenToUse":"Use only when policy requires classification before the viewer reads the slide content.","whenToAvoid":"Avoid for ordinary confidential decks; a banner consumes attention and visual space.","bestPractices":["Use the exact approved classification vocabulary.","Keep banner height small and consistent.","Reserve accent color for the classification label only."],"relatedHowTos":["headers-footers-slide-numbers"]},{"slug":"version-control-footer","name":"Version Control Footer","description":"A footer that combines version, date, and slide number for draft-heavy review cycles.","useCase":"Product specs, board drafts, legal review packets, and project plans with many revision rounds.","category":"context","opfStatus":"extension-pending","opfGap":true,"opfGapNote":"OPF v1 does not yet expose confirmed version or footer token fields.","config":{"slideNumbers":true,"slideNumberFormat":"{current}","dateFormat":"yyyy-MM-dd","logoPosition":null,"legalLine":null,"classificationLine":null,"headerContent":null,"footerContent":"v{version} - {date}","hideOnTitleSlide":false},"preview":{"headerLeft":null,"headerCenter":null,"headerRight":null,"footerLeft":"v0.8 - 2026-04-23","footerCenter":null,"footerRight":"14","badge":null},"whenToUse":"Use when people will compare drafts and need a visible version marker outside file names.","whenToAvoid":"Avoid on final presentation decks unless version history is still relevant to the audience.","bestPractices":["Use ISO dates when precision matters.","Drop the version marker from final customer-facing decks.","Keep version text out of the title area."],"relatedHowTos":["headers-footers-slide-numbers"]},{"slug":"appendix-numbering","name":"Appendix Numbering","description":"A separate appendix numbering format that distinguishes backup slides from the main story.","useCase":"Board packets, financial models, and technical decks with substantial backup material.","category":"navigation","opfStatus":"extension-pending","opfGap":true,"opfGapNote":"OPF v1 does not yet expose a confirmed section-aware slide number 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classification markers.","category":"headers-footers","routes":{"web":"https://www.pptx.gallery/headers-footers","api":"https://www.pptx.gallery/api/headers-footers.json"},"opfSchema":{"name":"design.layoutPreferences.slideNumbers","url":"https://pptx.dev/schema/opf/v1#/$defs/LayoutPreferences/properties/slideNumbers"},"categories":[{"slug":"navigation","name":"Navigation","description":"Slide numbers, section labels, and progress cues that help readers locate themselves in long decks."},{"slug":"context","name":"Context","description":"Date, version, and appendix markers that make exported or printed decks easier to interpret later."},{"slug":"branding","name":"Branding","description":"Subtle organization, client, or event identifiers that keep a deck attributed without competing with content."},{"slug":"compliance","name":"Compliance","description":"Legal, confidentiality, classification, and usage lines for controlled distribution contexts."}],"bestPractices":[{"title":"Keep Metadata Subordinate","description":"Headers and footers should be the quietest repeatable elements on the slide. If they compete with the title or chart, reduce size, contrast, or density."},{"title":"Use Master-Level Consistency","description":"Position, type size, and color should remain stable across the deck. Exceptions belong on title, divider, or full-bleed image slides."},{"title":"Treat Legal Text as a Constraint","description":"Use only the shortest approved legal or classification phrase. Repeated compliance copy is necessary in some contexts, but it should not become the visual center."}],"inventoryNote":"OPF v1 exposes design.layoutPreferences.slideNumbers as a native boolean. Rich header and footer fields such as date format, logo position, legal line, and classification line are cataloged here as OPF configuration patterns for gallery selection and playground parity; they should be treated as extension-pending until PPTX.dev confirms the final schema shape.","lastResearched":"2026-04-23"}