Context Pattern

Version Control Footer

A footer that combines version, date, and slide number for draft-heavy review cycles.

version-control-footer

Use Case

Product specs, board drafts, legal review packets, and project plans with many revision rounds.

When to Use

Use when people will compare drafts and need a visible version marker outside file names.

When to Avoid

Avoid on final presentation decks unless version history is still relevant to the audience.

OPF Config Options

Slide numbers: Enabled
Slide number format: {current}
Date format: yyyy-MM-dd
Logo position: Not used
Legal line: Not used
Classification line: Not used
Header content: Not used
Footer content: v{version} - {date}
Hide on title slide: No

Best Practices

Use ISO dates when precision matters.

Drop the version marker from final customer-facing decks.

Keep version text out of the title area.

OPF Config

headers-footers:version-control-footer

Open Presentation Format

{
  "$schema": "https://openpresentation.org/schema/opf/v1",
  "name": "PPTX.gallery — headers-footers/version-control-footer",
  "tags": [
    "gallery:headers-footers/version-control-footer"
  ],
  "design": {
    "footer": {
      "left": {
        "text": "v0.8"
      },
      "center": {
        "date": "2026-04-23",
        "dateFormat": "yyyy-MM-dd"
      },
      "right": {
        "slideNumber": true
      }
    }
  },
  "slides": [
    {
      "id": "gallery-hf-title",
      "layout": "title-slide",
      "title": "Quarterly Operating Review",
      "subtitle": "Header/footer pattern \"version-control-footer\".",
      "design": {
        "contentBox": false,
        "contentAlignment": "center",
        "titleAlignment": "center"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "gallery-hf-content",
      "layout": "bullet-list",
      "title": "Header & footer preview",
      "items": [
        "Repeated furniture stays outside the content grid",
        "Slide numbers renumber in PowerPoint"
      ],
      "design": {
        "contentBox": false,
        "contentAlignment": "left",
        "titleAlignment": "left",
        "contentDirection": "horizontal"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Open in visual editor Open in Inspector

Load this config in the gallery's visual editor, or in the Inspector at pptx.dev.

Playground deep link: config=headers-footers:version-control-footer

Version Control Footer