Automatically add page numbers to the selected slide in Figma based on Slide position. Maybe we can select any text and give it the numbering option?
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This is a big one for sure thatâs missing. Ideally we get at least the same functionality we get in say google slides: (skip title slide and/or apply to selected)
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Thanks both for the feedback!
@HH1 can you elaborate more on your message? I want to make sure I understand correctly so I can file this feedback appropriately. Would you want an ability to select certain slides > number them based in the order of selected slides > have any unnumbered slides be bumped down? Or just ability to skip those, but leave them in place in the order theyâre made in the slide (sorry if that was confusing).
Maybe we can select any text and give it the numbering option
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Well in tools like PowerPoint, Slide or Keynote, you can insert dynamic slide numbers that automatically update when slides are rearranged. Similarly, InDesign allows for headers and footers with auto-updating page numbers and chapter titles.
In my opinion, the easiest way is to let the user add a footer, which can include the title, date, number, or even a Table of Contents for navigation.
Implementing a similar feature in Figma would greatly enhance document organization and consistency.
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Or been able to select the number in an existing footer and have an option to link that number to the pagination. That could be also nice to have.
Footers are a great idea, but sometimes that info is also at the top. So being able to have Headers/Footers that automatically apply to all slides, would be amazing. This way we can change the date or version number in all slides and have it propagate to all slides.
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I agree, it would be great to be able to customize slide numbering automatically. Options like âPage 01, Page 02,â â01, 02, 03,â or âPage 1 of 6â would be excellent additions. Having these page numbering options update automatically would enhance the usability and presentation quality significantly.
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@ksn happy to elaborate as well and echo some of what others said. Also to clarify, in case I stumbled into the wrong request, I was speaking specifically to the new âFigma Slidesâ platform, though having this is in regular Figma with artboards would be welcome as well (though there are a few plugins that do something similar via components).
Just to address the âwhyâ of this (in case it isnât self-evident) when sharing slide-based presentations, itâs important to speak to specific areas of the presentation and have that be embedded visually on the slide. The easiest way to do this is to tell the viewer of the presentation "see slide ânumber hereâ " and have that number embedded somewhere on the slide itself (as others have mentioned it would be great to have this placement (as well as styling) flexible as a huge part of using Figma for this is the design flexibility overall).
Though there is built in numbering to Figmaâs presentation/prototype âviewerâ UI as well as an external PDF viewers, itâs not always evident (needing to leave presentation mode to see numbering/hidden in thumbnail browsing etc). There is also a variety of preference as to when numbering starts, IE: on the title slide, after the title slide, after the table of contents ETC. Having that numbering on the slide/page itself is often a core part of a document viewing experience.
So having that numbering have a degree of automation has become the default in these kinds of tools due to the length and editorial nature of presentations, and relying on Figmaâs built in âpresentation-mode numbering UIâ is also problematic because, again, this is no reference while viewing the presentation in a clean/overlay free mode, or in exported pdf form (depending on your pdf viewer).
I canât think of a document tool (word, powerpoint, pages, keynote, indesign, G-suite etc) that doesnât have an automatic page/slide-numbering function. Iâd encourage exploration of how those tools handle âauto-numberingâ as it seems to be a pretty common feature at this point, usually accessed by insert>page/slide number.
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One idea is they could have is just use the variables concept, but by default a Slides file has a preset number variable called current slide. so you can apply it to some text and put it wherever you want, and the pre-built templates can come with it already applied
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Page numbering seems like a very important feature for slide decks.
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Expose slide numbers as a variable so a person can bind the slide number variable to a text box or component.
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Something powerpoint has is auto-incrementing pagination for each slide.
Will be especially useful if we are dealing with big quantities of slides like 100+ and will often need to add slides in between (Speaking from experience)
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Ok, I literally just created this and found another topic relating to this.
Go vote on that instead: Slides improvement - Automtically add Slide Number - #11 by Charles4
Desperately need this. I have a 120+ brand guidelines document in Figma slides, which when the order gets moved or something gets added in, i have to manually change all the page numbers.
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100% agree. Having page numbers within Figma Slides would be a critical add. Many times slide page numbers are referenced for both internal and external presentations - for instances when someone might say âcan we go to Slide XââŚor âplease reference Slide Xâ it is vitally important for discussion sake.
The Idea uf using Variables to manage the Slide number is both clever and consistent with the Common Figma usage. I think this should be the way to implement it
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+1 this really would be awesome
I agree entirely, and we have to be able to apply a text to become page numbers. But I think having a bit more customizability for creative freedom would be great. For example, page numbers are just one element that should be changeable, but it would also be great if it was possible to apply chapter indications so you could make the agenda a bit more like a table of contents. This means that if you had a â1.â (chapter name) and had a slide within it, if something is moved in on the slide layers, it would become â1.1.â or other similar formats that Word, for example, offers. To me, it just adds a bit more class to a presentation, and most of all, organisation and structure.
So you could end up with:
- Chapter name
1.1. Subject
1.1.1. Sub-subject
1.1.2. Sub-subject
1.2. Subject
1.3. Subject - Chapter
And so onâŚ
(In addition, if it also automatically updated on the agenda page it would be incredible. Again, similar to Microsoft Word they have a simple click function to say âupdate table of contentsâ and it does.)
I use this extensively, and it would make my life so much easier if I didnât have to manually add these. Of course, there are others who prefer different settings for this, but Microsoft Word basically outlines all formats for anyone to get inspired from.
Either way, automating page numbers and chapter indications with a simple setting would save a lot of time and reduce mistakes.
Headers and footers would be a great beginning, especially if you could customise them to be placed anywhere and have creative freedom in them.
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Came here to vouch for automatic slide numbers as well!
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A Hundred percent agree! They would auto name slides in numerical order anyways. This would be a very helpful addition.
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