The PPT templates we download from the Internet often have a unified date format. If we don't need to keep the date or insert another time, we need to delete all the dates in the slide. The following is to teach you how to delete all the date and time in PPT in batch with one click. Here are four operation methods and their advantages and disadvantages. You can choose one of them according to your actual situation.
Bulk Delete Slide Date Usage Scenario
1. Some PPTs need to be used repeatedly, such as employee training courseware, project plan, annual report, etc. If these PPTs have dates on them, the dates on them will have expired when they are used later, making the documents very unprofessional. Therefore, we need to clear all the dates in the slide.
2. The PPT templates we download from the Internet often have dates. These dates and times are usually inaccurate, so we need to delete them all.
3. Some PPT have the function of "automatic update date", which will be automatically updated to the current time every time it is opened. In some cases, these date and time will cause misunderstanding, so you need to delete all the dates in batch.
4. After merging multiple PPT into one document, the typesetting is chaotic due to the different date and time, different location or different format in each PPT. Therefore, it needs to be deleted and replaced with a new date or kept blank.
Slide on the date deleted after the effect preview
before treatment:
after treatment:
method one: use HeSoft Doc Batch Tool Batch Delete Date
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Advantages:
support regular expression function, can find any format of the date in the slide, and a key batch delete clean.
Can process a large number of PPT files at the same time, even if there are hundreds of PPT files need to delete the date, can also be done with one click.
No need to upload files, can be a good protection of information data, files do not come out of the computer, privacy content is not afraid.
Disadvantages:
need to be installed on the computer to use.
Operation steps:
1, open. HeSoft Doc Batch Tool select PowerPoint Tools → Find and Replace Keywords in PowerPoint.
2. Click Add File to add all PPT of the date to be deleted. You can also drag and drop files directly below.
3. Select normal text → Use formula to fuzzy find text.
In the search keyword list, enter the formula: \B (20\d{2}[-/.](0?[1-9]| 1[0-2])[-/.](0?[1-9]|[12]\d | 3[01])| 20\d{2} years (0?[1-9]| 1[0-2]) month (0?[1-9]|[12]\d | 3[01]) days) \B
if the replaced keyword list is empty, it means deletion.
4. After the processing is completed, directly click the save location to view, and the dates in all slides are deleted.
Method two: through the slide master batch delete date
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advantages:
without the help of other tools, just open the master view of the slide, select the date and delete, you can delete it.
The operation steps are simple and the effect is obvious. You can delete the dates of all slide pages below the master.
Disadvantages:
the function is limited, only all dates under the master can be deleted, if there are many masters, you need to manually operate many times.
Operation steps:
open PPT, click View → Slide Master, click the top master page, then select the date and delete.
Method 3: Use the header and footer function to cancel the slide in the date display
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advantages:
delete directly in PPT without downloading and installing other tools, which is convenient and direct.
You can batch delete dates in all slide pages with one click.
Disadvantages:
dates inserted only for Header and Footer cannot be deleted if they are manually inserted text type dates.
Operation steps:
open PPT, click Insert → Header & Footer, uncheck the date and time, and then click Apply All.
Method Four: Use VBA script to automatically delete all slide dates
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advantages:
the whole process is automated, and dates on all slides can be deleted in batches, and dates in any format can be deleted.
You can process multiple PPT files at one time, saving time and efficiency, and can easily handle more files.
Does not rely on the network, the whole process is running locally, even if there is no network, you can delete the date in batches, safe and reliable.
Disadvantages:
the use of high threshold, need to understand the code and VBA macro, zero-based personnel is not easy to get started.
Operation steps:
1. Open any PPT, press Alt F11 to open the VBA editor, click Insert → Module, and fill in the code.
2. Run the macro and enter the folder path containing multiple PPT. The script will automatically open each PPT, scan the slides, then delete the date inside, save the file and close it.
the above four methods are suitable for different scenarios. 2 and 3 can only delete dates under specific conditions. If the date is manually inserted, neither of these two methods can be deleted in batches at one time. However, 1 and 4 are more powerful. No matter what date type it is, it can be deleted completely, and dates in different formats can also be deleted with one click.