I don't know about PPT.



In Word I would do this with an AutoOpen macro that increments either a document variable or a document property. Then I would display that with a document variable or document property field in the footer. The AutoOpen macro would update the field.

This of course assumes that macros are able to run in that document.

If there are a number of documents you do this with, I would consider adding the macro to the DocumentOpen event in a global template.

For me, these are not trivial exercises. I would expect to spend 1-3 hours doing it. I am a dabbler, though, not a programmer. Someone else may be able to present a macro solution.

I would ask why you want to do this. There may be an easier way to accomplish your goals.

Thanks Charles,
the idea is to make overall documentation of all the reports/documents generated in house a bit easier.
We are a group of 5 people working in a group and i would like everyone to have different numbers on the word documents (and eventually projects).
i want the source template to be one so that once you open it and save it ,it will give you different number and then you can take it forward . This way there wont be any confusion as such for who uses what number as well..