Slide Masters

I do the PPT each week for church. I have a file that contains all the songs
and I just choose the particular ones I need each week and add them to that
week's file. In this Song file, there are 400+ slides. There is a Title slide
for each song. Most songs are multiple slides, a few are just one slide.
Anyway, I have not been able to make a Master slide that contains one slide
for the Titles, and one slide for the body of the song. Even if I just use
one master slide and delete the Title placeholder on each body slide, it does
not apply changes I make to the placeholders in the master. For instance, I
set a specific font and color in the Master slide, and it does not change on
the slide. I have set the slide layout so I have the placeholders.

What is wrong? I did Reapply slide layout, but got nothing. Is there any
reason/advantage/purpose to using a Template versus Master slide? I want to
be able to make broad changes (theme), let's say quarterly, when the message
series changes.

Hope this is clear as mud. Thanks for any suggestions.

Couple of things.

How were the slides created? Did they evolve from inserted text boxes or
were they created from a layout designs? A Master Slide's formatting has no
effect on text boxes or objects added to the slide, only the placeholder's.

To create a Master Title slide in PowerPoint 2002 or 2003, go to the Master
Slide view ( View | Master | Slide Master ). Then Insert | New Title
Master. This new Master Title Slide's formatting will be used for all the
slides that use the Title layouts. However, it does not always fix
modifications you have made to a slide. For instance, if you apply a
background color to a slide, then change the layout to a title slide based
one, it will not overwrite the custom selected background color.

And you thought you were clear as mud ...

If you move the 'non-title master's title placeholder off the top of the
slide, then reposition the main text box up to near the top, you may be able
to get the song-body slide format you seem to be looking for.


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"Vickie" wrote in message
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I do the PPT each week for church. I have a file that contains all the
songs
and I just choose the particular ones I need each week and add them to
that
week's file. In this Song file, there are 400+ slides. There is a Title
slide
for each song. Most songs are multiple slides, a few are just one slide.
Anyway, I have not been able to make a Master slide that contains one
slide
for the Titles, and one slide for the body of the song. Even if I just use
one master slide and delete the Title placeholder on each body slide, it
does
not apply changes I make to the placeholders in the master. For instance,
I
set a specific font and color in the Master slide, and it does not change
on
the slide. I have set the slide layout so I have the placeholders.

What is wrong? I did Reapply slide layout, but got nothing. Is there any
reason/advantage/purpose to using a Template versus Master slide? I want
to
be able to make broad changes (theme), let's say quarterly, when the
message
series changes.

Hope this is clear as mud. Thanks for any suggestions.

I've already figured out about the placeholder boxes. They were orginally a
blank slide (no PH), but when that wasn't working, I selected a layout and
changed the slide to put the correct information in the appropriate PH.

Couple of my biggest questions a in View|Master|Slide Master there are
two slides: title master and slide master. Right? (It doesn't make any sense
to me either why the title slide would be the second slide. Anyway...) How do
I apply the appropriate Master slide to the content slide?

I believe I could also make this work with one master slide, just remove the
Title PH box on the secondary slides where there is no title. But my issue is
still that changes I make to the Master Slide are not translating to the
content slide.

Tanks for the hep. I guess I really just don't get this "Master Slide"
business. It doesn't seem very intuitive or even "does what it's supposed to
do."

Vick

"Bill Dilworth" wrote:

Couple of things.

How were the slides created? Did they evolve from inserted text boxes or
were they created from a layout designs? A Master Slide's formatting has no
effect on text boxes or objects added to the slide, only the placeholder's.

To create a Master Title slide in PowerPoint 2002 or 2003, go to the Master
Slide view ( View | Master | Slide Master ). Then Insert | New Title
Master. This new Master Title Slide's formatting will be used for all the
slides that use the Title layouts. However, it does not always fix
modifications you have made to a slide. For instance, if you apply a
background color to a slide, then change the layout to a title slide based
one, it will not overwrite the custom selected background color.

And you thought you were clear as mud ...

If you move the 'non-title master's title placeholder off the top of the
slide, then reposition the main text box up to near the top, you may be able
to get the song-body slide format you seem to be looking for.


--
Bill Dilworth, Microsoft PPT MVP
===============
Please spend a few minutes checking vestprog2@
out www.pptfaq.com This link will yahoo.
answer most of our questions, before com
you think to ask them.

Change org to com to defuse anti-spam,
ant-virus, anti-nuisance misdirection.
..
..


"Vickie" wrote in message
...
I do the PPT each week for church. I have a file that contains all the
songs
and I just choose the particular ones I need each week and add them to
that
week's file. In this Song file, there are 400+ slides. There is a Title
slide
for each song. Most songs are multiple slides, a few are just one slide.
Anyway, I have not been able to make a Master slide that contains one
slide
for the Titles, and one slide for the body of the song. Even if I just use
one master slide and delete the Title placeholder on each body slide, it
does
not apply changes I make to the placeholders in the master. For instance,
I
set a specific font and color in the Master slide, and it does not change
on
the slide. I have set the slide layout so I have the placeholders.

What is wrong? I did Reapply slide layout, but got nothing. Is there any
reason/advantage/purpose to using a Template versus Master slide? I want
to
be able to make broad changes (theme), let's say quarterly, when the
message
series changes.

Hope this is clear as mud. Thanks for any suggestions.