Serving Two Masters

[Mark]

Just a quick problem!

I have got a powerpoint, done on a Windows machine, from a CD ROM of
teaching resources. The firt two slides are introductory text.
Following that are some interactive examples, consisting of buttons
that link to different tasks (e.g top button: what is the formula of
aluminium chloride?"; next one: "copper bromide" etc)
So what's the problem? The author has put these buttons on the master
slide! This means the intro text is obscured by the buttons!

It would make sense to leave the latter slides as they are the main bit
and all linked properly. Is there anyway of assigning a new master
slide for the first two pages? What about "detaching" them from the
Master? The altenative would be to just leave the first two slides off
or cover the background with a dummy background.

Any elegant solutions?

Thanks

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Just a quick problem!

I have got a powerpoint, done on a Windows machine, from a CD ROM of
teaching resources. The firt two slides are introductory text.
Following that are some interactive examples, consisting of buttons
that link to different tasks (e.g top button: what is the formula of
aluminium chloride?"; next one: "copper bromide" etc)
So what's the problem? The author has put these buttons on the master
slide! This means the intro text is obscured by the buttons!

It would make sense to leave the latter slides as they are the main bit
and all linked properly. Is there anyway of assigning a new master
slide for the first two pages? What about "detaching" them from the
Master? The altenative would be to just leave the first two slides off
or cover the background with a dummy background.

Simplest thing I can think of:

For the first two slides, choose Format, Background and put a check next to
"Omit ..."

This'll turn off ALL master graphics, which you probably don't want, so next,
switch to View, Master, Slide Master. Select all the graphics on the master
and choose Edit, Copy. Now back to Normal view, and Edit Paste to put the
master graphics on the slide. While it's all still selected, send it to back,
then delete any bits you don't want.

Might be quickest to do the paste/send to back on both slides, then delete the
unwanted bits.




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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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[Mark]

Simplest thing I can think of:

For the first two slides, choose Format, Background and put a check
next to "Omit ..."
This'll turn off ALL master graphics, which you probably don't want, so
next, switch to View, Master, Slide Master. Select all the graphics on
the master and choose Edit, Copy. Now back to Normal view, and Edit
Paste to put the master graphics on the slide. While it's all still
selected, send it to back, then delete any bits you don't want.

Might be quickest to do the paste/send to back on both slides, then
delete the unwanted bits.

I had sort of guessed this would be the case - and would find other
bits by trial and error (not the "Omit" bit though!) ... I was hoping
for something more elegant, but thanks for confirming my fears!

 

[SuperPresentationMan]

Hello Mark

You can create Multiple Masters in your presentation and have one Master for
the 'button slides' and create a new Master for your 'introduction slides'.
To do this, make a COPY of your presentation, then go to:

View > Master > Slide Master (where you can edit the Slide Masters)

To create a new Master which you can optimize for your introduction pages

Insert > New Title Master

Once you have applied all of the formatting you require click the Close
button which will take you back into PowerPoint normal mode. Then you can go
to you introduction slides and apply your new Master to the slide. I suggest
you use the Formatting Palette to apply your slide because it's easy to
apply the new Design Template to a single slide (rather than your whole
presentation).

Is this what you were looking for Mark?

Elegantly
-SuperPresentationMan

"Our PowerPoint Hero"
www.SuperPresentationMan.com

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I had sort of guessed this would be the case - and would find other
bits by trial and error (not the "Omit" bit though!) ... I was hoping
for something more elegant, but thanks for confirming my fears!

Fears? We're talking about maybe five minutes work here, and that assumes you
go out for coffee after finishing the first of the two slides. <g>


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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