Shape Names from (Title)Master disappear

[Intelligence]

Hello,

i am using a pot which is in the old format (so not potx). This is
because this pot needs to be backward compatible with older office
versions (xp/2003/2000). Now i am using a script which adds slides to a
new presentation (using the pot as template).
The pot has a titlemaster with 2 shapes named txtTitel1 and txtTitel2.
When i add a title slide in an older office version, the new title
slide contains the 2 shapes with the same name as in the title master.
When i do the same in powerpoint 2007, the names of the shapes are
lost. Their new names are Title 1 and Subtitle 2. Is this a bug or did
powerpoint 2007 lost some of his functions here? If so, is there a new
way to identify shapes?

 

[Intelligence]

wrote:-
Hello,

i am using a pot which is in the old format (so not potx). This is
because this pot needs to be backward compatible with older office
versions (xp/2003/2000). Now i am using a script which adds slides to
a
new presentation (using the pot as template).
The pot has a titlemaster with 2 shapes named txtTitel1 and
txtTitel2.
When i add a title slide in an older office version, the new title
slide contains the 2 shapes with the same name as in the title
master.-

Odd. I'm not seeing that here (PPT 2003). We'd better sort that out
first
before moving on to 2007.

I created a new presentation, went to Master view, added a title master
and
renamed the two text shapes "Title" and "Subtitle". Switched back to
normal
view, added a new slide, applied the title layout and checked the text
box
names; both were "Rectangle x" where x was a different number for
each.

If I add a rectangle or whatever to the master, it appears on the slide
but
isn't ON the slide, so it's not selectable. It's whatever it is on the
master,
so in that sense, the name on the SLIDE can't change.

So. What are we doing differently? Let's sort that out ...
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When i do the same in powerpoint 2007, the names of the shapes are
lost. Their new names are Title 1 and Subtitle 2. Is this a bug or
did
powerpoint 2007 lost some of his functions here? If so, is there a
new
way to identify shapes?
-

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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I changed the name by script in de pot file. That is working for me for
years now so that isnt the problem

I got response from the PP2K7 team...