Slide master help

[gwh]

Hi everyone,

I've got a powerpoint file with three slides in it. When I go to the
view menu and choose "master" and then either "Slide" or "Title", I see
the master pages for the first two pages but there's a third page in
the file which is obviously based on a master (it seems to be a
variation on page 2 slide master) but this doesn't appear in the master
pages for me to edit.

Can someone tell me why this might be happening or how I can edit this
third master page?

Thanks for any help offered.

 

[CyberTaz]

Title Slides are based on the Title Master, all others are based on the
Slide Master - IOW, ther is not a master for each slide. If you have a third
slide in the file, the first is probably a Title Slide based on the Title
Master & the 2nd & 3rd are based on the Slide Master. If the 3rd slide
appears to be differently formatted than the 2nd one or the other has been
directly changed to be different from what the Slide Master calls for.

PPt on the PC does allow for multiple masters, but the Mac version
doesn't... although I seem to recall a posting some time ago for getting
something similar.

 

[gwh]

Thanks for the info, but if you say that there's the possiblility that
the 3rd page is based on the slide master but perhaps directly changed
to be different from what the slide master calls for, then why can't I
select an image on this page? I mean the fact that I can't do this made
me think it must have it's contents including images on a master page,
but as I said when I view the slide master this image is not there and
I can't select it directly on the page.

Any further suggestions would be really helpful.

 

[CyberTaz]

That helps a lot - Perhaps it was added as a Slide Background applied to
that slide only (Format>Slide Background - click the list below the preview
& select Fill Effects, then go to the Picture page. If that's it, go back to
the initial Slide Background list & choose 'Automatic' or some other
background fill.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[gwh]

Thanks, that was it but how would I actually save the graphic that's
included in the background. I mean when I was viewing the slide master
and title master pages I was able to control click on the image and
then save it to my desktop to do further work on it in another program.
Is there a way to access the image in the slide background?

 

[CyberTaz]

Doing exactly as you have done if the original image file is not available.
When you specify a picture to be used as a Background it is copied into the
PPt file as an embedded object. If you take the PPt to a different location
without taking the background image file the copy in your PPt is all you
have to work with.

If you have the original image file (or separate copy of same) you could
modify it in a graphics app, then insert a copy of the revised file in place
of the original background image.

 

[gwh]

Not sure what you mean here. As I said when I go into the Format >
Slide Background Dialogue there is no way for me to access the image
file. All it shows is a thumbnail. The file's obviously not embedded on
the slide itself or I would have been able to select it and copy it to
the clipboard etc. I can't access this file anywhere from within
PowerPoint it seems.

Can you clarify?

 

[Mickey Stevens]

In the presentation, create a new slide with the background you want and
nothing else on it (or clear the existing slide). Then, go to File > Save
As. Choose to save the file as a JPEG. Then, click the "Options" button.
Under "Save slides as graphics files", click the radio button for "Save
current slide only". You may also want to increase the image size or DPI;
the file size will become larger, but the quality of the image will be
better. Then, click OK, and save the file. You should then have the
background saved as an image file.

 

[CyberTaz]

Sorry - misread the posting, but fortunately Mickey stepped in to save my
bacon!

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[gwh]

Thanks very much for all the help.

In the presentation, create a new slide with the background you want and
nothing else on it (or clear the existing slide). Then, go to File > Save
As. Choose to save the file as a JPEG. Then, click the "Options" button.
Under "Save slides as graphics files", click the radio button for "Save
current slide only". You may also want to increase the image size or DPI;
the file size will become larger, but the quality of the image will be
better. Then, click OK, and save the file. You should then have the
background saved as an image file.