Powerpoint master slide body text

i am experiencing issues with the master slide body text which is now showing up in Powerpoint 2011? does anyone has a fix for it?

Hello and welcome to... perhaps the wrong forum?
This is the Captivate user forum, are you having a question about Captivate? If yes, perhaps about importing Powerpoint slides into Captivate, try to explain more in detail, show perhaps a screenshot of the issue? And tell which version of CP you are using (Mac? Ver 5)?
Lilybiri

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Master Slide Body

Is there any way of placing two body boxes in a master slide?

I'm not sure this is the solution. By making a second text box (assuming the first one present it because the "body" item is checked in the Master Slide inspector), you're not making a duplicate "body" style text box with the same attributes (font, size, bullet style, etc.). Yes, you can customize the second, added text box to look like the "body" text box, declare it as a text placeholder as you mention, and return to the regular slide. Now you have the dummy text in the second text box ALWAYS present while the first, "body" text box has the "click to change" text and would be hidden if the slide where placed in slideshow mode with no user text added. At the same time, however, the second text box you created in the master would show the default text you entered in the master, that is, it would NOT be hidden in the slideshow. So, if this second (or more) manually added text boxes, declared as text placeholders, are added to the master slide, be sure you truly use them in your original slides based on that master or your dummy text will appear in your slideshow.
Wow, long comment...but I too am trying to learn why I can't add many "body" style text boxes to the master slide. Unfortunately, PowerPoint 2008 for Mac has Keynote beat with its multi-content style layout element. I'd love to leave PP behind and go all Apple, but I can't without this feature equally and easily available in Keynote. Maybe v.5.0.3? Or at the very latest, the version is iWork `10.

Powerpoint Master Slide only works on first 600 slides

I have a presentation with 3600 slides in PowerPoint 2010 and I'm trying to use a master slide to change the font color and background color of all slides. I've created a master slide and have changed the background color and all the slides did change.
However when I change the font color only the first 600 slide changed there font color. I changed the font on all the different levels of slides in the slide master.
why767

Hi,
In PowerPoint, the Slide Master is the template for your presentation. If you make a change to the Slide Master, it will change for your entire presentation. However, if you have already applied formatting to one of your individual slides, it
will not follow the guidelines of the Slide Master. He had changed the layout and formatting on some of his individual slides, and then made changes to the Slide Master, thinking that the changes would be applied to the slides that he had edited
individually.
To reapply the Slide Master formatting to several slides at once, you can select multiple slides and following the same steps from Home > Slides > Reset.
Hope it can be helpful.

Can I create slides automatically using a master slide with text placeholders if I have a database of the content?

I'm using Keynote, and I have a presentation that is over 100 slides all identical to the master slide. There are several placeholder text elements, and I have a database of all the text elements.
Is there any way to do a "merge" to create the slides automatically using the master slide template?

Sure, you can build in and out as many text boxes as you like -- just add a new text box, put in the text, and set the build for it. Do be aware, however, that the timing you get will not be very precise.
If you specifically want to present song lyrics synched to audio, you might find that there are better alternatives than Keynote. Brian Peat, who contributes here regularly, has a comprehensive list of song presentation software. This list may have a better option for you.

Keynote Master Slide - body levels

Does anyone know how to increase the number of body levels (indents) on the keynote master slides? At present it seems to be limited to Body Level 5 - but I would like to create styles for a greater number of indents.
Thanks in anticipation...

The limit is 5, but you could set a bunch of tab stops so that all you need to do his hit tab to move over. It should act the same, even though can't see more than 5 on the master slides.

Keynote 6.5 Loses Ability to Copy and Paste Master Objects (Titles, Body) From One Master Slide to Another

This is just a major pain point that I hope is fixed as soon as possible.
In all Keynote 6 versions of the past (and 5), you were able to do the following:
1) Copy a Title or Body object (with proper formatting) from one Master Slide to another.
1a) The slide you would paste it into would have had to have been deleted/unchecked.
2) The pasted Title and Body objects would then assume the role of the Master's Title and Body Boxes
Now:
Instead of assuming the role of the Master Slides Title and Body Boxes, they are simply text box objects. If you were to check "Title" or "Body", the old objects (with probably improper formatting) would still be that slide.

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Rotate Text Boxes on Master Slides

It would be great if the next release of Keynote had the option to Rotate Text Boxes on Master Slides.

You can rotate regular boxes, just not title and body...but yeah, it sure would be nice. Theme makers could create title boxes that aren't straight
On a side note, it would also be cool to connect text boxes so that one is a copy of another. Imagine a master slide that when a title is added to it, another copy of the title is also added behind it, enlarged and faded out. iDVD does this kind of thing now, but Keynote doesn't
By the way, putting feature requests on here won't get them heard by Apple. You need to use the feedback item in the Keynote menu inside Keynote to suggest features. That form goes right to the team that programs Keynote.

Putting shapes in master slide that allow text to be inserted in slide

Is there a way to put a shape or text box in a MASTER slide and then be able to enter text into the shape or text box on slides created using that master? When I do that and try to select the shape to enter text, a drop-down box appears to inform that objects can ONLY be selected on the master. Thanks!

Welcome to the forum!
Here's a method:
1. Start with a master that already has an "enter text" field on it. I used the "Title & Subtitle" master.
2. Duplicate it, and re-name it something appropriate (Text on Object).
3. Place your shape on it, adjusting it however you wish.
4. Depending on your desired final result, you might want to delete one of the fields. (I deleted the "Title", but it's immaterial, since you'll probably want to re-format it.)
5. Highlight the remaining text field and arrange it to the front.
6. Place this field over your shape and format it as you wish.
Voila! Slides made from this master will achieve what you wanted.

PowerPoint Slides and Master Slides

I want to know if its possible to insert a PP presentation to a Captivate 5 Master Slide template. I looked at the Master Slide properties and i selected both options but the Master Slide information overwrites the slide presetantion.
can anyone let me know if this can be done and how?

To my knowlede this cannot be done. Master Slides are used to provide mostly static elements that are reused across other slides (like backgrounds or foregrounds).

Master Pages to Control Body Text Styles?

I think I must not understand Master Pages.
I want to create a set of text frames on every page in my book. I'd like the frames to be the same on every page, with the same font, size, justification, etc. for each frame (and I'm not threading the text frames from page to page).
If I try to use Master Pages to set all this up, and then override the master page by pasting different text on each page, I lose the ability to change fonts, font sizes, etc. on all pages at once. Since I've overridden the Master for that text frame, changing the Master no longer affects that text.
Should I be using a different way to set the font, font size, justification, etc. in the frames on all pages at once? (I'd also like to resize or move those text frames on all pages at once, too, but just pasting text into an overridden Master frame seems to leave me the ability to alter the frame itself.)
Any ideas?
Thanks for any help.

Yes, of course. Thanks. When I refered to the text frames, I meant the size and shape and placement of the frames.
So I can manipulate all the font and text attributes through Paragraph Styles, and I can manipulate all the text frames by changing the Master Page.
Perfect. (I have the latest ID on a Mac running Mountain Lion.)

Master slide and table default - Very confusing behavior

This odd behavior cost me the last two hours, so I just wanted to check with you folks if you know a work-around.
Been fiddeling with a new Theme I am building and I was just about to define the default look for a table. Generated a table in the master slides window, applied all formatting I want and I was just about to apply it as the default for this theme (or even this master slide) and POOF - as soon as Keynote finished the
Format>Advanced>Define Image for Current Master
the table reverted back to the look of a previous version. No matter how often I truied to re-create the intended look, it always came back in this half-baked form.
Very irritating, this behavior and I am sure that there is a fix. Anybody any ideas?
Best Regards,
/Dirk

Ok, so I built a new master theme - same effect. The background colors and text formatting for the body of the table would not hold.
Then I placed a placeholder object into the master slide for the table, did all my formatting, applied it and voila - it carried over.
Seems that the palceholder did the trick for me.
Thanks for your support, brian
/Dirk

Master Slide default

I have always been curious which master slide is chosen when I insert a new slide within a slide show. The slide within your show that you have highlighted determines which Master Slide has a check mark beside it, but that is not always the one which is chosen as the new one.
Am I missing something?

Ok, so I built a new master theme - same effect. The background colors and text formatting for the body of the table would not hold.
Then I placed a placeholder object into the master slide for the table, did all my formatting, applied it and voila - it carried over.
Seems that the palceholder did the trick for me.
Thanks for your support, brian
/Dirk

Master & slide title or object linking?

greetings,
i've been using keynote for a few years. i'm using keynote version 5.0.4, which is the current version. i compiled a presentation recently by copying slides from older presentations. i've made a newer master and have reassigned the master slide for the slide to be the same. however, the titles on the slides are not getting relinked to the master slide title. so changes to the master title style are not being reflected in the individual slides for most slides.
i've played with the "inspector" -> slide -> appearance to see if i can for the title to relink to the master, without success. so far the only way i've found to get the slide titles to connect to the new master is to insert a new slide and copy the slide body and presenters notes to the new slide. then i select the text in the old slide title and "paste & match style" in the new slide.
but my presentation is around 140 slides. and i don't want to have to do this to all of them to be able to globally control the style of the slide title.
i've searched some of the posts and haven't seen this addressed before. does anyone have any suggestions about how to relink the slide titles if they are no longer linked?
thanks for any suggestions.

ahh! i found it...
1- select the object, in this case the title
2- right click
3- pop-up menu shows "reapply slide master to selection"
i spent about an hour yesterday fooling around this this, trying different things, and did't figure it out...
so in case someone else needs it, here it is...

Placeholders on Master Slides in Captivate 5 don't seem to work

Hi I'm very new to Captivate and I am exploring the trial version (5) to learn what it can do.
I am trying to create a project template with a master slide. I have added text caption placeholders to the master slide and saved the file as a project template.
When I create a 'new project from template' using this file I have created a slide based upon the master with placeholders but I am unable to edit the placeholders from the film strip view (they are not clickable, and stay locked). Am I doing something wrong?
There appeared to be a thread about an issue with Master slides but I don't know if this has been resolved.
I'm hoping it's an error on my part (which someone can hopefully correct me on) rather than a bug in Captivate as this would seem to be a pretty fundamental feature when creating courseware.
Thanks in advance.

Hello,
To really know the power of master slides and templates I should explain a lot more, but in my previous answer I just tried to explain why your approach was not the right one. In a template you can have much more than just a couple of slides with placeholders, you can have typical object styles, advanced actions, user variables etc. It would really need more than a short answer in this thread to explain all that. And that is different from just a blank slide, because placeholders (keeping all introduced styles) will not exist in a blank project, where you would have to insert text to have the proper layout etc.
Master slides can have variables inserted in a Text Caption, or even have a rollover caption that can have variables in it. I tried to explain the use of variables in this article, and there are examples to be used on a master slide:
Using power of variables without advanced actions
In my blog I'm always using master slides, you'll find links pointing to other articles
lilybiri's posterous
If you work with stencil slides, indeed the user will have to duplicate stencil slides to use them. Captivate is not Powerpoint, which is meant for presentations on the first place, while Captivate is meant for developing software training, soft skills trainings, assessments and perhaps presentations.
I'm sorry, just wanted to help you.
Lilybiri

Unable to Paste Objects from Slides into Master Slides

I'm wondering if I'm missing a step or if anyone else has this problem:
I'm adding a new master slide to a theme and trying to customize it by copying objects and text boxes I've made on a regular slide onto a master slide. I can copy and paste on the regular slide, but the master slide will not accept any pasted objects, even though they were made in Keynote.
I can't find any way to unlock a whole slide, or other clue to making the new master slide accept the pasted objects.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Figured it out...
1. Open the "problematic" document.
2. Go to slide with the elements you want to copy (not your master slide)
3. Open your Inspector box > Slide tab > Appearance tab.
4. Uncheck ALL components - Title, Body, Slide Number, Object Placeholder.
5. Go back to the slide and "select all" (or individual elements), and select Edit > Copy.
6. Go to your Master Slide and paste (done)
Don't ask me why the software behaves like this, step 4 is the kicker! It doesn't make sense to me, but I'm sure someone with greater knowledge of the app can answer that question.

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