I would think that changes to a slide master would be automatically reflected on the slides, but if I modify the color of the title, this does not cascade to all slides. Do I need to Reapply the layout to each of the slide individually ?
Hi Philippe, this is a weird thing with SL that I still don't fully understand. I know that if you change something in the title on an individual slide it can become unlinked so to say from the master slide defaults. It can be re-linked, but you have to copy the text in the broken title, delete the title, change the master slide layout to a different one and then back to the one that it was with the title.
And with this issue, it seems as if there is more than one way for this to be broken. Meaning that you could delete the title on a slide completely and copy and paste one from another slide to break it. Or you could change the name of the main slide and not the title on the slide to break it as well.
Another thing that works in certain situations, if the title text is still in a title format and not a regular text field, is to change the name of the main slide to "Untitled Slide". This can re-link it in that situation. See this post--> Automatically-populate-slide-title-onto-the-slide-or-menu
I have also tried to "reapply" the slide format but to no avail. Also new slide I create still have the old color, although that template no longer exist in the list under VIEW > SLIDE MASTER
I can share all :) but it is about 350 MB. If i copy some slides to a new project the problem may not transfer. Are you prepared for such a large file ?
I only have SL2 and this must have been made in SL3 or 360. My trial is up also, so I'm sorry but I can't help you by directly looking at and editing this.
I'm happy to take a look but it's taking a loooong time to download.
Could you share a few slides and a few of your masters, with an explanation of which ones you've tried to modify and that haven't accepting the changes? That'll help me get up to speed quickly and get you a faster answer!
A much smaller file should work with the "Add Attachment" button too.
Actually Cleo found the answer: I was changing the text color in the master by highlighting the text itself and not the text box ! That was a simple fix that had eluded me !
Oh, awesome. I guess I didn't realize you were working with support as well. Glad he was able to identify the culprit and get you back to good Philippe :)
Yes, you guys have not only a fabulous program but an even more fabulous support! But as for all big programs somethings are not intuitive when you come from a different environment :). To me it sound logical that to change the font attributes i would select the sample text, not the text container :)
Thank you for this post. I wish this had come up in my search earlier today. It's not intuitive that changing the font attributes of the text within the text box would result in different behaviour from selecting the text box container and changing the font attributes. Glad to have found this finally, but wasted a lot of time on this. :(
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Hi Philippe, this is a weird thing with SL that I still don't fully understand. I know that if you change something in the title on an individual slide it can become unlinked so to say from the master slide defaults. It can be re-linked, but you have to copy the text in the broken title, delete the title, change the master slide layout to a different one and then back to the one that it was with the title.
Let me try this .. but on 400 slides that is a major task !
That does sound like a major task!
And with this issue, it seems as if there is more than one way for this to be broken. Meaning that you could delete the title on a slide completely and copy and paste one from another slide to break it. Or you could change the name of the main slide and not the title on the slide to break it as well.
Another thing that works in certain situations, if the title text is still in a title format and not a regular text field, is to change the name of the main slide to "Untitled Slide". This can re-link it in that situation. See this post--> Automatically-populate-slide-title-onto-the-slide-or-menu
I have also tried to "reapply" the slide format but to no avail. Also new slide I create still have the old color, although that template no longer exist in the list under VIEW > SLIDE MASTER
Can you share any part of your project. I might be able to figure it out by looking at the issue.
I can share all :) but it is about 350 MB. If i copy some slides to a new project the problem may not transfer. Are you prepared for such a large file ?
I can work with that. I'll give it a try. May not get to look at it until later however.
do you want a dropbox link ?
Sure that works.
Does this works for you?
https://www.dropbox.com/s/zua18feynl07d47/Midline%20CNS.story?dl=0
I only have SL2 and this must have been made in SL3 or 360. My trial is up also, so I'm sorry but I can't help you by directly looking at and editing this.
Hi Philippe,
I'm happy to take a look but it's taking a loooong time to download.
Could you share a few slides and a few of your masters, with an explanation of which ones you've tried to modify and that haven't accepting the changes? That'll help me get up to speed quickly and get you a faster answer!
A much smaller file should work with the "Add Attachment" button too.
Yes i realize it is a big file.. actually i am concerned this is only about 5% of the lecture... I may have to segment it.. any suggestions ?
Yes i could send a few slides but then the problem might not occur and the solution could be different. Can you still try the whole sheebang ?
Have you had a chance to look at it ? thanks
Hi Philippe! Sorry about that.
I just took a look at your file, but I'm not sure what slides you are having difficulty with.
A quick look around showed me slides that matched what I was seeing in the Master.
Actually Cleo found the answer: I was changing the text color in the master by highlighting the text itself and not the text box ! That was a simple fix that had eluded me !
Oh, awesome. I guess I didn't realize you were working with support as well. Glad he was able to identify the culprit and get you back to good Philippe :)
Yes, you guys have not only a fabulous program but an even more fabulous support! But as for all big programs somethings are not intuitive when you come from a different environment :). To me it sound logical that to change the font attributes i would select the sample text, not the text container :)
Now i know :)
I'm so glad to hear that Philippe :)
Sometimes those lessons are the ones you never forget though, right? Willingness to learn is powerful. Thanks for sharing those thoughts.
:)
Thank you for this post. I wish this had come up in my search earlier today. It's not intuitive that changing the font attributes of the text within the text box would result in different behaviour from selecting the text box container and changing the font attributes. Glad to have found this finally, but wasted a lot of time on this. :(
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