I have a Storyline 2 package with 5 scenes and many slides.
There are 3 different master slides used. In master slide view I can hover over the master and the popup either tells me the number of slides using it (or the layout underneath), a negative number of slides using it (??) or that no slides use it.
I would like to know how to find exactly which slides use a particular layout so I can change them to a different master. Also what does the minus number signify?
I've only seen this on one occasion and I couldn't get rid of it and it drove me crazy as I like to keep my slide masters clean so I created a new project file - imported my project into it and was able to clean up the 'extra slides' '-ve slides' that were in the master.
It's one of the 'many mysteries' of software I think
This is actually an issue reported to our QA team in regards to the slide masters not showing the correct use count - in the meantime, what you can do as a workaround is right-click on the master slide for the layout(s) showing incorrect usage counts and un-check the 'Preserve Master' option (if it's not checked, they can check it, and then un-check it).
Unchecking 'Preserve Master' will force SL2 to re-calculate all of the layout usage and should get everything back to normal. You can re-check that option afterward without it harming anything, but just be sure to save the project immediately afterward to make sure that the updated counts are persisted.
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Hi JB
this has been added as a Feature request by many users - it is not like PPT which tells you which slides are used.
Join the club and request it
One way around it is to add different coloured shapes to the master slides and then you can see which slides in your project are using them
Thanks Wendy! I have requested the change also.
cheers
JB
Wendy do you know what the -ve sign indicates on some layouts?
Hi John
I've only seen this on one occasion and I couldn't get rid of it and it drove me crazy as I like to keep my slide masters clean so I created a new project file - imported my project into it and was able to clean up the 'extra slides' '-ve slides' that were in the master.
It's one of the 'many mysteries' of software I think
Hi John,
This is actually an issue reported to our QA team in regards to the slide masters not showing the correct use count - in the meantime, what you can do as a workaround is right-click on the master slide for the layout(s) showing incorrect usage counts and un-check the 'Preserve Master' option (if it's not checked, they can check it, and then un-check it).
Unchecking 'Preserve Master' will force SL2 to re-calculate all of the layout usage and should get everything back to normal. You can re-check that option afterward without it harming anything, but just be sure to save the project immediately afterward to make sure that the updated counts are persisted.
Thanks Ashley, certainly seems like this functionality needs some work in future updates.
Cheers
JB
Hi All!
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