In the slide master if you mouse over any of the slides a pop-up shows how many slides are using the slide layout. How do you find out which slides are using a specific layout? I have some duplicate slides in my slide master and some of them are only used once by a slide. I want to find that one slide and change the layout so I can get rid of the duplicate in the slide layout.

Hi Sarah, Our training courses are very modular. Each module is developed as if it were a separate training course. When we create a new full course we import all the individual parts into an SL-file. With this, all master-files are imported as well Some functionality is to be kept on 1 master slide. So we re-apply the master on all our imported slides. The slidemaster we don't need we delete. Sometimes we forget to re-apply the master on a slide and can therefore not delete the master. To identify that slide, we change the background colour of the master slide we want to delete to, in our case red. When we then look at our course in course view, the slide stands out... Cheers geert

I recently found a solution to the impossible-to-find '1 slide' that used a particular Slide Master, even after going through every slide. A Draw from Question Bank uses the 'Blank' slide layout from whatever the first / top Slide Master is. It can't be changed, or even seen, at the slide level because the draw is not itself a slide. The solution is to delete the draw, then delete the now-orphaned Slide Master, and re-create the draw (which will now use the 'current' or top Master Slide blank layout. Hope this helps!

Hi Alan, No way to currently find that out. It would make a great feature request though. Always Happy to Help, Adrian

I see that this was asked back in 2012. Has this feature been added yet? I would love to be able to track down exactly which slides are using a specific master. Cheers! Sarah

Geert's trick is clever, simple and awesome! I love a quick and easy work-around for a missing function like this. Thanks very much!

How to find master slides being used? | Articulate

55 Replies

AdrianDean
Former Staff
14 years ago

Hi Alan,

No way to currently find that out. It would make a great feature request though.

Always Happy to Help,

Adrian
SarahMacDonald
Community Member
13 years ago

I see that this was asked back in 2012. Has this feature been added yet? I would love to be able to track down exactly which slides are using a specific master.

Cheers!

Sarah
ChristineHendri
Former Staff
13 years ago

Hi there Sarah,

It may not be the quickest method, but you can find the Master for specific slides. First, select the slide (in either Slide View or Story View), then right-click on the slide. Select "Layout". A new menu will open for the layout options. The Master that's currently being used will be listed here and the slide being used from that Master will be highlighted.

It should look something like this:

I definitely agree that a little more specific information from the Master itself would definitely be a great option. Until then, hopefully this information will help!

If you haven't already, you may want to share a feature request with us as well.

Thanks!
GeertDe-Rycke
Community Member
13 years ago

Hi Sarah,

Our training courses are very modular. Each module is developed as if it were a separate training course. When we create a new full course we import all the individual parts into an SL-file. With this, all master-files are imported as well Some functionality is to be kept on 1 master slide. So we re-apply the master on all our imported slides.

The slidemaster we don't need we delete. Sometimes we forget to re-apply the master on a slide and can therefore not delete the master. To identify that slide, we change the background colour of the master slide we want to delete to, in our case red. When we then look at our course in course view, the slide stands out...

Cheers

geert
- KimMason-bab82a
  Community Member
  9 years ago
  
  Geert De Rycke
  
  ....... To identify that slide, we change the background colour of the master slide we want to delete to, in our case red. When we then look at our course in course view, the slide stands out...
  
  Cheers
  
  geert
  
  There's no such thing as "an old thread"- great tips are timeless and here's an example. Thanks Geert.
- EricStavney-cb1
  Community Member
  8 years ago
  This is a brilliant workaround, Geert!
- LeeNielsen-33f4
  Community Member
  5 years ago
  Very good, I like that
Klynnk
Community Member
10 years ago
Geert's trick is clever, simple and awesome! I love a quick and easy work-around for a missing function like this. Thanks very much!
LeslieMcKerchie
Staff
10 years ago
Love when older threads are continuing to assist users and thank you for popping in to share Kendra.
AmandaBlakley1
Community Member
10 years ago
Geert, thanks for the clever trick! It was really quick and easy and saved me so much time.
ChristiePollick
Community Member
10 years ago
Glad to hear your are all set, Amanda! Thanks for stopping into let us know. :)
RaquelHernandez
Community Member
10 years ago
I just used the trick on the feedback master to change the layout on slide layers, and it was very useful seeing the bright color.
DebbieChaddock-
Community Member
10 years ago
Thank you Geert, this is brilliant. If only we could use the same method for duplicate Feedback Masters.