How to find master slides being used?

Hi Debbie,

You can do the same thing with Feedback Masters. I put a big red X on the ones I want to get rid of. Then you just have to go through each quiz slide and check each feedback layer until you find the offending ones. It's kind of tedious and there should be an easier way but that's what I do.

Hard to believe this is still an issue. I agree with Brett, it is tedious - especially when you have 100+ slides! I've just run into an issue where the Master Slide states it is used by 1 slide, but after going through every slide, I am unable to locate it.   :(

Hi Charity!  I agree, and I took Brett's advice a step further. I added a dark red rectangle to every slide in the offending Slide Master set and Feedback Master set. It was much easier to hunt down the one or two slides that used the extra Master sets.

I guess in the end it's not a crucial issue to have the extra Master set; the project should run fine either way.  

I've seen a few discussions of users doing something similar to what you described Debbie. Additionally, if you look at importing the existing slides into a new .story file it should bring over only the slide masters that are actually in use by the slides you look at importing in. 

Again, an extra one or two slide masters shouldn't be causing problems in your project - so they'd be safe to leave alone. 

Such a great point Kim - and exactly why we keep these discussions around. 

If you needed to get in touch with Geert directly, he may no longer be subscribed but you could use the "contact me" button on his profile to reach out directly. 

I also had this recently, i was trying to locate a slide that was using a master in a file I was given to update. However the slide master in use was completely covered by content (A WHITE SHAPE!) on the slide so even when I put a shape on the slide master I couldn't see it.  I got around this by adding a trigger to the offending slide master to show layer on timeline start, put my red shape on a layer instead and previewed the course..  That really worked a treat, I hope it helps someone.

Awesome! Thanks for popping in to share Stacey :)

In the slide master view, you can simply hover over the slide in question and it will show you where it is in use in the presentation (i.e., the precise slide numbers or if it's not in use). This feature may only now be accessible in Office 2016, but I think I've used it in previous editions.

I still can't believe this feature is still not added. SMH Articulate.. SMH.... All I want to know is which slides are using different template slides. Very silly that I can't do that within the program easily.

Is there a potential bug with this? I have a slide master that states there are 8 slides using it. However, I have gone through all content and set it to another slide master. I also, put a large red square covering the entire slide master that states there are 8 slides using it and it does not show up in the content. Puzzled...