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SamBarnard-98a4
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7 months ago
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Masterslides - no indication on where layouts are used

Hi all, I'm updating learning content and part of this involves the use of a new template. However, in trying to clear up the numerous "Masters" from the project, I, as expected, cannot delete a ...
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    SamBarnard-98a4
    7 months ago

    Hi Judy,

    Thank you for putting in the time to provide some help on this, I do appreciate it. Thought I'd provide an update if you were curious, and hopefully this may help others who run into a similar issue:

    Problem: An unwanted slide layout was being referenced by a slide. Yet all slides were using correct layouts.
    Cause: The Question Draw slide was referencing the unwanted slide layout while all the questions in the bank were using the correct layouts. However, you cannot set a slide layout for this question draw slide like a normal slide and it does not display as a typical slide would.
    Solution: Delete the question draw slide. Then delete the unwanted slide layout from the Slide Master. Reinserted the question draw slide.

    Further details: To identify which slide was using the layout I created a copy of my project file. I deleted a scene and checked the slide master to identify if the layout was still being used. I'd repeat this process until the layout reported "being used by no slides". Once the scene was identified, I'd undo the deletion of the scene and do the same process for the individual slides: Delete one, check the master to see if the layout reported "being used by no slides". This led me to the question draw slide.

    Kind regards,

    Sam