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Masterslides - no indication on where layouts are used
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
Hi Judy,
Thanks for the reply.
I've done the trick of inserting a big bright shape on the master (both parent and child) prior to posting, but the slide supposedly using the layout is still not showing up.
I've been through every single slide I can find and reapplied the correct layouts both at the slide level and individual layers. I've also been through the question bank and done the same to the question slides and all feedback layers. Still showing up as being used by 1 slide 🙄.
Kind regards,
Sam
I am experiencing the same problem right now. I put a huge red X on the master layout slide but it does NOT appear on any of the slides. According to the master layout, there are 16 slides using this one layout but it is definitely not, I've spent the past 2 hours combing through the slides and resetting all the layouts. This file is being built as a template for over 100 users in the company to use as a template and it's frustrating :( I did a search in Copilot before coming here and Copilot claimed there was a Layout field in the Slide properties pane. Wishful thinking I suppose, although I don't imagine that would be too difficult to add. 🤔