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Which slide is using which master or layout
Is there a way to find out which slides are using a master/layout (also feedback)? In my project I have an old and a new masterslide. Although I have converted all slides to the new master, there is still an indication at some old layouts that they are used by one ore more slides.
I changed the color of the feedback layouts but I cannot find these changes on the slides.
In ppt there is an indication which slides are using a layout, but in SL I can only see how many slides are using a particular layout
Thanks voor advise!
I already marked the masters but they didn't show up in the slide view.
I just found some of the 'ghost' layouts in unused layers on question slides.
I agree, it is tedious, you need to go through each feedback layer of each question. I have projects where I just gave up because I couldn't find the instance where the slide master was saying it was in use.
BTW, I just put in a feature request for this and encourage you to do so too.
I'd agree with the recommendations of Phil and Brett here, especially in regards to the feature request as from the slide master view there is not an option to see which slides are using that master.
The Slide layout is visible on one of the layers!
Not sure what it is, but there is something wrong here. On the other hand, if there is a simple method of showing the slide background on layer, I could use it.
When I look which feedback layout is used there is no feedback layer selected.
All layers use the feedback master, not just feedback layers.
When I add a 'real' feedback layout to the layer the number of Master layouts decreases.Curiouser and curiouser!!
I just did the shape as Phil suggested 4 years ago. Worked well on my relatively short course (only 100 slides and not all have layers), but too bad this hasn't received any attention. What a tedious way to go through and get your layouts in order!
I'm glad this conversation was able to help you out as well, Lindsay. Thanks for chiming in to share.
We do have a feature request that we are tracking for the ability to identify which Slide Masters are in use and where they are in the project.
I've attached this conversation to the report as we track user impact and so that we can share any updates with you here.
I find that if I have a slide open and I go to Slide Master, it opens on the layout used for that particular slide.
Great tip, Nicole. Thanks for popping in to share.
Ha, the shape-workaround worked for me as well. Thanks.
Still, it would be great to have a "reverse search" for used masters.Ta.
Felix
Def. would be a great addition...I can imagine something similar to the Use Count column in the variables dialog box, w/ a link to show the specific slide names.
