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Multiple Master Designs
Using
Multiple Design Templates #1 (PPT 2002)
Using
Multiple
Design Templates #2 (PPT 2002)
Creating
Multiple Masters (PPT 2002/2003)
Multiple
Design Templates (PPT 2000 and 97)
Workaround
#1: Link Presentations
Workaround
#2: Embed Template
Workaround
#3: Embed Presentation
Workaround
#4: Fake It (Copy/Paste)
Portrait
and Landscape in the Same Presentation
Workaround
#1: Link Presentations
Workaround
#2 Embed Presentation
Workaround
#3: Square Slide Setup
Multiple
Design Templates
PPT 2002 (aka XP)
This
feature is only available in PPT 2002 (aka PPT XP). However, if you apply this
feature in PPT 2002, the slide masters are all still there when you open the
file in PPT 2000. In PPT 97 only some of the various slide masters may be
available.
1.
Make sure Multiple Masters haven't
been disabled. (Tools-->Options-->Edit, clear the checkbox under
"Disable New Features")
2.
Start in "Normal" view, making sure that the slide thumbnails are
visible on the left.
3.
Go to the menubar and select Format/Slide Design. The design layout taskpane
will pop up.
4. Select
slides for which you wish to apply a design template. Use the CTRL or SHIFT
buttons to select more than one slide.
5.
With the slides selected on the left, click the appropriate design layout on the
right (or browse to find more on your harddrive).
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NOTE:
If you are using Insert/Slides From File in PPT 2002/XP, there is an option to
Keep Source Formatting. Checking this option will maintain the template of the
inserted slides.
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Multiple
Design Templates #2
PPT 2002 (aka XP)
Smart
tags can be cool things. The following explains how to use them to keep a
slide's template when you insert the slide into a different presentation.
1.
Make sure Multiple Masters haven't
been disabled. (Tools-->Options-->Edit, clear the checkbox under
"Disable New Features")
2.
Start in "Slide Sorter" view, or you can use the slide thumbnail panes
on the left side of your screen in "Normal" view.
3.
Drag the slides from a presentation into the "target" presentation (or
use copy/paste).
Notice the smart tag that appears.
4. Click
the smart tag and select "Keep Source Formatting."
5. The
slides you inserted will revert to their original template.
6. The
cool thing is that PPT actually inserts a set of master slides for that design
template as well. If you go to View-->Master-->Slide Master, you'll see
the additional set of templates in the slide thumbnail pane to the left of your
screen.
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Multiple
Design Templates Workarounds
PPT 2000 and 97
PPT
2000 and 97 don't really have multiple design templates available, so I've
included instructions for various workarounds.
NOTE:
If you have PPT 2002 (aka XP) around, you can use the instructions above to
apply this feature in PPT 2002, and the slide masters will all still be there
when you open the file in PPT 2000. In PPT 97 only some of the various slide
masters may be available.
Workaround
#1
Link the presentations
Rather
than repeat a bunch of good information, I'll steer you to TAJ's
linking tutorial and Steve's
demo presentation (which is actually for portrait/landscape in the same
presentation but should work as well for multiple templates).
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Workaround
#2
Embed the other template
This
assumes that you haven't already created the presentation based on a different
template.
1.
Open the "target"
presentation
2.
Insert-->Object-->Create
from File
3.
Navigate to the "other"
design template .POT file and click OK
4.
Drag the corners to size the
embedded template to fit.
5.
Use Draw-->Order-->Send to
Back to place the embedded template behind the text placeholders
6.
Double-click the embedded template
if you need to edit something
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Workaround
#3
Embed the 2nd presentation
This
assumes that you want to combine two presentations with different templates.
1.
Put the "target"
presentation into normal slide edit view
2.
Put the "other"
presentation into slide sorter view
3.
Select a slide in the
"other" presentation and CTRL+C to copy
4.
Go to the "target"
presentation and hit CTRL+V to paste
5.
Size the embedded slide to fit the
new slide
6.
Double-clicking the embedded slide
will open it if you need to edit something
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Workaround
#4
Fake it
1.
Put the "target"
presentation into normal slide edit view. Insert-->New Slide
2.
Open the "other"
presentation and go to View/Master
3.
Hit CTRL+A to select everything on
the master
4.
Hold down the SHIFT key and click
the textbox placeholders (titles and bullets) to deselect them
5.
Go back to the new slide in the
"target" presentation and hit CTRL+V to paste
6.
Use Draw-->Order-->Send to
Back to place all of the layout elements behind your textboxes
6a.
If there are many elements on your
master and you inadvertently select them when trying to select, say, text
placeholders instead, then CTRL+A to select all the layout elements and use
Draw-->Group to group them together.
Or place a no-fill no-line
rectangle that extends over the edges of the slide on top of the layout
elements. Use the Draw-->Order functions to place the box behind your text
placeholders.
7.
Copy this blank slide to use for
additional slides
8.
Repeat steps for Title Slide
layouts
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Portrait
and Landscape
in the Same Presentation
Workarounds
#1 and #3 listed above for multiple design templates also apply for
portrait/landscape within the same presentation.
Workaround
#1: Link Presentations
Workaround
#3: Embed Presentation
Square
Slide Setup
I've
never quite understood the need to have both portrait and landscape orientations
within the same presentation. You're limited to the height of the screen you're
projecting on anyway, right? Oh, I suppose you could be looking at two different
masters because of portrait stuff; if that's the case, then see Workaround #1
and link the presentations.
But for
those of you who need both, one option is to go to File/Page Setup and give your
slides a square proportion. That way it doesn't matter what orientation the
stuff you put into your presentation is.
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