Microsoft KB Archive/285487

= Photo album update inserts additional slides after you change picture layout in PowerPoint =

Article ID: 285487

Article Last Modified on 2/8/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285487



SYMPTOMS
When you change the picture layout of your photo album slides in the Format Photo Album dialog box in Microsoft PowerPoint, the picture layout is changed. However, blank slides unexpectedly remain in your presentation.

This issue occurs when the following conditions are true:
 * You select 1 picture with title in the Picture layout list of the Format Photo Album dialog box when you create your presentation.
 * You add titles to the slides in your presentation.
 * You select 1 picture in the Picture layout list of the Format Photo Album dialog box, and then click Update.
 * You select 2 pictures or 4 pictures in the Picture layout list of the Format Photo Album dialog box, and then click Update.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because the blank slides have titles. The Photo Album Wizard does not delete slides that have been edited after they were modified by the Photo Album Wizard. The Photo Album Wizard also does not delete slides that were added to the presentation after you run the wizard.



WORKAROUND
To remove the blank slides that you do not want, use one of the following methods.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007
On the Slides tab, right-click the slide that you want to delete, and then click Delete Slide.

Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and Microsoft PowerPoint 2002

 * 1) Click the Slides tab.
 * 2) Select the slide that you want to delete.
 * 3) On the Edit menu, click Delete Slide.

PowerPoint 2007

 * 1) On the Slides tab, click the slide that you want to delete.
 * 2) On the Home menu, click Delete in the Slides group.

PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2002

 * 1) Click the Outline tab.
 * 2) Select the title of the blank slide, and then press DELETE.
 * 3) Repeat step 2 for all the blank slides.
 * 4) On the Format menu, click Photo Album.
 * 5) In the Format Photo Album dialog box, click Update.



Steps to reproduce the problem
To reproduce this issue, you must have PowerPoint installed and have the sample file Sample.jpg saved in the My Pictures folder.

PowerPoint 2007
 Start PowerPoint 2007. A new blank presentation appears. On the Insert menu, click Photo Album under the Illustrations group, and then click New Photo Album. In the Photo Album window, click File/Disk under Insert picture from, select a sample picture, and then click Insert. Repeat step 3 three times.

Notice that the following files appears in the Pictures in album list.  in the Photo Album window, select 1 picture from the Picture layout list under Album Layout, and then click Create.

Notice that the sample pictures appear in slides 2 through 5 of the presentation. Click slide 2. On the Home menu, click Layout under the Slides group, and then click Title and Content under Office Theme.</li> On the slide, click to select the Click to add title check box, and then type .</li> Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the remaining slides. Make sure to type the correct corresponding slide number for each slide.</li> On the Insert menu, click Photo Album, and then click Edit Photo Album. The Edit Photo Album dialog box appears.</li> In the Edit Photo Album dialog box, select 1 Picture from the Picture layout box under Album Layout, and then click Update.

Notice that titles no longer appear on the slides that contain the sample pictures. Instead, additional slides appear. These slides have the titles that you just added.</li></ol>

PowerPoint 2003 and PowerPoint 2002
<ol> Start PowerPoint 2003 or PowerPoint 2002. A new blank presentation appears.</li> On the Insert menu, point to Picture, and then click New Photo Album. The Photo Album dialog box appears.</li> In the Photo Album dialog box, click File/Disk under Insert picture from. The Insert New Pictures dialog box appears.</li> In the Look in list, select My Pictures. Sample appears in the file listing.</li> Select Sample, and then click Insert. Sample.jpg appears in the Pictures in album list.</li>  Repeat steps 3 through 5 three times.

Notice that the following file listing appears in the Pictures in album list. <pre class="fixed_text">  1        Sample.jpg 2       Sample.jpg 3       Sample.jpg 4       Sample.jpg </li> Under Album Layout, select 1 picture with title in the Picture layout list, and then click Create. The sample picture appears in slides 2 through 5 of the presentation.</li> Select slide 2 of the presentation. The sample picture appears in the slide preview window.</li> In the Click to add title box, type Slide 2 .</li> Repeat steps 8 and 9 for the remaining slides. Make sure to type the correct corresponding number for each slide in the Click to add title box.</li> On the Format menu, click Photo Album. The Format Photo Album dialog box appears.</li> <li>Under Album Layout, in the Picture layout list, select 1 picture, and then click Update.

Notice that titles no longer appear on the slides that contain the sample pictures.</li> <li>On the Format menu, click Photo Album. The Format Photo Album dialog box appears.</li> <li>Under Album Layout, in the Picture layout list, select 4 pictures, and then click Update.

Notice that the sample picture appears four times on slide 2, but that three blank slides (slides 3 through 5) remain in the presentation.</li></ol>

Additional query words: PPT prb PPT2007 PPT2002 PPT2003

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