Microsoft KB Archive/912722

= When you reformat a placeholder in a slide master, the formatting changes do not appear in new and existing slides in PowerPoint 2007 =

Article ID: 912722

Article Last Modified on 10/15/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

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SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007, when you reformat a placeholder in a slide master, the formatting changes are not applied to one or more of the layout masters. Therefore, the formatting changes do not appear in new and existing slides that use these layout masters.



CAUSE
In PowerPoint 2007, this behavior occurs because you can customize a layout master so that it includes overrides to the default formatting that the slide master specifies. When a layout master includes overrides to the default formatting, formatting changes to the slide master are not applied to the layout master. Therefore, the formatting changes are not applied to new and existing slides that use this layout master.



WORKAROUND
To work around this behavior, use one of the following methods.

Note In the following workarounds, you must manually replace the layout masters or the placeholders that are in the layout masters. The new layout masters or placeholders must not contain slide master overrides.

Method 1: Use a PowerPoint 2007 theme
Use a PowerPoint 2007 theme to create a new slide master collection in your presentation. Then, copy the layout master from the new slide master collection to your original slide master collection.

Note A PowerPoint 2007 theme is a slide that has a default layout and default formatting. You can apply the PowerPoint 2007 theme to an individual slide or to a collection of slides.

Method 2: Use a custom layout
Add a new layout master to your original slide master collection. By default, the new layout master has the same layout and formatting that the slide master has. Then, add the placeholders and formatting that you want.

Method 3: Replace the individual placeholders
Remove any individual placeholders that cause this behavior, and then add new placeholders back to your layout master.

For example, if this behavior occurs only in the Title placeholder on content slides, follow these steps:
 * 1) On the View tab, click Slide Master in the Presentation Views group.
 * 2) Click the layout master.
 * 3) In the Master Layout group, click to clear the Title check box. This removes the Title placeholder from the slide master.
 * 4) Click to select the Title check box. This adds a new Title placeholder to the slide master. The new Title placeholder uses the default settings.



MORE INFORMATION
A placeholder is a box that has a dotted border or a hatch-marked border. The placeholder contains title text, body text, or other objects. These objects include charts, tables, and pictures.

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