Re: [libreoffice-users] need help applying standard layouts to master pages.

I understand now Alessandro's situation - at least I assume.

I also had the same problem when I created my own template - and still have for next templates I 
need to make. I wanted to have a title master and 1 slide master.

The master view allows currently only 1 master layout (title, content). Using this I could create my 
own  kind of  title master, however it is not very good and rather cumbersome to make.

Therefore I also would appreciate if master slides could have at least a proper title slide layout. 
From my point of view this would be sufficient. However, a few more to mach Alessandro would be 
better and easier to work with.

If Dan could take such and enhancement request to the dev-team I appreciate this a lot..

On 2012-09-28 01:56, Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan wrote:
> Hello Dan,
>     thank you for your attention.
> I'll try to indicate the layout I want to apply with a (row,column) index, because i don't know 
> the actual layouts' names.
> I suppose the layouts on the task pane are organized in two columns and many rows.
> This is what i'm trying to obtain:
>
> slide master 1 (i.e. title master) = layout(3,2) with vertically resized text box (i.e. the 
> title), 0 fields, 4 text boxes with fixed text around the title (1 above and 3 below).
> slide master 2 (i.e. summary) = default layout(2,1)
> silde master 3 (i.e. 2-columns image and text) = layout(4,1) with horizontally resized right box 
> to half of the slide width
> silde master 4 (i.e. standard text master) = layout(1,2) with left-aligned text and no bulleted 
> lists.
>
> You said:
> > But what you can do is to use the tools in the toolbars to create layouts that match the default 
> > layouts. It takes more time than just clicking one of the default layouts. 
> My problem is the text inside will be fixed, while i'd want to be able to apply a template to a 
> "style-empty" (white) presentation.
> In other words, suppose to create a presentation with default layouts but with no theme: it is 
> substantially white with some images and unformatted text.
> Then, my wish is to be able to apply to every "type" of slide the corresponding slide template 
> (i.e. master slide or slide master or master page).
> I don't understand how to achieve this with default tools.
> Could you be more explicit, please?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
> On 27/09/2012 18:07, Dan Lewis wrote:
> > On 09/27/2012 06:27 AM, Alessandro Ghidotti Piovan wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >     I'm trying to create a template which has 4 slide master:
> > >
> > > 1) a title master
> > > 2) a summary master
> > > 3) a two-columns image and text master
> > > 4) a standard text master.
> > >
> > > To design the template, I tried to add 4 slide masters each with a custom layout.
> > > The problem is that it seems I can't apply the default layouts to the slide masters.
> > > The only one which is accepted is the one with a title header and a text area with bullets list.
> > >
> > > Can you help me to define a template containing a full set of masters for every kind of slide 
> > > i'm going to present?
> > > Thank you in advance
> >      Please tell me what you want to have in each of the 4 slide masters you listed. This might 
> > help me to make some suggestions later in the form of a  short presentation. Specifically, I'm 
> > interested in the layout for each master slide. Also, what default layouts do you want to apply 
> > to each of these master slides?
> >      There can be some confusion about slide masters. There are three terms that are used 
> > interchangeable: slide master, master side, and master page.
> >      When modifying a master slide, you can't directly apply default layouts to it. (You have 
> > already discovered this.) But what you can do is to use the tools in the toolbars to create 
> > layouts that match the default layouts. It takes more time than just clicking one of the default 
> > layouts.
> >
> > --Dan


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