On Tuesday 06 December 2005 11:41 am, Stephen Bosch wrote:
> Dan Lewis wrote:
> > What you want to do has nothing to do with any of the master slides.
> > The things you want to eliminate are parts of the layout formating. This
> > can only be done when View > Normal is checked.
>
> The frames I am trying to remove appear in the master slide even when a
> blank layout has been selected. Moreover, the frames only appear when I
> am viewing the master slide. (The frames are not visible when I am
> Normal view.)
>
> I have a feeling we're talking past each other here.
>
> > There are two ways to do this.
> > 1) Click the slide in Layouts that most closely matches what you want.
> > Click a part that you do not want to highlight it. Use the Delete key to
> > remove it. Repeat this for each part you do not want.
> > 2) Use the Default in Layouts and add the parts you do want. (I do not
> > know of a way to create a new Layout slide that has only the formating
> > you want.)
>
> That is another problem I'm trying to resolve. What if I want different
> layouts?
>
> > I will again repeat: you need to download the slide show at this
> > URL: http://www.delewis.com/OOo/Simple_Presentation.odp. It describes how
> > to create a slide show.
>
> Thanks for your efforts. I did view your presentation and it's great
> that you put it together -- it's still not clear why my master slides
> have to have these frames in them.
>
> Let's say for a moment that they cannot be removed, because they are
> "virtual" frames which define permanent styles in the presentation
> (which cannot be removed either). It would be nice if one could make
> them invisible while viewing the master slide. Why? Say I want to put
> background graphics in the slide so that they appear on all the slides
> using that master. If I have these frames in the way, it clutters up the
> display. If I don't need the "autolayout" elements in question, why
> can't I get rid of them?
>
> Nobody has yet explained:
>
> What are these frames for?
> How do I change them (move them, reposition them, etc)?
> How do I remove them?
> How do I save my changes to the template?
>
> -Stephen-
I think we have been talking past each other as you put it. Could you
please create a 3 or 4 slide presentation showing what your problems are?
Please do so and sent it directly to me off list.
Dan
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