ppt-w/ 3 masters insert slide adds a random box for "insert text"

[Guest]

I have created 3 masters within one presentation. When I go to View>Normal
and Add Slide powerpoint adds my slide but includes some random "Click Here
to Add Text Box" that is nowhere in my master slide. How do I get rid of
this and just see the text boxes I have created for the master?

 

[Echo S]

I have created 3 masters within one presentation. When I go to View>Normal
and Add Slide powerpoint adds my slide but includes some random "Click Here
to Add Text Box" that is nowhere in my master slide. How do I get rid of
this and just see the text boxes I have created for the master?

Apply the other master you created. It's at the top of the Slide Design task
pane.

By the way, you can't create your own placeholders, so if you expect to be
able to click in and type in the textboxes you created, it won't work that
way.

You can select a blank slide layout and create textboxes on the individual
slides, but that really defeats the purpose of creating masters. Why not
just reposition and format the existing placeholders so they look like what
you want?