How can I get a list of all slides that use a certain slide master

[Guest]

I have a 350+ slide presentation for a 3-day training course that uses 6
slide masters (2 of which have associated Title Masters).
I want to view just those slides that use one of the slide/title master
sets, to see any adjuistments that have been made on particular slides. With
that info, I hope to revise the slide/title master so that no adjustments are
needed on any slides. This will ensure that my use of slide masters is
consistent, that future revisions are applied seemlessly, and will help avoid
confusion for other trainers who may share this presentation and may want to
make modifications.

Is there a way to filter the slide sorter to only show slides that use a
certain slide/title master? The existing pop-up message in View-Master-Slide
Master only has space to list the first few slide numbers that use that
master. That isn't sufficient.

 

[Guest]

You could try some vba maybe.

Make sure that the design youre looking for has a name (rename in master
toolbar)

Then run this code (I'd use a copy of your preseentation!)

Sub mastercheck()
Dim osld As Slide
Dim mname As String
Dim slidenum As String
mname = InputBox("What is the name of the master?")
For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides
If osld.Design.Name = mname Then slidenum = slidenum & osld.SlideNumber & ","
Next osld
MsgBox ("This design is used by slides " & slidenum)
End Sub
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John Wilson
Microsoft Certified Office Specialist
http://www.technologytrish.co.uk/ppttipshome.html

 

[Guest]

Thanks John,
I think you understand my need, and you're close to helping me, but
unfortunately I don't know how to implement the vba code you offered. I'm
not familiar with Visual Basic or the use of it to create custom commands or
tools within Powerpoint.

What can you suggest that doesn't involve my taking a course on VBA to
satisfy my need?
Thanks again,
Wes

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks John,
I think you understand my need, and you're close to helping me, but
unfortunately I don't know how to implement the vba code you offered. I'm
not familiar with Visual Basic or the use of it to create custom commands or
tools within Powerpoint.

What can you suggest that doesn't involve my taking a course on VBA to
satisfy my need?

No course needed. Have a look here:

How do I use VBA code in PowerPoint?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00033.htm