Nov 22 2017 10:04 AM - edited Nov 22 2017 10:09 AM
I am trying to copy slides from one presentation to another, and want the slides that I'm pasting in to take the characteristics of the destination presentation - particularly picking up the footer, fonts.
I've done this by copying the slide from the L/H navigation pane, navigating to the source presentation and pasting "Use destination theme" but the Footer is not picked-up on the pasted slides - the other objects are (boxes etc).
I've changed themes, tried all sorts but cannot get this to work.
Two example presentations are attached ("Source" and "Destination") , if anyone can advise me how to get this to work I'd really appreciate it.
Nov 26 2017 04:05 AM
Hello,
Can you check if the footer is on Master Slide in destination pptx ?
If don't, it could be because of that.
In this link: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Edit-headers-and-footers-on-the-slide-master-ba06c803-a39b-...
You can see how to edit the header and footer in Master Slide. I hope this can help you.
Nov 26 2017 09:03 PM
Hi there
I read your scenario as you have copied a slide from the Source slideshow and have pasted it into the Destination slideshow with Use Destination Theme. You are looking to have everything go across (the content has done so correctly) but the footer has not.
The part I am confused on is, are you looking to have the exact footer from the Source slideshow and have that come across to the Destination slide show exactly as it is? I also note that your footer sits in the Slide Master of your original source file and not in the slide/s itself thus why it hasn't copied over.
If yes, I am not sure of a way you can do this (of the top of my head) short of a workaround where you can:
So it will look something like this:
Not the most ideal way to do it, but unless I'm not understanding right, this would be how I'd do it?
Good luck!
Damien
Nov 27 2017 02:57 AM
Nov 27 2017 03:05 AM
Hi Damien
thank you very much for the time and effort you've put into this. I've tried doing what you sai and the result is in the attached PP file.
You'll see Slide 1 (the original, existing slide in Destination file) has a footer on it.
Slide 2 (the one copied from Source, "Using Destination Theme" has most of the destination's characteristics except the footer)
*** this means I can't really do your Step 3, as the footer, as the footer is empty ***
Slide 3 (the one copied from Source "Using Source Theme) shows the slide as per the source, including the Source files footer. Interestingly it has the bulleted list spaced correctly, which is another issue with this copying.
I'll try a few ideas around your ideas, as I think we're close to getting this solved.
Thanks again!
Steve
Nov 27 2017 05:49 PM - edited Nov 27 2017 05:59 PM
Hi Steve
Thanks for showing the file. I initially thought you wanted to retain the original orange footer but have the objects formatted to destination. If I understand the requirements, you want to see the RED footer activated when you copy the source slide using destination format. I may have a solution.
Using your attached file New Destination Document.pptx I have done the following steps:
I've attached the file (New Destination Document_DR_modified.pptx) with the outcome from above.
I suspect the issue also has to do with your source slide show not having the footer boxes in its template so there was really nothing to port across.
Anyway see if this is your solution?
Best of luck
Damien