Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 53452
Add ability to merge presentations with multiple masters
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:33:13 UTC
Powerpoint XP allows one to merge two presentations with different slide masters and retain the original look of each presentation. That is, one can take presentation A with one look, and presentation B with a different look, and create a third presentation which has A followed by B, where both halves of the new presentation retain their original look. In other words, the new presentation is identically equal to presentation A followed by presentation B. I can find no way to do this in OOo Impress. I have also asked on ooforum.org, and no one has been able to suggest a way to do this with the current OOo code. Oddly, OOo will import a Powerpoint presentation that has been created in this manner, and will allow one to work with it even though it contains multiple masters. It just doesn't seem to allow one to create such a file.
I shall attach two files to show what I mean. Open A, then open B, then try to cut and paste B after A. It works, but the look of B is changed to match the look of A, so that the original look of B is lost in the merged file.
Created attachment 28863 [details] File A
Created attachment 28864 [details] File B
Reassigned.
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System configuration: OS: windows Vista Home premium OO: OOO300m15 (Build 9379). Reproduction steps: 1.Open the presentation (attached by the reporter) a.ppt in impress 2.open presentation (attached by the reporter) b.ppt in impress (Note not .odp files) 3.copy the slide from a.ppt and paste it below the slide in b.ppt Result: The original look(design) of copied slide (a.ppt) is lost, and the copied slide now has the design of presentation to which it is copied (b.ppt). Additional information: 1.when merging these files using MS office 2007, on pasting the slide from a.ppt to b.ppt, there is a option to retain the source format (design). 2.I tried the similar task in impress, but by creating the original files in OO (.odp) Steps: 1.Create 1.odp and 2.odp both these files have different design 2.copy the slide from 1.odp and paste it below the slides in 2.odp Result: The original look of the slide from 1.odp is retained in 2.odp.