Note
The terms used in this area may not be completely consistent, so that
the terms Slide/Page and Master/Background/Page Template are used
more or less interchangeably in places. When looking for information in
Help, it may be necessary to use alternative search terms.
Creating a page background
Change with View > Master to the Master view and note that a related Master View
toolbar opens. If this toolbar does not appear, activate it with View > Toolbars. In
this toolbar are switches for a new background page and for renaming the master
page. These functions are also available by right-clicking on a page picture in the
Pages area of the Master view. The button for deleting a master page is only available
when you select a background page in the Pages area which has not yet been
assigned to any page.
To return to normal mode, click the Close Master View button or View > Normal.
You can edit background pages just like normal pages. With Format > Page >
Background you can set the color, pattern, or background picture. These settings
are specific to each background page. In the Master view, you can set the size and
orientation of the page; such settings apply to all pages.
If you insert drawing objects on a background page, they are visible on all pages that
use this background. This a convenient way, for example, to place a logo on every
page.
Master pages are organized in layers just like normal pages. The layers of normal
pages are associated with the layer of the same name on the Master page.
Accordingly the layers Layout/Control/Dimension Lines are considered to be a unit
and the Master page layer Background objects is associated with them.
With Insert > Fields you can insert the date, time, page number, author and
filename. No other fields are available. With page number you cannot insert a fixed
page number but only a variable; the actual number appears on the page itself and is
determined by the position of the page. The number is automatically adjusted if the
page is subsequently moved.
Assigning and managing page backgrounds
You can open the Slide Design dialog (Figure 189) in two ways:
• Right-click on the page and choose Page > Slide design, or
• Look in the status bar to see which background page is the current one.
Double-click in this field.
The Slide Design dialog (Figure 189) shows the available background pages for that
page.
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