Hi, I made some master slides but am having some problems when I switch back over to Normal view and try to insert New Slides. Correct me if I'm wrong but when you click on New Slide (w/o clicking the drop down), isn't the master supposed to insert? What inserts is the last slide used.. for instance, if my first slide is the Title slide, when I click on New Slide another Title slide inserts. Is this how PowerPoint works now for Mac 2011? I have 2013 too but haven't tried it there yet but is this a new feature - where the last slide inserted and NOT the main master slide inserts? Please let me know if this doesn't make sense and I'll try to explain better.

As I understand it (I'm not on a Mac) When you open a new presentation the slide added has the first custom layout (usually but not always a Title Slide Layout). Unless you use the drop menu the next slide has the second layout. Future slides have the last used layout UNLESS it was the first layout in which case the second layout is used.

Not sure what you mean "isn't the master slide supposed to insert". The master slide never inserts it is always based on a layout.

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Hmm I see, thank you JohnWilson. I thought in previous versions of PowerPoint the main slide master inserted when New Slide was pressed - maybe not. Either way, this definitely explains what is going on, thank you again!

It chamged when custom layouts were introduced in 2007.

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I see, thanks!