Prevent a slide master from being deleted
In
some cases, Microsoft PowerPoint automatically deletes a slide master when all the slides that follow that master are deleted, or when another design template is applied to all the slides that follow that master. You
can "preserve" a master so it isn't automatically deleted in these cases.
- On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide
Master.
- In the thumbnails on the left, select the slide master you want to
preserve.
- On the Slide Master View toolbar, click Preserve Master
.If
you don't want to preserve the master, just click this button again.
Notes
- A master can be deleted manually even when it has a "preserved"
setting.
- In a slide-title
master pair, preserving one master automatically preserves the other.
- A
slide master is preserved by default in some cases: when you insert,
copy/paste, or drag a slide master into master view or when you add a new design template in master
view (which automatically
inserts a new slide master).