The “Set Master for Slide” Action

The “Set Master for Slide” Automator action is used to set the master slide for one or more specified slides.

The Action Information

Input:This action accepts AppleScript references to the slides to be processed. NOTE:

  • If no reference is provided as input, the action will assume the current slide of the frontmost document is the slide to be processed.

  • If a document reference is provided as input, the action will assume the current slide of the referenced document is the slide to be processed.
Output:An AppleScript reference to the processed slide
Parameters:

User-settable parameters include:

  • Master slide to use as the base slide for the new slide

Related:

Other actions that often precede this action:

  • Get Specified Slide

  • New Presentation

The Action Interface

The interface for the Set Master for Slide action

 1  Master Slides menu • Select a master slide from this menu  (⬇ see below )  to be used as the base slide for the specified slide.

slide-masters-popup-menu

 2  Use Custom Master checkbox • If you want to use a custom master slide as the base slide for the specified slide, select this checkbox and enter the name of the custom master slide into the corresponding text input:  3   (⬆ see above ) 

 3  Custom Master Slide title •  (⬆ see above )  Enter the exact name of the custom master slide into this text field.

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