How do I apply layouts from the master to existing text boxes?

[K-man]

When I try to apply the layout from the master using the Slide Layout, I get
a new text box saying "click to add test". I want powerpoint to convert my
existing text box.
Obviously I can copy and paste into the new one, but that's an extra step.

 

[Rae Drysdale]

The Master slide is where you set the font, size, alignment. Unless you want
text to appear on every slide (using a text box) you do not *type* in the
master.

 

[John Wilson]

Layouts are not placed from the Master! (not in 2003 anyway)
When you apply a new layout to a slide with text in a placeholder the text
is always (AFAIK) placed in the new layout.
Maybe you could talk us through what you are doing and what version?
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[K-man]

Thanks for your responses guys. I'm using powerpoint 2003.

Here's an example, in my master I have numbered bullets as the top bullet,
with regular bullets (dots, dashes, arrows etc.) as the sub-bullets. I
decided to change the numbered bullets to the regular bullets on the master.
I was expecting powerpoint to automatically update all the slides in the
presentation but I still had to go slide by slide and convert from number to
non-numbered bullets.

Is there a way to automatically update the slides after you have changed the
master?