powerpoint automation with multiple slide masters

[teresa]

I have a 2003 PowerPoint Design Template (.pot) with 2 slide masters (with
different backgroung images). I need to create a 2000 PowerPoint
Presentation (.ppt) in VB.NET using one of the slide masters for the title
slide and the other slide master for the rest of the slides in the PPT file.
Typically, I believe it's done through one slide master with one title
master; however, the template was given to me. Does anyone know how to do it
or know any workaround? Thanks.

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I have a 2003 PowerPoint Design Template (.pot) with 2 slide masters (with
different backgroung images). I need to create a 2000 PowerPoint
Presentation (.ppt) in VB.NET using one of the slide masters for the title
slide and the other slide master for the rest of the slides in the PPT file.
Typically, I believe it's done through one slide master with one title
master; however, the template was given to me. Does anyone know how to do it
or know any workaround? Thanks.

PPT 2000 doesn't support multiple masters; you get one slide master and
optionally a related title master.

In fact, 2003 can have the same construction; a single slide master with related
title master. That would be completely compatible with earlier versions.

I'm not sure where VB.Net comes into this, but manually you could select the
first slide master in Slide Master vew, choose Insert, new Title Master to get a
linked title master. Then you'd copy all of the stuff from the second master
that acts as a title master to the real title master and finally delete the
second master.