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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.

1. On the View menu, point to Master, and then click Slide Master.
2. In the thumbnails on the left, select the slide master you want to preserve.
3. 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).