Re-apply a slide layout to existing slides

Question

I have a PowerPoint presentation where the odd-numbered slides have master layout A, and the even numbered slides have master layout B (with a few exceptions that I can sort manually). When I update one of the layouts (e.g. adding or moving placeholders), I have to manually select every other slide to re-apply the layout to them. How can I automatically re-apply the layout to these slides?

If there is no built-in feature to do this (or even if there is!) a macro would be just as useful.

Answer 1

To re-apply the current slide layout to a slide, right click on the slide and select "Reset Slide" from the context menu. You can select ranges of slides, or even the whole presentation, from the left-hand pane. This will re-apply the layout for all slides, not just for specified ones, but each slide will retain its existing layout.

Answer 2

Since there aren't normally 32 layouts in a presentation design, I'm assuming you have a custom layout. In any case, try this, substituting the correct number for 2 below:

Sub ReapplyMaster()
    Dim slidenum As Long
    For slidenum = 3 To ActivePresentation.Slides.Count Step 2
        With ActivePresentation.Slides(slidenum)

            .CustomLayout = ActivePresentation.Designs(1).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(2)

        End With
    Next
End Sub