by Kevin Siegel 
One of the best new features in Adobe Captivate 5 is Master Slides. I originally covered master slides back in June of 2010. However, there is one pesky feature of Master Slides that I didn't cover back then… and it's worth a look now.
I recently received an email from a concerned Captivate developer who had created a master slide similar to the one shown below. Notice that the Master Slide has been set up to include a company logo in the lower right of the slide.
One of the slides that was expected to use the new Master Slide is shown below. Notice that there isn't a logo on the slide.
Applying the Master Slide is a simple process… you just need to select it from the Master Slide drop-down menu on the Properties panel (General group).
And here is the same slide shown above, but this time it's using the Master Slide. Notice the problem? That poor developer sure did. While the logo from the Master Slide is showing up on the slide as expected, the original background (the blue title bar, menus and toolbars) used by the slide has been replaced by the Master Slide background (which was simply a white background).
The fix is simple enough. All you need to do to keep the slide background intact (and ignore the Master Slide background) is deselect Use Master Slide Background from the General group.
Here's the same slide, but this time the slide's background is being used, along with the logo from the Master Slide.
