Applying a design to a slide using equivalent layouts
A new design is applied to a slide. A search is made within layouts associated with the new design for an equivalent layout to the slide's layout. When an equivalent layout is found, the placeholders are mapped from the slide to a new slide base on the equivalent layout. An equivalent layout is determined based on a comparison between the slide's layout and the new design. The comparison is based on the name of the layouts, the number of placeholders, and whether the placeholders are of an equivalent type.
1. A computer-implemented method for applying a design to a slide, comprising:
selecting a new design to apply to a slide; wherein the slide includes a layout;
determining an equivalent layout for the slide by comparing the slide's layout to a layout that is associated with the new design; and
applying the equivalent layout to the slide by mapping the placeholders on the slide to the equivalent layout so that the position of the placeholders on the new slide does not overlap the background content associated with the new design.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising maintaining any exceptions that are associated with the slide when the equivalent layout is applied to the slide.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the equivalent layout, comprises comparing characteristics that are associated with the slide with characteristics associated with a layout that is associated with the new design.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising determining at least one of: the name of the layout and the number of the placeholders.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the equivalent layout comprises utilizing at least one of the following determined characteristics: a function of the placeholder and a type of the placeholder.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining when a placeholder on the slide is an equivalent type to a placeholder on the layout associated with the new design.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining when a placeholder on the slide is an equal type to a placeholder on the layout associated with the new design.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the equivalent layout to the slide comprises moving content from placeholders within the slide to placeholders on a new slide that is based on the determined equivalent layout.
9. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for applying a new design to a slide, the instructions comprising:
matching the slide's layout with an equivalent layout that is associated with the new design; and
applying the equivalent layout to the slide by mapping the placeholders on the slide to the equivalent layout so that the position of the placeholders on the new slide does not overlap the background content associated with the new design.
10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein matching the slide's layout with the equivalent layout that is associated with the new design, comprises determining whether some characteristics associated with the slide are substantially similar to characteristics associated with the new design.
11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein determining whether some characteristics associated with the slide are substantially similar to characteristics associated with the new design, comprises determining at least one of: the name of the layout and the number of the placeholders.
12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein determining the equivalence of the placeholders comprises determining when a placeholder on the slide is an equivalent type to a placeholder on a layout associated with the new design.
13. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein determining the equivalence of the placeholders comprises determining when a placeholder on the slide is an equal type to a placeholder on a layout associated with the new design.
14. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein applying the equivalent layout to the slide comprises moving content from the placeholders within the slide to placeholders on a slide that is based on the equivalent layout.
15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein matching the slide's layout with the equivalent layout associated with the new design comprises comparing at least one layout associated with the new design to the slide's layout.
16. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising copying the slide's layout to the new design when it is determined that the equivalent layout does not exist.
17. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 , further comprising removing any layouts from a design that do not have any dependent slides.
18. An apparatus for applying a new design to a slide, comprising:
a processor and a computer-readable storage that are configured to perform actions comprising;
means for determining an equivalent layout to a slide's layout by comparing the slide's layout to a layout that is associated with the new design; and
means for applying the equivalent layout to the slide by mapping the placeholders on the slide to the equivalent layout so that the position of the placeholders on the new slide does not overlap the background content associated with the new design.
19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the means for determining the equivalent layout to a slide's layout comprises means for determining when each placeholder within the slide's layout is substantially similar to each of the placeholders within a layout that is associated with the new design.
20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the means for determining when each placeholder within the slide's layout is substantially similar to each of the placeholders within a layout that is associated with the new design comprises, means for determining names associated with the layouts, means for determining equivalence of placeholders, and means for determining a number of placeholders.