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LynPerth
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January 28, 2021
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captivate removing themes from project

  • January 28, 2021
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Hi I'm using Captivate 2017 (11.5) I've created 2 custom themes: Custom1 and Custom2. I browsed for and 'inserted' into the project and now after having tested out each one I only want to use Custom2 theme, but when i go to insert a new slide both of the themes are in the master slide options (in PI).  Is there a way to remove a custom theme from the project ? 

thanks

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    RitaS92
    Participant
    February 20, 2023

    Nope. I tried that and the blasted old theme is still there. WHY would Adobe not let you delete one from a project? I'm desperate to know how to do this as well.

    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
    Legend
    February 20, 2023

    Completely understand your frustration, one of the consequences of allowing multiple themes in one project. During some recent jobs I discovered that this can really mess up a project, especially when the themes have master slides with the same name.

    I suspect the only way to get rid of unnused themes in a project, is to copy/paste the slides to a new project with the same resolution. Be sure to set up the theme which you want to use for that project. Support my many feature requests to be able to delete an unused theme from a project.

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      RitaS92
      Participant
      February 20, 2023

      I created a new theme, new project, but my version of Captivate is newer than my teammates' and they can't open the file. Unfortunately I work for the State and there isn't the budget to get everyone using the new version. So I opened my old template, copied and pasted my new slides and theme into it, and now I can't get rid of the old theme. I think it might be a Captivate default theme called Pearl?... Anyway my teammates can open the pasted file but the Captivate newbies are going to have to work around the Pearl theme. Hopefully it doesn't confuse them.

      Lilybiri
      Lilybiri
      Legend
      January 28, 2021

      You can apply one of the themes to the project, using the Themes big button. You'll get a warning that everything will be overridden. You will still see the unused theme, but hopefully not all the master slides.

      I have written some blogs about mixing themes in one project, do not appreciate that feature because it can lead to many problems. But try out my suggestion.

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      LynPerthAuthor
      Participant
      January 29, 2021

      Yes I've looked at your blogs - (thank you for writing them, have used many) - but i dont want to add another - i want to remove one - (i had used it but now no longer want to).... I'm wondering whether once used it cannot be removed from that project - even if there are no slides now using that theme any longer... is that right?

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      LynPerthAuthor
      Participant
      January 29, 2021

      Oh and FYI (on my project anyway), the theme and all that theme's masterslides still show (even though the new theme does override on the slides - when I go to add a new slide - it provides both themes (with all the master slides) for both themes.  So as i was saying above, i'm assuming that because it was once used it cannot be removed from the project.

      thanks lesson learnt

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