master-and-layout-mapperlisted

# Master and Layout Mapper ## When to use Use this skill when content has been dropped onto blank slides instead of the template's defined layouts. A common symptom is a deck where every slide is technically a "Blank" or "Title and Content" layout but the real content is a tangle of free-floating text boxes. Run this first, before any color, font, or logo work, because every later fix is easier once each slide sits on the right master layout. ## What it does It produces a slide-by-slide mapping from each current slide to the correct layout in the brand template, then applies that layout so the right placeholders, background, and built-in styling appear. The output is a deck where each slide is on its intended layout (Title, Section Header, Title and Content, Two Content, Comparison, Divider, Closing, and so on) rather than on a blank canvas. ## Method Work from the template's slide master and its child layouts, not from the individual slides. 1. **Read the master and its layouts.** List every layout the template defines and what it is for. A typical corporate template has: a Title slide, a Section Header or Divider, a one-content layout, a two-content layout, a Comparison layout, a content-with-caption layout, a full-bleed image layout, an agenda layout, and a Closing or Contact layout. Note the placeholders each layout carries (title, subtitle, body, content, picture, footer, date, slide number). 2. **Classify each existing slide by its real job.** Ignore how it was