13.9.15

"No Style" - What's it for?



I'm sure that you've all noticed the black little rectangular named "No Style", that always appears at the very top of your list of styles, no matter what category you've selected.
What is "No Style", and why do you need it?


Clicking on "No style" cancels the action of a slide style that was applied, and reverts the slide to its defaults.
The slide will no longer have any of the effects that are created by the style: No motion, no duplicates for graphic effects, no shadows, no frames, etc.
It will just show your picture/s and that's it.

If we look at the layers, that's what we'll see:


How can "No Style" help you?

Here are a few examples:
(a) You would like to replace a style with another that you like better.

If you just apply a style on top of another, you will get lots of unrelated layers and your slide will look a mess. Instead of simply deleting the slide, and starting anew, click on No Style, and then apply the new style.

(b) You don't like the order in which the style shows your pictures.
In a slide with several pictures, it may be important to show them in chronological order, and the style that you applied just shows them randomly.
Click on No Style, and drag the layers up or down with the little arrows, until you reach the desired order. Then you can apply the style once again.

(c) Some pictures are better suited for the right of the slide and some for the left, but the style placed them wrongly.
Click on No style, reverse the order of the pictures with the little arrows, and then reapply the style.






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