# Start up OOo Impress and create a new presentation.
# Open up the master slide view and create two new masters; make them somewhat visually distinct so that its easy to experience the pure frustration later.
# Return to the slide view and make sure you can see the Master Pages area of the Tasks page; note that both your master slides are listed as “used in this presentation”, but not “available for use”.
# Click the first master, which should re-apply the master to the slide you’re looking at.
# Click the second master to apply it to the slide.
# *Note that the first master has now disappeared.*
# Think to yourself, “well surely it’s not gone and return to the master view.
# Realize that no, the slide really has disappeared.

Is it any surprise that you see a proliferation of Macs and Keynote at tech conferences, that people think slide-ware generally sucks, or that people still equate PowerPoint with presentations?

I _think_ this is the same as Issue #43354, reported in *February, 2005*. Sigh.