How do I apply layouts from the master to existing text boxes?

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When I try to apply the layout from the master using the Slide Layout, I get
a new text box saying "click to add test". I want powerpoint to convert my
existing text box.
Obviously I can copy and paste into the new one, but that's an extra step.
 
The Master slide is where you set the font, size, alignment. Unless you want
text to appear on every slide (using a text box) you do not *type* in the
master.
 
Layouts are not placed from the Master! (not in 2003 anyway)
When you apply a new layout to a slide with text in a placeholder the text
is always (AFAIK) placed in the new layout.
Maybe you could talk us through what you are doing and what version?
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Thanks for your responses guys. I'm using powerpoint 2003.

Here's an example, in my master I have numbered bullets as the top bullet,
with regular bullets (dots, dashes, arrows etc.) as the sub-bullets. I
decided to change the numbered bullets to the regular bullets on the master.
I was expecting powerpoint to automatically update all the slides in the
presentation but I still had to go slide by slide and convert from number to
non-numbered bullets.

Is there a way to automatically update the slides after you have changed the
master?
 
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