quarto to ppt rendering--how to get a slide to use a particular layout

[wweissborn]

Description

I am new to quarto and am trying to use it to create powerpoint presentation(s). I've read that quarto relies on the template.pptx file which contains the master slides/layouts to choose how to format the markdown. I have a slide-deck where I want to use a "Section Header" layout (and that is how it is named in template.pptx) but can't get quarto to use that layout. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? The markdown looks like this:

---

title: "Module 1"
subtitle: "test qmd"
format:
revealjs:
theme: default
slide-number: true
chalkboard: true
preview-links: auto
footer: "test qmd"
width: 1280
height: 720
margin: 0.1
transition: slide
background-transition: fade
pptx:
reference-doc: ./template.pptx
highlight-style: tango
slide-level: 2

First Section {layout="Section Header"}

Authentication, Authorization, and Service Catalog

::: {.notes}

[pause 1.0s]

Blah, blah, blah, blah

:::

What I end up with is a slide that will have the text but not the section header layout (which has a background graphic).

TIA

[mcanouil]

Could you properly format your post using code blocks for code and terminal outputs? Thanks.
If your code contains code blocks, you need to enclose it using more backticks, i.e., usually four ````.
See https://quarto.org/bug-reports.html#formatting-make-githubs-markdown-work-for-us.

[mcanouil]

From https://quarto.org/docs/presentations/powerpoint.html#slide-layouts

When creating slides, the pptx writer chooses from a number of pre-defined layouts, based on the content of the slide:

"PPTX writer" means Pandoc/Quarto.

Is the revealjs relevant for your question about pptx? Asking in cas I am missing something.

{layout="Section Header"} wherever you've seen this (not on https://quarto.org), that is incorrect.

[cderv]

For reference the pandoc doc is at: https://pandoc.org/MANUAL.html#powerpoint-layout-choice

Powerpoint support in Pandoc and thus quarto is using automatic layout choices based on content. There is not yet a way to select Layout.