- Master Slide Types
- Viewing Master Slides
- Applying Master Slides
- Modifying Master Slides
- Changing Master Slide Backgrounds
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Applying Master Slides
Every slide that you create in your presentation must have an associated master slide. When you first create a presentation, Keynote creates an initial slide based on the first master slide in the theme file. The slide is usually a Title slide of some sort.
When you create a second slide in your presentation, Keynote automatically switches the slide master to the second master slide in the theme file. This is usually the Title & Bullets master. Subsequently, each new slide you create takes on the master slide layout of the slide that was selected when you chose Slide > New Slide, or clicked the New button in the Toolbar. You can change the master slide associated with any slide in your presentation. You'll want to do this often; for example, if you add a photo, you'll want to change the slide master to one that contains a photo cutout.
To apply a master to a slide
- In the Slide Navigator, select the slide for which you want to change its master slide.
- From the Masters pop-up menu in the Toolbar, choose the new master slide (
Figure 3.3
).
The slide changes to reflect the defaults associated with the new master slide.
Figure 3.3 Apply a new master slide with the Masters pop-up menu in the toolbar.
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Tips
- If you have already entered text or graphics on the slide, you might need to adjust them a bit to fit in the new format imposed by the new master slide.
- You can also apply a master to a presentation slide by dragging the master slide from the Master Slides Organizer down onto the presentation slide in the Slide Navigator. If your presentation contains more than one theme, you must use this technique to apply a theme to a slide that is already using a different theme.
Reapplying master slides
Sometimes you'll modify a slide, for instance by moving a graphic or text box, and then decide that your changes aren't quite what you want. Keynote allows you to reapply the format from the master slide to your current slide. When you do this, objects on your slide that you moved will return to their positions as defined in the master slide. Similarly, if you changed the text style or other attributes of the text boxes on the slide, they will return to their defaults from the master slide.
To reapply a master slide
- In the Slide Navigator, select the slide to which you wish to reapply the master slide styles.
- Choose Format > Reapply Master to Slide.
The slide and all its objects return to the master slide's formats (
Figure 3.4
).
Figure 3.4 A bit of overzealous experimentation led to an overwrought slide (top). Reapplying the master slide resulted in a more dignified presentation (bottom).
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Tips
- If any of the objects on the slide are selected, the menu choice in step 2 will read "Reapply Master to Selection." This is very useful when you want to reapply the master styles to just one part of the slide, without affecting any other changed elements.
- You can also reapply the master slide format by Control-clicking (right-clicking if you have a mouse with multiple buttons) on a slide and choosing Reapply Master to Slide.