Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 233)

Chapter 12 Designing Your Own Master Slides and Themes 233
To duplicate a master slide:
1 Click View in the toolbar and choose Show Master Slides.
2 In the master slide navigator, select the master slide you want to duplicate.
3 Do one of the following:
Click New in the toolbar. Â
Choose Slide > New Master Slide. Â
Press Return. Â
Choose Edit > Duplicate. Â
4 In the master slide navigator, double-click the new slide’s name and type a new name.
If you make changes to a master slide and then decide you want to return to the theme’s
default settings, select the slide and choose Format > “Reapply Master to Selection.”
Importing a Slide or Master Slide
You can import slides and master slides from other Keynote documents.
To import a slide or master slide:
1 Open the Keynote source document (the one with the slide you want to import), and
the current Keynote document (the one you want to import the slide into).
2 Do one of the following:
To import a slide, drag it from the slide navigator of the source document to the slide
navigator of the current document. The slide and its master are added to the current
document. (The master is the last slide in the master slide navigator.)
To import a master slide, drag it from the master slide navigator to the master slide
navigator of the current document.
Creating a Completely Original Master Slide
If you can’t find a master slide that closely resembles the master you want, you can
create one from scratch.
To create a new master slide:
In the master slide navigator, select a blank slide.
m
If the theme you’re using doesn’t have a blank slide, select a master slide, choose m
Edit > Select All, and then press Delete.
About Customizing Master Slide Layouts
Define placeholders for text, media and objects; change a master slide’s background
elements; add alignment guides; and more.