Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 241)

Chapter 12 Designing Your Own Master Slides and Themes 241
Duplicate the original master slide to create various text layouts. New masters made m
from copies automatically inherit the original’s text and background attributes. Then
you only have to adjust the text box layouts (for example, remove the title text box
and expand the body text box for a “body only” master slide).
Create sample slides in the slide navigator based on each master you design and place
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free text boxes, shapes, tables, and images on each one, if you want the default object
attributes to be different on different master slides. (If you want to set the same default
object attributes for all masters, you need to do this for only one master slide.)
Create a series of sample slides in the slide navigator based on each of your master
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slides. Design a chart on one slide, and then copy and paste it onto each of the slides.
Then convert each chart to a different chart type, and set its size and position. Do this
step before you define default chart styles using Format > Advanced.
Restoring Original Theme Attributes
If you modify master slides in a document and later want to return to the original
theme defaults, you can reapply the theme to your document or to specific slides.
To restore the theme defaults:
1 If you want to restore defaults to only certain slides, select them in the slide navigator
(press Command to select multiple slides).
2 Choose File > Choose Theme.
3 In the Theme Chooser, select the original theme and presentation size.
4 Make sure “Retain changes to theme defaults” is not selected.
5 Choose All Slides or Selected Slides from the Apply Theme To pop-up menu.
6 Click Choose.