Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 45)

Chapter 3 Creating and Managing Slides 45
3 Select a new theme.
4 Choose an option from the Apply Theme To pop-up menu.
All Slides: Changes the theme of all the slides in your presentation.
Selected Slides: Changes the theme of only the slides you’ve selected.
5 Depending on whether or not you want to keep formatting changes you’ve made, do
one of the following:
If you don’t want to keep formatting changes, deselect “Retain changes to theme defaults.”
If you do want to keep formatting changes, make sure the checkbox remains selected.
6 Click Choose to apply the new theme.
Applying a New Master to a Slide
You can change a slide’s master at any time. For example, you might want to change a
slide featuring a photo from a horizontal to a vertical photo master.
Any style changes you’ve made to the slide (for example changing the font), are
retained when you change its master, but you can remove the style changes by
reapplying the slide master.
To quickly choose another master for a slide:
Select the slide whose master you want to change, click Masters in the toolbar, and
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then choose a different master slide.
To return a slide to its theme default settings:
Select the slide and choose Format > “Reapply Master to Slide.”
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To change a slide’s master using the Slide inspector:
1 Select the slide whose layout you want to change.
2 Choose View > Show Inspector, and then click the Slide inspector button.
3 Click Appearance.
4 To apply a different slide master, click the slide thumbnail image and choose a master
from the pop-up list.
Customizing an Individual Slide’s Layout
You can easily add a preformatted title box, body text box, object placeholder, or slide
number to individual slides, without changing the slide’s master.
To change a slide’s layout:
1 Select the slide whose layout you want to change.
2 Choose View > Show Inspector, and then click the Slide inspector button.