Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 87)

Chapter 5 Working with Images, Shapes, and Other Objects 87
Editing a Polygon
The polygon has a slider for increasing and decreasing the number of sides in the
polygon.
Drag to increase or
decrease the number of
sides in the polygon.
View the number of sides
currently in the polygon.
To edit a polygon:
When you select the polygon, the slider appears. Drag the slider to increase or
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decrease the number of sides in the polygon.
About Manipulating, Arranging, and Changing the Look of
Objects
In general, the way you select, arrange, and manipulate objects in Keynote works the
same, whether you’re working with images, shapes, movies, tables, chart elements, or
text boxes. For most objects, you use the same controls to resize and reorient them, as
well as to add shadows, reflections, border styles (stroke), fill color or image, and more.
The following topics in this chapter describe the general tools and techniques for
working with all kinds of objects in Keynote. To learn about the additional specifics
that pertain to formatting text, and about designing tables and charts, see the relevant
chapters in this guide.
Selecting Multiple Objects
Before you can move, modify, or perform other operations on objects, you must select
them. A selected object has handles that let you move or manipulate the object.
Here are ways to select and deselect objects:
To select a single object, click anywhere on the object (to select an object that has no
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fill, click the edge).
To select several objects on a slide, hold down the Shift key as you click objects.
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To select all the objects on a slide, click the slide and press Command-A. m
To select an object that’s part of a group, you must first ungroup the objects. Select m
the group, and then choose Arrange > Ungroup.