Kinds of slideshows, Step 2:create your slides, Using master slides – Apple Keynote 3 User Manual
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Chapter 2
Creating a Presentation
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To modify themes or create your own, see Chapter 9, “Designing Your Own
Master Slides and Themes.” You can use more than one theme in a presentation; see
“Using Multiple Themes” on page 42.
Step 2: Create Your Slides
When you select a theme, a single slide appears in the slide organizer. You can begin
working in this first slide, adding text, graphics, movies, and sound. You can add new
slides to the document as needed.
To add a slide, do one of the following:
 Click the New (+) button in the toolbar (or select a slide in the slide organizer and
press Return). You can also choose Slide > New Slide to insert a slide.
Important:
Save your work often by choosing File > Save. For more details about
saving Keynote documents, see “Step 4: Save Your Slideshow” on page 42.
Using Master Slides
As you work, you’ll want to use different slide layouts to place text and graphics on
individual slides. Master slides provide the layouts you are most likely to need.
Kinds of Slideshows
You can make three different kinds of presentations in Keynote, depending on how
the presentation will be used. It’s a good idea to keep the kind of presentation in
mind as you design it. Note that hyperlinks are available in a normal presentation,
not just in a hyperlinks-only presentation.
 Normal: These presentations are controlled by clicking the mouse or using the
keyboard. By default, a slideshow is normal (interactive) unless you make it a self-
playing or hyperlinks-only slideshow.
 Self-playing: These presentations advance automatically, the way a movie plays
(no user interaction is possible). You can use this option, for example, to play a
presentation in a kiosk setting. To learn about creating these kinds of
presentations, see “Creating Self-Playing Presentations” on page 153.
 Hyperlinks only.: Viewers navigate through these presentations by clicking
hyperlinks. For more information about creating these kinds of presentations, see