Apple Keynote 1 - Manual (Page 21)

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To apply a theme to your slide presentation:
1 If the theme selection dialog does not appear when you first open Keynote, choose File >
Choose Theme (or click Themes in the toolbar).
2 Select a theme in the theme selection dialog.
3 Choose a screen resolution from the pop-up menu labeled “Choose presentation size.” Most
projectors work best with slides at the 800 x 600 size. Newer ones may be able to display
slides well at 1024 x 768.
4 Click Choose Theme.
You can choose whether to have the theme selection dialog appear whenever you open a
new Keynote document.
To choose whether the theme selection dialog appears when opening a new
document:
1 Choose Keynote > Preferences.
2 Select the checkbox labeled “Show theme selection dialog when creating new documents” to
make the dialog appear. Deselect the checkbox if you don’t want the dialog to appear.
If you want to modify themes or create your own, see Chapter 9, “Designing Your Own
Master Slides and Themes.”
Importing a PowerPoint or AppleWorks Presentation
If you already have a slide presentation that you created in Microsoft PowerPoint or in
AppleWorks, you can import it into Keynote and continue to work on it.
To import a PowerPoint or AppleWorks document:
m Drag the PowerPoint or AppleWorks document icon onto the Keynote application icon.
The document opens in Keynote.
Keynote imports the slides in the PowerPoint or AppleWorks documents and creates a
custom theme based on those slides.
You can also export Keynote documents back to PowerPoint. For more information, see
“PowerPoint” on page 85.
Step 2: Design your slides using master 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, and sound. You can also add new slides to the project
as you work.