Apple Keynote 1 - Manual (Page 32)

Working With Text, Graphics, and Other Media 31
Using the Text Inspector
In the Text Inspector, you can adjust all basic text properties in your slides. Use it to change
the color, alignment, and spacing of selected text. If you select bulleted text, you can also
change the bullet style.
To open the Text Inspector:
m Choose View > Show Inspector (or click Inspector in the toolbar) and click the Text
button.
To change text color:
1 Select the text you want to change.
2 In the Text Inspector, click the color well. The Colors window opens.
3 Select a color in the Colors window.
Text within a text box can be justified left, right, center, or evenly spread across the box.
Bulleted text can also be placed near the top, center, or bottom of the text box.
To adjust text alignment:
1 Select the text you want to change.
2 Click the horizontal or vertical alignment buttons at the top of the Text Inspector.
To adjust the spacing between lines of text:
1 Select the text you want to change.
2 In the Text Inspector, drag the Line slider to adjust the line spacing. Dragging the slider to the
left brings the selected lines closer together; dragging it to the right moves them farther
apart.
Drag the sliders
to adjust character
and line spacing for
selected text.
Click the color well to
change the color of
selected text.
Click a button to justify text left,
right, center, or across a text
box, or to place it at the top,
center, or bottom of the text box.
Make selections to format the bullet
image, style, position, and size.