Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 234)

Defining Text Placeholders
You can add placeholders for text, and define default attributes for text in them.
To define a text placeholder:
1 In the Master Slide navigator, select a slide (to open the Master Slide navigator, click
View in the toolbar and choose Show Master Slides).
2 Open the Master Slide inspector, and then click Appearance.
3 To add a placeholder title text box, select Title.
4 To add a placeholder body text box, select Body.
To control whether text in the text box is bulleted, numbered, or plain by default, use
the Bullets pane of the Text inspector.
5 To add a placeholder free text box, click Text Box in the toolbar. In the Master Slide
inspector, select “Define as Text Placeholder” (or choose Format > Advanced > “Define
as Text Placeholder”).
You can also add a shape and define it as a text placeholder.
6 Resize and rearrange the text boxes as desired.
7 Select the placeholder text and format it as desired.
In a text box, you can define attributes for as many as five levels of text.
Defining Media Placeholders
You can create one or more placeholders on a master slide to hold images, audio files,
and movies. When you drag a an image or movie file to a media placeholder on a slide,
the file automatically takes on the placeholder’s position and size.
To define a media placeholder:
1 Select an image or shape on a master slide.
You can place your own image on the master slide and select it, or select an image
that already appears on the master slide.
2 Open the Master Slide inspector, and then click Appearance.
3 Select “Define as Media Placeholder.”
4 Type a description in the Tag field, if you want.
5 Resize, mask, and arrange the placeholder to look the way you want.
To learn about making an image appear the way you want, see “Masking (Cropping)
Images” on page 76 and relevant topics below “About Manipulating, Arranging, and
Changing the Look of Objects” on page 87.
234 Chapter 12 Designing Your Own Master Slides and Themes