Apple Keynote '09 - Manual (Page 240)

3 Define builds using the instructions in “Moving Objects on or off Slides Using
Builds” on page 116.
About Custom Themes
If you modify master slides in a theme and you want to use these modifications again
in other slideshows, you can save the modified theme as a custom theme. After you
save your custom theme, it appears in the Theme Chooser. When you select your
custom theme, it comes with all the master slides you defined.
Saving a Custom Theme
Create a new theme that contains any master slide changes you’ve made to the
current theme.
To save the current theme as a custom theme:
1 Choose File > Save Theme.
2 Type a name for your theme.
3 If you added sound or movies that you want to include in the theme, select “Copy
audio and movies into theme.”
If you don’t see this checkbox, click the disclosure triangle to the right of the
Save As field.
Saving media files with a document makes the file much larger.
4 Click Save.
Unless you specify another location, custom themes are saved in the Themes folder
on your hard disk ([home]/Library/Application Support/iWork/Keynote/Themes). Only
themes in this folder appear in the Theme Chooser. If you store your theme in another
location, you can still open it (from the Finder) and use it to create a slideshow.
Creating a Theme from Scratch
If you want to create an entirely new theme that is not based on any existing Keynote
theme, the easiest way is to create a new Keynote document and delete all master
slides from it except for one blank slide.
To delete a master slide, select it in the master slide navigator and choose Edit >
Delete or press the Delete key.
Here are tips for creating the new theme:
Set up all text and background attributes before creating new master slides.
m
On a sample slide, test your text layouts to be sure they work with text longer than a m
line or two. Consider how many bullets you want to fit in a body text box when you
set its size and placement.
240 Chapter 12 Designing Your Own Master Slides and Themes