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Adding shadow to text, Adding a strikethrough to text – Apple Keynote '09 User Manual

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Chapter 4

Working with Text

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Click the I button for italicized text.

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Click the U button for underlined text.

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Set color of text.

Change font typeface,

style, and size.

Make text bold, italic, or

underlined.

Choose Format > Font > Bold, Italic, or Underline.

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Click Fonts in the toolbar, and then select a typeface in the Fonts window to make text

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bold, italic, or underlined.

Adding Shadow to Text

You can use the format bar to quickly add a shadow to text. To change the look of the
shadows, use the Fonts window.

First select some text or a text box containing text to which you want to add a shadow.

To add shadows to selected text:
Select Shadow in the format bar.

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To add shadows to selected text and change their look:

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To add a shadow to selected text, click Fonts in the toolbar, and then click the Text

Shadow button.

2

Drag the shadow opacity slider (the first slider on the left) to the right to make the

shadow darker.

3

Drag the shadow blur slider (the middle slider) to the right to make the shadow

more diffuse.

4

Drag the shadow offset slider (the third slider) to the right to separate the shadow

from the text.

5

Rotate the Shadow Angle wheel to set the direction of the shadow.

You can also use the Graphic inspector to adjust the look of shadows on text; see
“Adding Shadows” on page 98 for more information.

Adding a Strikethrough to Text

Using the Strikethrough command is the simplest way to create a strikethrough line
through selected text. If you want to further modify the look of the line, use the option
available in the Fonts window.

First select some text or a text box containing text to which you want to add
the strikethrough.