Adding alignment guides, Designing title and body text layout and styles – Apple Keynote 3 User Manual
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Chapter 9
Designing Your Own Master Slides and Themes
Adding Alignment Guides
You can create your own alignment guides to help you place your text and graphics
consistently on each slide. Alignment guides created on a master slide are available
when you are placing objects on any slides based on that master.
To create alignment guides on a master slide:
1
In the Appearance pane of the Slide Inspector, select the master slide to which you
want to add the alignment guides.
2
Click View in the toolbar and choose Show Rulers.
3
Place the pointer on a ruler and drag the yellow alignment guide wherever you want
on the slide canvas.
 To place a horizontal guide, drag from the ruler at the top of the slide.
 To place a vertical guide, drag from the ruler on the left side.
Designing Title and Body Text Layout and Styles
Default styles for title and text boxes are defined by a slide’s master. To set the title or
text defaults on a master slide, you place text boxes on the master slide and then
select the text and set its attributes using the inspectors, as you would set text
attributes on any slide. As you change the text settings, you can preview the new
settings by creating a slide in the slide organizer, applying the new master slide
settings, and trying them out with some text.
To place title and body text boxes on a selected master slide:
1
Open the Master Slide Inspector and click Appearance (if it is not already selected).
2
To add a title text box, select the Title checkbox.
3
To add a body text box, select the Body checkbox.
Depending on the theme and master, the default text style may be bulleted. To set a
default style without bullets, see “Formatting Bulleted Text and Numbered Lists” on
4
To include subtitle text, resize the body text box and place it under the title text box.
5
Resize and rearrange the text boxes as desired.
6
Select the placeholder text and format it with your preferred styles.
In the text box, you can define attributes for up to five levels of text.