Keynote - Defining Text Placeholders

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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.