

You can change the placeholder text on a slide layout for the title, subtitle and more. In the text box next to Tag, delete the existing tag, then type your own. To change a tag, select the placeholder, then click the Style tab in the Format sidebar. For example, an image that’s in a placeholder with the tag “Media” is automatically added to a placeholder from the new layout that also has the tag “Media”. The tags “tell” the content where to go when you apply a different layout to a slide. Placeholders are automatically tagged according to type. When you’ve finished editing, click Done in the blue bar at the bottom of the screen, or click in the toolbar, then choose Exit Slide Layouts. To learn more about layers, see Layer, group and lock objects in Keynote on Mac. If you want slides based on this layout to allow objects to be layered under slide layout objects, click the background of the slide (so that nothing is selected), then select “Allow layering” in the Format sidebar. Near the bottom, select Define as Text Placeholder or Define as Media Placeholder. The changes appear on every slide in the presentation that’s based on that layout.Ĭlick in the toolbar, then choose Edit Slide Layouts.Ĭlick to select the slide layout you want to edit.Ĭreate a text placeholder: Add a text box or add a shape.Ĭreate a media placeholder: Add an image or add a video.Ĭhange the item’s appearance however you like and drag it where you want it on the slide.Ĭlick to select the object you added, then in the Format sidebar, click the Style tab. You can make the same kind of changes to a slide layout that you make to a normal slide - for example, modify the appearance of text, change the slide background and change the size of the images. If you want text, shapes or images on a slide layout to be editable in your presentation, you must add them to the layout as placeholders. If you add new images, text and other objects to a slide layout, these objects become part of the slide background and aren’t editable in your presentation. Only the slide in your presentation is changed the slide layout remains in its original state.

Then you replace the placeholder elements and make other changes as necessary. When you want to add a slide to your presentation that has particular elements - such as a title and subtitle, a bulleted list or an image - you select the slide layout that most resembles the look and feel you want. The slide templates used in each Keynote theme are based on slide layouts.

Format Chinese, Japanese or Korean text.Use a keyboard shortcut to apply a style.Create, rename or delete paragraph styles.Add bold, italic, underline or strikethrough to text.Format a presentation for another language.Select text and place the insertion point.Move and edit objects using the object list.Place objects inside a text box or shape.Intro to images, charts and other objects.
