How to Give a Steve Jobs Caliber Keynote Presentation
Posted 04/02/2007 at 6:23am
| by Garrick Chow
Step 2: Master Those Master Slides
To change the layout of all slides that use the same template, you can edit a master slide. To see all of your master slides in thumbnail view, position the cursor on the icon that looks like an equals sign, then click and drag downward. (You can also see these by clicking Masters in the top menubar.)
To change the layout of a certain master slide, select it in the Master Slides thumbnail list. In the Inspector, the name of the Slide tab changes to Master Slide. You can now change the slide's behavior (Transitions tab) and look (Appearance tab), as desired.
You can also create a new master slide template based on an existing one. Choose the slide, right-click (or Control-click) it, and choose Duplicate. Another way to create a new master is to select a master you like, right-click (or Control-click) it, and select New Master Slide.

Instantly create a new master slide by duplicating an existing one.