Cannot Enter Text in Keynote

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Cannot Enter Text in Keynote

I'm using Keynote for almost the first time. I've created one slide by adding an image, now I'm trying to add a second slide with bullet points. However, when I try to overtype the placeholder text with my own, I find it is not allowed. The placeholder text remains in place and I continually get error beeps. I just cannot figure out what is wrong. The same problem occurs with any other type of slide, such a a title slide. I've checked the presentation title and the docuemnt is not locked.

Brian Smale

iMac 27″, macOS 12.2

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 1:52 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 9, 2022 3:20 PM in response to Brian Smale

Try this simple test

Close Keynote
Open Keynote
go to: Insert > Text Box
type some characters with the keyboard
go to: Play > Play Slide show

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Answer 2

Mar 10, 2022 3:29 AM in response to Brian Smale

I can't see you Mac so I can't guess what you're doing.

The procedure I gave is the basic level of using text in Keynote.

Have a look through the Keynote user guide section on text here: Add text in Keynote on Mac – Apple Support (UK)

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Brian Smale Author

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Mar 10, 2022 4:35 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Thanks, Gary. In fact, yesterday, I followed exactly the instruction in the user guide that you've mentioned and tried to add a bullet slide. It came up with a template showing Bullet Level 1, Bullet Level 2 (indented), Bullet Level 3 (further indented), and so on. I could not select and overwrite any the the placeholder text; I just got error pings as I mentioned previously. Just now, I tried again to add a bullet slide and it's appearance was different - just one line of text that I could freely edit.

So what the heck was going on yesterday remains a complete mystery. Anyway, all is well now.

Best regards,

Brian

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Brian Smale Author

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Mar 10, 2022 3:14 AM in response to Gary Scotland

Thank you, Gary, that seems to have fixed the problem, although I haven't done any extensive testing yet. Can you tell me what caused the problem and why your procedure fixed it?

Best regards,

Brian

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Cannot Enter Text in Keynote

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