black background in Keynote not exporting

When I place an image on a black background in Keynote, .. it will only export a white background.

I will place an image as a background and tell it to scale to fit. This will leave a black band above and below the image in the Keynote window.

However when I go to export to PDF keynote will only export a white band above and below the image.

Of course it's my intention to have the black bands, not white.

Is there a work around for this??

13.5.1 - Keynote 13.2 - Mac studio M1 Ultra

Mac Pro

Posted on Feb 8, 2024 3:17 PM

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