Loss of Perspective, Scale and other 3D animations with Keynote '13/Mavericks?

I finally pinned down the problem:

I created a gradient shape and placed it in the background of a Master slide. This method worked well in Keynote '09 and I could drag all the images I wanted without it appearing as a textbox. In the new version of Keynote, this gradient shape is treated differently, resulting in pasting the URL into this shape -- even though the shape is part of the master template.

Sorry for shifting topics here...

There are no text boxes, or any other anything on the page for that matter. And it still doesn't work here.

What does work, is the news an Apple will be updating the iwork to return at least some functionality:http://www.macrumors.com/2013/11/06/apple-announces-upcoming-features-for-iwork- mac-apps/

That's mighty good news ! Let's see how much of this will tip the scale back again to a workable solution. I still hate the need to flip continuously between the two most important panels Format and Animation, and the latter really needs to offer a more economic interface with clearer timing indications. We'll see...

And, having to open the build order in a separate window... It's antiintuitive...