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Q: Using "tab" in bulleted list to apply text style

In Keynote 6.2 - when working on a slide with different "levels" of text in the body of the slide, prior versions of Keynote would let you "advance" the text to the next level body style by placing the cursor at the front of a line of text and use the tab key... the particular style set for the next level of text as specified in the slide masters would be applied.  Now, the tab key just simply inserts a tab and the text style is not changed.

 

How do you do this now?  I cannot even figure out how to apply styles to the body text from the menu options...

OS X Mavericks (10.9.2)

Posted on Apr 7, 2014 10:18 AM

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Q: Using "tab" in bulleted list to apply text style

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  • by miked3_applesupportUsrName,

    miked3_applesupportUsrName miked3_applesupportUsrName Apr 21, 2014 11:50 AM in response to P Sloan
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    Apr 21, 2014 11:50 AM in response to P Sloan

    Kinda burried but found it.

    Set up a few lines of text the way you want them with tabs and by manually changing the bullet type (format sidebar, "Text" tab, "Bullets & Lists").

    Then highlight the lines and click the dropdown menu next to "Bullets & Lists". A dropdown list will appear. Theres a "+" sign you can click to add your own style which will match the lines of text you just created.

    You can also hover over an existing style and a grey arrow will appear, which you can click and choose to update that style instead.

    Sorry for the confusing description. Its really convoluted and poorly designed.

  • by tuohyp,

    tuohyp tuohyp Apr 23, 2014 3:21 AM in response to P Sloan
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    Apr 23, 2014 3:21 AM in response to P Sloan

    Very frustrating - but it appears as if Command ] (increase) and Command [ (decrease) will work instead of Tab and Shift Tab.

  • by jenae_verdinmarketing,

    jenae_verdinmarketing jenae_verdinmarketing Jun 3, 2016 1:00 PM in response to miked3_applesupportUsrName
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    Jun 3, 2016 1:00 PM in response to miked3_applesupportUsrName

    Hi,

    I have created a "bullets" style to exactly how I need it with fonts, sizing, etc. Unfortunately, every time I type out the specified text and click on the Bullets style that I made, it does not apply the bullets.

    How can I fix this?

     

    Thank you!