MLModel
Level 1
(16 points)
Q: How to change master slide title in 6.2?
I have used Keynote occasionally for many years and more or less know what I am doing. I have a strange problem. In a slide master that has "Title Text" at the top, I want to change the words to "Section Title". (Actually, I want to change it to a two-line or two-paragraph title, so I really want "Section Title:¶Topic".) When I select "Title Text" at the top a wide gray-background box shows up. No matter what I try I can't get "into" the text to modify it the way I can with an editable text object on the master. What gives? What kind of thing is this? It isn't even marked as a placeholder. Why can't I change it? (The master is part of the "Classic" theme.)
I know that when I start working on the actual slide, "Title Text" doesn't appear. I also know that if I can type into the title of a slide based on that master and turn it into two lines. The reason I want a two-line title on the master is so I can arrange rules and backgrounds around them. Plus, I'm just frustrated at not being able to change it.
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4), Hi-Res anti-glare wide screen
Gary Scotland
Level 6
(14,284 points)
When I select "Title Text" at the top a wide gray-background box shows up. No matter what I try I can't get "into" the text to modify it the way I can with an editable text object on the master.
This is correct behaviour in Keynote; it is not possible to change the visible text of a preset text box when viewed in Edit Master Slide.
The reason I want a two-line title on the master is so I can arrange rules and backgrounds around them.
Then open the blank master slide, (View > Edit Master Slide), duplicate it and give it a new name, then add a custom text box (Insert > Text Box) and format it as you require.
You can then save the presentation or create a custom theme so you can use it at any time in the future.
