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Q: Master slides and placeholder content

I'd like to construct a presentation where I have a number of different master slides that all rely on slightly different configurations of placeholder content.

 

For example:

 

Master Slide 1 relies on placeholders <1>, <3> and <10>

Master Slide 2 relies on placeholders <1>, <6> and <8>

Master Slide 3 relies on placeholders <2>, <4>, <7> and <9>

 

etc etc

 

I would like to be able to enter in ALL the placeholder copy (ie. placeholders 1-10) for a project and then cycle through Master Slide configurations that show those various configurations without having to fill in the copy over and over again.

 

Problem is, if I look at a master slide that relies on placeholders <1>, <3> and <10>,  Keynote will forget the contents of <3> and <10> if I cycle to another master that relies on <1>, <6> and <7>.

 

As a result I'm constantly re-entering placeholder copy as a function of cycling through different master variations of layouts.

 

Is there a way to fix this so that each slide can contain placeholder content for 1-10 without having to include it in the slide's formatting?

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 30, 2016 2:21 PM

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  • by Gary Scotland,

    Gary Scotland Gary Scotland Sep 1, 2016 11:44 AM in response to map77
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    Sep 1, 2016 11:44 AM in response to map77

    Iv read this many times and I don't understand your terminology or what you are trying to achieve.

     

    A place holder is an object that holds attributes such as drop shadow, shape, size, opacity or reflection.

    Images are dragged on to a place holder on a slide, to enable that image to have the attributes of the place holder applied.

     

    Each image has to be dragged on to individual place holders.

     

    Place holder on a master slide, with attributes applied:

    Screen Shot 2016-09-01 at 19.35.22.png

    place holder on an ordinary slide, containing an image that has adopted the attributes of the place holder:

    Screen Shot 2016-09-01 at 19.36.19.png