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

