How to Design Your Own Template in Keynote 09
Apple Computer created Keynote as a platform for Steve Jobs to deliver his own custom slide presentations at annual Macworld conventions. After years of upgrades and updates, Keynote 09 now ships with 44 professionally designed themes and templates to help you create your own polished slide presentation. If you need your own custom look with a theme specific to your project, Keynote has the functionality to let you quickly design your own template.
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Instructions
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Launch Keynote by clicking on the icon in your dock. Choose a simple theme from the "Theme Chooser" window. Click the "Choose" button.
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Select "View" from main window. Click "Show Master Slides." The master templates for the theme you've chosen appear in the slide sorter pane on the left. Click the thumbnail of the first slide theme you want to design.
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Modify the layout of the slide by changing the elements on the slide or by adding graphics or backgrounds to the template. Drag photos from your desktop to the Keynote slide. Change the text in the templated text box. Add company logos or footers. When you are satisfied with your template, it's time to save it.
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Select "File" from the main menu. Scroll to "Save Theme." Enter a file name in the text field. The suffix for the Keynote theme is .KTH, which is supplied by Keynote automatically. Save it in the "Themes" folder. Close the window. You don't need to save the file, as the template has already been saved.
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Test your theme by choosing "File," and then select "New From Theme Chooser." Your new template's thumbnail appears in the "Theme Chooser" window. Click to select it.
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