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Creating Builds on Master Slides
You can add object builds to a master slide so that the build effects appear on every
slide based on that master.
For example, if you plan to create a number of slides with bulleted text, and you want
each slide to build in bullet by bullet, create a master slide with the desired build
effects, and then use that master to create the rest of your slides.
To create a build on a master slide:
1 Click View in the toolbar and choose Show Master Slides.
2 In the master slide navigator, select a master slide.
3 Define builds using the instructions in “Moving Objects on or off Slides Using Build
Effects” on page 103.
Creating Custom Themes
If you modify master slides in a theme and you want to use these modifications again
in other slideshows, you can save the modified theme as a custom theme. After you
save your custom theme, it appears in the Theme Chooser. When you select your
custom theme, it comes with all the master slides you defined.
Saving a Custom Theme
Create a new theme that contains any master slide changes you’ve made to the current
theme.
To save the current theme as a custom theme:
1 Choose File > Save Theme.
2 Type a name for your theme.
3 If you added sound or movies that you want to include in the theme, select “Copy
audio and movies into theme.” (If you don’t see this checkbox, click the disclosure
triangle to the right of the Save As field.)
Saving media files with a document makes the file much larger.
4 Click Save.
Unless you specify another location, custom themes are saved in the Themes folder on
your hard disk ([home]/Library/Application Support/iWork/Keynote/Themes). Only
themes in this folder appear in the Theme Chooser. If you store your theme in another
location, you can still open it (from the Finder) and use it to create a slideshow.