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To open the Inspector window:
m Choose View > Show Inspector (or click Inspector in the toolbar).
Adding Graphics
To add a graphic to a slide:
m Drag the graphic file from the Finder to the slide canvas or choose Edit > Place >
Choose and select the graphic file in the navigation dialog, and then click Place.
You can also drag a graphic file directly from the Finder to the slide organizer to automatically
create a new slide with the graphic placed on it.
You can edit and manipulate graphics to get the look you want, including changing the
colors, alignment, and orientation. You make these adjustments using the Inspector window.
Object placement, size, and orientation are set in the Metrics Inspector. Shadow, fill color,
and opacity are set using the Graphic Inspector. For more information about setting
attributes using the inspectors, see Chapter 3, “Working With Text, Graphics, and Other
Media.”
To present complex or numerical data in an easily digestible visual format, Keynote supplies
smartly styled tables and charts that fit with each theme. For more information about adding
tables and charts, see Chapter 5, “Creating Tables,” and Chapter 6, “Creating Charts.”
Using Alignment Guides and Rulers
As you move your text and graphics around on the slide canvas, you will notice alignment
guides appearing and disappearing. These guides are built into the master slides to help you
center and align objects on the canvas. They appear whenever the center or edge of an
object aligns with the center or edge of another object, or with the center of the slide canvas.
You can create your own alignment guides to help you place slide elements precisely in the
same position from one slide to the next.
In addition to alignment guides, you will also notice position tags that display the X and Y
coordinates of the top left corner of each object’s container box as you move it around the
slide canvas, or its angle as you rotate it. If you resize an object, size tags appear, displaying
the height and width of the object.
You can also turn on rulers to help you align objects on the slide canvas. Rulers show you
how far (in inches, centimeters, pixels, or percentage of the distance across the slide) an
object is from the top of the slide, and how far from the left edge of the slide.
To turn rulers on:
m Choose View > Show Rulers.
To change the units of measure in the rulers:
1 Choose Keynote > Preferences.