Is there a tutorial video on using Master slides in Keynote?

The tutorial videos have been helpful to me. Is there a tutorial video regarding the use of Master slides in Keynote?

Apple has this non-video material: http://www.apple.com/support/keynote/themes/
Lynda.com has this fee-based training: http://www.lynda.com/iWork-tutorials/keynote-08-essential-training/Using-master- slides/32016-4.html
Jerry

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Pausing slides using master slides and widgets

Hi,
Is there a better way that what we are doing becuase we ware wasting time and we put this process in pace in CP 5.5 and want to know what we can better in CP7.01
We want to have our slides pause at the middle of each slide
Currently
- Our navigation buttons are on the master slide . These are custom static widgets to do forward and back because interactive objects cannot be put on master slides
- so we add a hidden object on each slide to pause
We have complicated branching becuase
- we have glossaries and help
- branched scenarios
So we really need this to work releiably
Problems
- our widget doesn't show on the branched viewer
- we make mistakes using the variable recording the previous viewed slide
We were worried about using a playbar becuase it
- allows you to exit assessments
- allows users to skip our simulations
regards Paul

Your statement '..because interactive objects cannot be put on master slides' is no longer valid since CP6: there is one type of interactive objects that can be used on master slides (or timed for the rest of the project) which are the shape buttons. I have been talking a lot about them:
http://blog.lilybiri.com/why-i-like-shape-buttons-captivate-6
http://blog.lilybiri.com/toggle-shape-buttons
http://blog.lilybiri.com/want-a-button-on-question-slide-in-captivate
And I presented a webinar, info and link can be found here: http://blogs.adobe.com/captivate/2012/09/training-lilybiris-favourite-shapes-to-trigger-ad vanced-actions.html
You could easily replace the static widgets by shape buttons, they are a lot easier to 'style' and very flexible.
One example: if you want just to pause each slide, add a pausing shape button (transparent fill and no stroke) to the main master slide. Because there is no timing possible for objects on a master slide, that pause will always occur at the end of the slide, whatever its duration. You cannot time the pause! If you have a shape button with pause timed for the rest of the project, that pausing point will always be at the same absolute time (relative is not possible, thought I'd seen somewhere a question about pausing at half the slide duration but cannot find it in your text).
I (almost) never use a playbar myself. It is only useful for simple linear projects.
Lilybiri

Can't change master slide in Keynote

Phong, of Apple Support was able to finally help. Kudos Phong!
Test:
1. Open a new presentation
2. Edit / View / Edit Master Slide
3. If the edits are not saved, then there is an issue.
In addition, the presentation froze and I could not make any changes, preview, nor play the presentation.
Solution:
1. Move the Keynote App to trash
2. Reboot
3. Open App Store (log in if needed)
4. Go to Purchases
5. Keynote should show purchased, not "Installed"
6. Click the "Installed" radio button
7. Reinstall the Keynote App
This corrected all my Keynote problems.

The Master Password is only used for encrypting the names and passwords that are stored in the Password Manager and not to prevent access to other settings.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/password-manager-remember-delete-change-passwords
I'm not sure what setting you are referring about in respect of auto-logout or auto lock.
Can you attach a screenshot?
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenshot
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-create-screenshot-my-problem
Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.
Details like websites remembering you (log you in automatically) are stored in a cookie.
*Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: Exceptions

How do I set up a master slide in Keynote that provides placeholders for multiple images?

I came across an article in Mac|Life (Oct 2012 p90) titled "Create a Stylish Slideshow". The steps include creating a master slide that allows for you to add multiple photos. My master slide list for all themes allows for only one photo per slide. What am I missing and how can I set up a slide to which I can add multiple photos as they do in this article? Yes, I am using Keynote '09 v5.3.

Thanks for the info. Following the instructions which are covered in chap 12 of the User Manual, I found that I cannot use shapes as placeholders. The only success I experienced was if I used an actual photo image. With photos I could select Define as Media Placeholder, with Shapes, the only option was to Define as Text Placeholder. I will address this with a thorough review of chapter 12.
My initial problem was that I assumed that all themes in Keynote possessed the same set of Master slides. When I found this not to be the case I looked at each theme and identified 12 of the 44 provided different master slide options which provided placeholders for more than 1 photo (a few provided up to 6). For helpful information for others, here is a listing of those themes that provide master slides for more than 1 photo: Editorial, Kyoto, Brushed Canvas, Typeset, Craft, Stock Book, Blue Print, Vellum, Modern Portfolio, White Corners, Storyboard, Formal.
Thanks again. Your feedback got me on the right track to resolving my problem.

Changing multiple master slides on keynote 6

Can I change multiple master slides at once on Keynote?

No, you can only access one master slide at a time.

Cannot use master card...

Hi there,
I just wanted to use master card for online payment but I failed to go through. Because it says 'we do not allow you to purchase with a card that is already use by another skype account', so how could I remove my card from other account that I do not want to use anymore.
Please help me out as I need badly to purchase credit.
Thankx,
Titu.

Apple may have different restrictions that the other selling network does not apply.
If you have no other card to try, contact support using these links:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/contact/
https://getsupport.apple.com/Issues.action

Master slide and rounded corners

Hi,
Would anyone be able to tell me if there is a way to replace master slides with different shapes, such as a rectangle with rounded corners? I'm using Captivate 7.
Thanks in advance,
Darrell.

This is not on a Master slide, but you can create rounded corners on the borders of your project. Go to Project > Table of Contents or Skin Editor > click the square icon underneath the Skin - that will take you to the borders. Then you can check the Show Borders > Style, click the drop down and select Rounded corners. You'd probably want to make sure you have all four edges selected.

Master slide background color

When I select the master slide on the far left (the slightly bigger one), and I deselect "project background" and change the "stage:" to a different color, nothing happens. I am trying to use the solid color (paint can) and I put in my choice of Hex color (005983). When I try the same thing on the individual master slides to the right, I also get nothing. I even changed the Edit>Preferences>Defaults>Background color to the same color. And I get nothing.
I can (and have) put other things (logo, color bar) on the Master slide, and it propigates to the right on the other slides. What am I missing?

There are objects on the main master slide, they are not merged into the background. Yes, you can set the stage color for a normal slide as well:
What do you really want to achieve with selecting a blue color for the main master slide? It will not show up because you have objects on that slide that cover the stage color.
I know, documentation is not very helpful. I have been writing a lot about Captivate to provide some clues, but not about master slides. It is a lot of work to write out documentation and I'm offering everything for free. Same with answers here, where Rod and Rick are also spending many hours trying to provide answers.
Depending on the theme you started with, there can be a project background. You used the white theme. That background will always show up on the main master slide, even when you uncheck Project background. If you want not to see that Project background on a normal slide, but a full blue color, you have to unselect Use Master Slide Background, then unselect Project Background (is dimmed as long as you use Master Slide Background) and then you can use a stage color. Those settings I show in the screenshot.

How to modify a Master Slide on a single page.

I am wondering how to modify the master slide on a particular slide.
Like in InDesign when you hold shift + ctrl you can select items from the master page and modify them on that particular page only, without making the changes to every page where that Maser page is applied.
Trying to figure out how to accomplish this simple task in Captivate 5. (Windows 7)

As far as I know that option is not avaiable.
You could duplicate your master slide, make the changes to it, then assign that new master to the individual slide.
This works if there's only one, but if you had many variations of master slides it would get unwieldy after a while and defeat the purpose of using master slides, IMO.

Is it possible to float Master Slide objects above all slide content?

I would like to have text on my master slide to always show above content on each individual slides?
I just started using Keynote, so I'm kind of a beginner, although I've know how to do this in something like inDesign. Obviously Keynote is not a design layout app, but it should at least have some of these basic features, especially since it seems it would be easy to implement.
Thanks in advance to all the Keynote pros out there.

Ah! I didn't see when you originally posted, but, no, there's no way to have Master slide object in "front" of the other stuff. I even tried it with a media placeholder and still, no-go. Be sure to send your feature request to Apple by way of this page.
Apple - Keynote - Feedback

Remove 'master slide' from individual slide?

Is there a way to remove the master slide from an individual slide but keep it present on the remaining ones?
I am using Keynote 6.1
Thanks

Select the slide you want to change then
Inspector > Format > Slide Layout then click in the white box to select another slide master

Placeholders on Master Slides in Captivate 5 don't seem to work

Hi I'm very new to Captivate and I am exploring the trial version (5) to learn what it can do.
I am trying to create a project template with a master slide. I have added text caption placeholders to the master slide and saved the file as a project template.
When I create a 'new project from template' using this file I have created a slide based upon the master with placeholders but I am unable to edit the placeholders from the film strip view (they are not clickable, and stay locked). Am I doing something wrong?
There appeared to be a thread about an issue with Master slides but I don't know if this has been resolved.
I'm hoping it's an error on my part (which someone can hopefully correct me on) rather than a bug in Captivate as this would seem to be a pretty fundamental feature when creating courseware.
Thanks in advance.

Hello,
To really know the power of master slides and templates I should explain a lot more, but in my previous answer I just tried to explain why your approach was not the right one. In a template you can have much more than just a couple of slides with placeholders, you can have typical object styles, advanced actions, user variables etc. It would really need more than a short answer in this thread to explain all that. And that is different from just a blank slide, because placeholders (keeping all introduced styles) will not exist in a blank project, where you would have to insert text to have the proper layout etc.
Master slides can have variables inserted in a Text Caption, or even have a rollover caption that can have variables in it. I tried to explain the use of variables in this article, and there are examples to be used on a master slide:
Using power of variables without advanced actions
In my blog I'm always using master slides, you'll find links pointing to other articles
lilybiri's posterous
If you work with stencil slides, indeed the user will have to duplicate stencil slides to use them. Captivate is not Powerpoint, which is meant for presentations on the first place, while Captivate is meant for developing software training, soft skills trainings, assessments and perhaps presentations.
I'm sorry, just wanted to help you.
Lilybiri

Master Slides image sitting on top of recorded slide image.

When I record slides the only image that appears on the slide are the mouse movements and the Master Slide image. It looks like the Master Slide image is "sitting on top" of the recorded image. The recorded images are listed in the Library as Backgrounds. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.

Look in the Properties tab > General accordion to see if Use Master Slide Background is selected.

What good are Master Slides if...

I can not edit them on the main timeline? I create a captivate template and use master slides with place holders. Then create a new project from the template and I can not edit the master slide with place holders. Right now all I can see using a master slide for is my background objects that are the same on every slide.
I was hoping that I was goign to be able to use master slides with my subject matter expert. That way all he had to do was pick a Master for a slide then type the info in the place holder. But that does not work. So I am back to using regular slides with place holders.
The whole concept of being able to add place holders to a masterslide seems strange to me if you can not edit them on the main timeline.

Hi folks
Indeed things get a bit muddy with the Master Slides concept and placeholders. I think this is further exacerbated with the whole concept of the panels.
In Captivate 4, when you created a Project Template and it had placeholders, you double-clicked the placeholder and a dialog popped up that you interacted with to configure the content. In Captivate 5 it appears that double-clicking the placeholder just tends to focus the properties panel for the objkect. And because the panels are so similar, it's quite often difficult to discern that anything changed. As a result, you may not think the template is working.
I agree that it seems counterintuitive to have an ability to insert a placeholder into a Master Slide, then apparently prevent access to edit the placeholder unless you are editing the Master Slide. What would seem more intuitive to me is that if placeholders were used in a Master Slide, they would be transferred to any new slides created using Insert > New Slide. I stand to be corrected on this, but I believe that's how PowerPoint works. So it would make sense if Captivate worked in a similar fashion as folks are generally already accustomed to working the way PowerPoint does.
For anyone reading this thread that would like to see changes made, please consider submitting a Wish Form and advise Adobe as to how you would like to see the behavior change. Don't be fooled into thinking that submitting a Wish Form is just a way to make you feel you have had your say. Adobe does see these. And if they see enough asking for the same feature or reporting the same issue, the Feature or Issue gains much higher priority.
Link to the Wish Form/Bug Reporting Form is in my sig.
Cheers... Rick
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Master Slides

Hi Guys,
I'm learning captivate and trying to get into the habit of using master slides.
However, I'm having a lot of problems using Placeholders. Regardless of what I do, the options on the Insert top menu are always grayed out, thus I can't select them.
I have the Master slide selected, so I don't know what I could be missing.
Thanks,
Matthew

Welcome to our community, Matthew
Placeholders are only available if you are working with a Project Template. What you do is to create a Project Template by clicking File > New Project > Project Template and configure the settings.
Then your placeholders will be available.
What you do is configure any number of slides that have certain items already configured and in place. Then where variable stuff would go, you use Placeholders. For example, perhaps you have a splash screen slide that has a Text Animation. Each project will present different verbiage as the animated text. So you insert a Text Animation Placeholder.
Perhaps you also always have a series of recorded steps following that. So you add another slide that has a Recording Slide Placeholder.
You then save the Template.
To use the Template, you click File > New Project > Project From Template. Then you double-click the placeholder objects to configure them or launch a recording process.
Hopefully that helps you make better sense of things... Rick
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