Multiple place holders in master slide

Hello all,
I would like to create a master slide with more than one place holder. Is that possible and how can I do it.
Thank you all for the time you spend giving others your insight and knowledge.
Mireille

You probably want to make sure of your terminology.
Here's my definitions of things in Keynote:
Place Holder: That usually invisible "placeholder" shape Apple added in Keynote 2 that's mostly useless, doesn't mask shapes, and forces charts to conform to where it is, even if it's turned off. You can find it in the Inspector along with the Title, Body and pag number items for each slide
Photo Cutout: These are the holes in photo slides. They're made by sticking an image with holes punched in it on the back of the slide. They're not the "background" of the slide in that they're sitting ON the slide.
Photo Masks: This is done by using a shape and a photo, and using the Mask to Shape function to hide parts of the photo that stick outside the shape.
If you're going for the actual Placeholder, then NO, you can't do two to a slide. If you're looking to make a photo cutout with two holes, that's easily done in Photoshop or some other photo editor that supports transparency. I usually save the image out as a PNG with transparency. You can also FAKE this using the Mask to shape option, especially if the photo cutout on the theme you're using doesn't have some fancy dressing around it.
Hope that helps!

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