Objects in Master slides staying infront

Hi I'm wondering if there is an option within keynote to allow objects in master slides to appear in front of objects in slides that that master is applied to.
Hope this makes sense!!

Yes, select the Master slide, then
Chose the "Slide" tab in the inspector, then "Appearance" and select "Allow objects on slide to layer with master"

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Objects in master slide disappear

Hi,
I got a problem with my master slides. I don't know why, but in some projects (not all), at some point, some objects (not all) in the master slide disappear. They are in the timeline, but we cannot see them in the document window display nor in the published swf.
What's the bug? (I'm using Captivate 5.5)
Thanks
LAG

Hello again
I totally understand about the visibility on Timeline having no effect on the published output.
Let me try to explain this differently. Consider your Captivate workspace to be like a piece of paper. Perhaps you lay another piece of paper sized identically to the first on top of the paper. That second piece is colored gray. So it would provide the illusion of a gray background. You insert a caption and you see the caption and the gray background. You later insert another image. Perhaps a small photo. Now you see the caption, the photo and the gray background. But what if the photo were the same size as the paper? Then the whole photo would just cover the gray background. That's what I was trying to get at by turning off visibility in the timeline. Thinking that perhaps you have something large that is just covering things up where you cannot see them.
Cheers... Rick

Unhide objects within master slides?

Hi,
I have a bunch of flash animations on a master slide in Cp 5.0, and some of them overlap one another, so I right-clicked an animation and chose 'Hide' in order to get it out of the way so I could get to the animation under it. That was apparently a bad idea, because now I can't find a way to unhide it, since the master slides don't have their own timeline.
In other words, since the object is now hidden, I can't right-click it to 'unhide' it because it is not there to right-click. The animation still plays in F10, so I know its still there, I just can't get to it to edit it. Does anyone know a way to unhide something that has been hidden like this on a master slide? Or, even better, a way to bring up a 'timeline' for the master slide?
Thanks.

Here's an image of what it looks like for me. Just clear the X.
Cheers... Rick
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Add option to convert an object on slide to placeholder object from Master Slide View.

This just makes sense...

1. How to convert an info object (0CUSTOMER) as an Info Provider?
Open up 0CUSTOMER - Masterdata/Texts Tab - Give the Infoarea first - > This will enable the Char as Infoprovider property.
2. It is currently in production, so what will be the implication of converting the master data as a Info provider? How the transfer rules, update rules gets affected? and what will happen to existing data?
No impact at all.
3. I can view the description, which is in a master data text table and I need this as part of the report. Is it possible to report out of 0CUSTOMER?
Yes you will also see text in the report.
4. Should I create a DSO and load both 0CUSTOMER_ATTR and 0CUSTOMER_TEXT into the DSO and report on it using a Info Set.
You can directly report on 0CUSTOMER itself.

Master & slide title or object linking?

greetings,
i've been using keynote for a few years. i'm using keynote version 5.0.4, which is the current version. i compiled a presentation recently by copying slides from older presentations. i've made a newer master and have reassigned the master slide for the slide to be the same. however, the titles on the slides are not getting relinked to the master slide title. so changes to the master title style are not being reflected in the individual slides for most slides.
i've played with the "inspector" -> slide -> appearance to see if i can for the title to relink to the master, without success. so far the only way i've found to get the slide titles to connect to the new master is to insert a new slide and copy the slide body and presenters notes to the new slide. then i select the text in the old slide title and "paste & match style" in the new slide.
but my presentation is around 140 slides. and i don't want to have to do this to all of them to be able to globally control the style of the slide title.
i've searched some of the posts and haven't seen this addressed before. does anyone have any suggestions about how to relink the slide titles if they are no longer linked?
thanks for any suggestions.

ahh! i found it...
1- select the object, in this case the title
2- right click
3- pop-up menu shows "reapply slide master to selection"
i spent about an hour yesterday fooling around this this, trying different things, and did't figure it out...
so in case someone else needs it, here it is...

Can I put multiple object placeholder in Master slide?

I would like to know if I can creat multiple object placeholder in Master slide or not. After searching the disccusion, seems that this problem occur since Keynote 03 and is not improved till Keynote 09 now. In fact, I would like to make a slide show of multiple photos, but I would like to arrange several photos in one slide and exactly the same position and size in each slide. So, it would be easiler if I can make a master slide with mulitple object placeholders. Can anyone help or if there is any alternative ways? Thank you.

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Keynote 6.5 Loses Ability to Keep Master Slide Objects Static for Object Transitions

A gripe that I'm hoping many of you are as infuriated with as me – and hopefully maybe someone can point out something I am not seeing.
In past versions of Keynote 6:
Premise:
An object is placed on a Master Slide (not a placeholder)
That master is applied to slides.
An Object Transition (Cube, Revolve, Pop, Push, Flip, Zoom Perspective) is applied to that slide (which is followed by a slide with the same master)
Result:
Only objects not on the master slide would animate during the transition leading to a premium feeling transition.
Keynote 6.5
Premise:
Same as above
Result:
All objects animate, including non placeholder Master Slide objects resulting in "too much" happening on screen.
As a presentation designer who makes a living on Keynote, this is a huge step back. I used to trick Keynote 5.3 into getting the effect that I wanted by taking screenshots of a blank slide and then making that screen shot the background of a slide. It was a time suck, often somewhat pixelated, a huge addition to file size (especially for templating), and cumbersome to make small changes like adjusting position of logos.
Apple... I hope one of your engineers are reading this and creates a fix for this in the near future.

A gripe that I'm hoping many of you are as infuriated with as me – and hopefully maybe someone can point out something I am not seeing.
In past versions of Keynote 6:
Premise:
An object is placed on a Master Slide (not a placeholder)
That master is applied to slides.
An Object Transition (Cube, Revolve, Pop, Push, Flip, Zoom Perspective) is applied to that slide (which is followed by a slide with the same master)
Result:
Only objects not on the master slide would animate during the transition leading to a premium feeling transition.
Keynote 6.5
Premise:
Same as above
Result:
All objects animate, including non placeholder Master Slide objects resulting in "too much" happening on screen.
As a presentation designer who makes a living on Keynote, this is a huge step back. I used to trick Keynote 5.3 into getting the effect that I wanted by taking screenshots of a blank slide and then making that screen shot the background of a slide. It was a time suck, often somewhat pixelated, a huge addition to file size (especially for templating), and cumbersome to make small changes like adjusting position of logos.
Apple... I hope one of your engineers are reading this and creates a fix for this in the near future.

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

Add an object placeholder to a master slide

How do I add an Object Placeholder to a master slide so I can drag and drop photos and have the pictures automatically size themselves to fit the placeholder? (I need to place 400 images, 18 to a slide and manage their builds individually.)

To add a placeholder to a master, select the master, and then in the Master Slide Inspector palette, select the Appearance tab, and under Layout check the "Object Placeholder" option.
However, do note that a slide can have only one Object Placeholder on it. If you have a large number of images that need to be sized to certain maximum dimensions, you might find instead that a tool such as Downsize is useful -- it will automatically resize a folder of images to a maximum height or width (and it's only $20). ImageWell also does quick resizing (freeware, although no batch feature).

Keynote 6.5 Loses Ability to Copy and Paste Master Objects (Titles, Body) From One Master Slide to Another

This is just a major pain point that I hope is fixed as soon as possible.
In all Keynote 6 versions of the past (and 5), you were able to do the following:
1) Copy a Title or Body object (with proper formatting) from one Master Slide to another.
1a) The slide you would paste it into would have had to have been deleted/unchecked.
2) The pasted Title and Body objects would then assume the role of the Master's Title and Body Boxes
Now:
Instead of assuming the role of the Master Slides Title and Body Boxes, they are simply text box objects. If you were to check "Title" or "Body", the old objects (with probably improper formatting) would still be that slide.

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Master slide and object animations

Hi,
I have a problem. If I apply an animation on some object on a slide, when I play the presentation, the objects on the master slide disappear. This doesn't happen if I apply a transition on the whole slide.
I tried to play my presentation on a different machine, a macbook, and there is no problem.
I don't think this is a misconfiguration because if I use two monitor, I can see all the object on the monitor for the speaker, but the problem yet remain on the monitor for the presentation.
Is there anyone have an idea about the reason?
thank you

If it is working on a different machine, it may be there is something wrong with your current install of iWork. I would suggest deleting all the iWork preferences files (located in your Library, in Preferences, delete all of the "com.apple.name" files that have "iWork", "Pages", or "Keynote" in their name), and then re-install the software.
As an intermediate step, you might try creating a new user account, and see if the problem appears on that account. If not, I'd suggest deleting the preferences in your original account, as indicated above, and see if that solves things.

Unable to Paste Objects from Slides into Master Slides

I'm wondering if I'm missing a step or if anyone else has this problem:
I'm adding a new master slide to a theme and trying to customize it by copying objects and text boxes I've made on a regular slide onto a master slide. I can copy and paste on the regular slide, but the master slide will not accept any pasted objects, even though they were made in Keynote.
I can't find any way to unlock a whole slide, or other clue to making the new master slide accept the pasted objects.
Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Figured it out...
1. Open the "problematic" document.
2. Go to slide with the elements you want to copy (not your master slide)
3. Open your Inspector box > Slide tab > Appearance tab.
4. Uncheck ALL components - Title, Body, Slide Number, Object Placeholder.
5. Go back to the slide and "select all" (or individual elements), and select Edit > Copy.
6. Go to your Master Slide and paste (done)
Don't ask me why the software behaves like this, step 4 is the kicker! It doesn't make sense to me, but I'm sure someone with greater knowledge of the app can answer that question.

Am I able to name an object on the master slide?

I would like to name, for example, the "Back" button so that I can hide it on the first page. The same would go for the "Next" button. These are my own buttons. I could also hide the "Pause" button and show the "Play" button, etc.
I just cannot find where I could name these.
Thanks

Objects on the master slide cannot be named and you cannot give them a duration. That means that you cannot control them by (advanced) actions neither.
I explained some ideas in: http://blog.lilybiri.com/why-i-like-shape-buttons-captivate-6
Lilybiri

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 Slide templates are not showing correctly once out of film view

I am having problems with the master view edit within captivate. I have correctly adjusted the slides to fit the design I want, however when I add a new slide with that layout the buttons and boxes are throw all over the place. As well, a lot of the objects I would like to delete in the quiz pages can not be deleted and when trying to change the text for the default correct, must answer questions box..etc I am not able to change this text.

Hmmm, sorry about your frustration but as a daily user of Lynda.com for all kind of applications I find the Captivate courses much below their usual level. And I have commented that way on their site multiple times. There is no good practice, no explanation of proper workflows now about the logic of Captivate. You are not the first user that I helped out after such a 'bad' introduction. If you look at my answers, you'll see that I'm not that harsh usually. Having taught all kind of software applications since over 20 years, it is to me also very frustrating when I see this happening. And sorry, cannot help you with pointing to other tutorials, I never bought any book (had the same reflections when looking at books), nor trainings. I just learned by exploring and helping other users out.
Captivate is a very versatile tool, but learning curve is made unnecessary steep by bad approach in many tutorials. You'll learn recipes in them, nothing about the concept nor the logic. And once you want to change the recipe, you are stuck.
Do you know that in a theme you have theme color palette, object styles (did you ever use the Object Style Manager), master slides and a skin. The playbar is part of the skin. When you go to the skin editor, first tab allowed you to uncheck the playbar, go to the second tab 'Borders', and uncheck also the Borders.
Even terminology is a problem: what do you mean by a toolbar? There is for the moment in Captivate only a Big Button Bar in editing mode (Slides, Themes, Text, Shapes....). The real toolbar disappeared in CP8, was there in previous versions. There is an Align bar remaining, but it is not visible until you show it with the Window menu.

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