Table in Master Slides

Hi Everyone,
I was wondering if there was a way of placing a pre-defined table in a master slide, with the desire to allow users to fill in table cells. An example would be a simple problem statement.
*The problem of:* <insert content>
Affects: <insert content>
*The impact which:* <insert content>
*A successful solution would:* <insert content>
The <insert content> would obviously be the table cell which the user would fill in.
Cheers,
Grant

Not sure why you'd be using keynote to distribute a questionnaire but you could just use text boxes and lock the Field labels. Tab wont work and the box outlines will be selectable locked or unlocked so no great Acrobat/Pages/Word substitute is Keynote!

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