Change the theme, slide layouts and backgrounds in Keynote on Apple Vision Pro

Change the presentation theme

You can change the theme of a presentation at any time. Slides you’ve already added inherit the attributes of the new theme, including object styles, title styles and more. If you customised anything on your slides — for example, if you changed slide backgrounds or the colour of text — those changes remain.

Note: You can’t change the theme of a presentation you’re sharing with others.

Tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window, tap Presentation Options, then tap Presentation Setup.
Tap a theme or swipe left on the thumbnails to see more themes.
Tap or to preview slides in the new theme.
Tap Done.

Apply a different slide layout

To quickly change the look of a slide, you can apply a different slide layout to it. Changing the slide layout doesn’t delete your content — so if you make changes to the formatting of a slide and later want to return it to its original layout, you can reapply the original slide layout without losing any content.

Tap to select a slide on the left, tap it again, then tap in the format bar that appears.
Do one of the following:
- Choose a new layout: Tap Layout.
- Reset the layout of the current slide: Tap Reapply Slide Layout.

Create a new slide layout

Tap to select a slide on the left, tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window, then tap Edit Slide Layout.
Tap at the bottom of the slide navigator, then tap to select an existing slide layout that looks similar to what you want.
Type a name for the new slide layout, then tap OK.
Modify the slide layout however you like by adding text, images, shapes, placeholders and other objects.
If you add images, text and other objects to a slide layout, these objects become part of the slide background. If you want to be able to edit them, add them to the layout as placeholders.
When you’ve finished editing, tap Done.

Use a standard background

You can change the background colour or image of individual slides in a presentation.

In the slide navigator on the left, tap to select a slide, tap it again, then tap in the format bar that appears.
Tap Standard, then choose the options you want. You can choose a two-colour gradient fill, use a colour from elsewhere on the slide, add an image and more.

Use a dynamic background

Dynamic backgrounds are animations that add motion to slides without significantly increasing the size of your Keynote file. There are a variety of preset dynamic background styles you can choose and customise. If you use the same dynamic background style on consecutive slides, the animation plays seamlessly when you change slides.

Tip: Use a Magic Move transition to seamlessly move between slides that use the same dynamic background style but with different appearance settings.

In the slide navigator on the left, tap to select a slide, tap it again, then tap in the format bar that appears.
Tap Dynamic, then tap the style you want to use.
Do any of the following:
- Pause the dynamic background while you work: Turn off Preview Motion. The dynamic background still moves when you play the slideshow.
- Customise a dynamic background style: Tap Background Options. You can change options like the dynamic background’s speed, the distance between waves or how blurry the background appears.

Changing the background of a slide doesn’t affect other slides that use that layout, unless you edit the slide layout. When you change the background of a slide layout, it’s applied to every slide that uses that layout.

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