Keynote

Apply a slide layout in Keynote on Mac

To quickly change the look of a slide, you can apply a different slide layout to it. If you make changes to a slide format (like moving a text or image placeholder) and later want to use the original formatting, you can reapply the slide layout. Reapplying the slide layout won’t delete your content.

Apply a different slide layout

In the slide navigator, click to select a slide or select multiple slides.
In the Format sidebar, click the Slide Layout button near the top.
Select a different slide layout.

Tip: You can add a Layouts button to the toolbar, which gives you quick access to all slide layouts. To learn more, see Customise the toolbar in Keynote on Mac.

Reapply a slide layout

You can reapply a slide layout so that text and media placeholders return to their default style and position, the slide background returns to its default colour or image, and placeholder objects are shown or hidden as they were by default.

Note: If you’re sharing a presentation with others, you can’t reapply slide layouts.

In the slide navigator, click to select a slide or select multiple slides.
Control-click the selected slide, then choose Reapply Layout to Slide.

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Keynote User Guide for Mac

Apply a slide layout in Keynote on Mac

Apply a different slide layout

Reapply a slide layout