Change the look of text in Keynote on Apple Vision Pro

You can change how text looks by changing its font, size, or color, or by adding bold, italic, or other formatting. You can also fill text with gradients or images, or add an outline. To highlight text, you can add color behind it.

Change text appearance

Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box, shape, or table cell—then use the controls in the format bar to change text size and color, apply bold, italic, underline, or strikethrough, and more.

For more formatting options, you can also tap in the format bar that appears, then tap Format Options.

The Keynote app on Apple Vision Pro, showing a selected text box with formatting options below it.

Note: By default, the font size automatically changes to fit inside most text boxes. To manually adjust the font size, select the text box and tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window, then turn off Shrink Text to Fit at the bottom of the Text menu.

Change the color of text or fill text with an image

Select the text you want to change, tap in the format bar that appears, then use the controls to choose a color or gradient, fill text with an image, and more.

Tip: If you fill text with an image, you can change how it fills the object. Choose an option like Original Size, Tile, or Scale to Fit.

The Keynote app on Apple Vision Pro, showing a selected text box with options to change the font color below it.

Add or remove an outline around text

Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box, shape, or table cell—then tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window.
Tap Cell (for text in a table) or Text (for text in a shape or text box) to show the text controls.
Tap in the Font section of the controls.
Turn Outline on or off.
If you add an outline, use the controls to change its style, color, and width.

Add a background color to text

You can add color behind any selection of text—individual characters, words, or entire paragraphs—to create a highlight effect.

Select the text you want to change—or tap a text box or shape—then tap in the navigation bar at the top of the window.
If you don’t see text controls, tap Text.
Tap in the Font section of the controls.
Tap Text Background, then choose a color or preset.

To remove the background color from selected text, tap Preset, then tap No Fill.

You can keep text formatting consistent in a presentation by creating and using text styles.

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Apple Vision Pro User Guide

Change the look of text in Keynote on Apple Vision Pro

Change text appearance

Change the color of text or fill text with an image

Add or remove an outline around text

Add a background color to text