Keynote User Guide for iPad
- Welcome
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        - Intro to Keynote
- Intro to images, charts and other objects
- Create your first presentation
- Open a presentation
- Save and name a presentation
- Find a presentation
- Print a presentation
- Copy text and objects between apps
- Basic touchscreen gestures
- Use Apple Pencil with Keynote
- Create a presentation using VoiceOver
 
- Copyright

Add a border to a slide in Keynote on iPad
To add a border — such as a solid or dotted line — around a slide, you first add a square shape to the slide, then change the shape’s attributes so it behaves like a border. For example, you change the size of the shape, give it no fill (as opposed to a colour fill) so that it doesn’t obscure other objects on the slide, and so on.
If you want several slides to use the same border, create a master slide that includes the border.
- Tap  , then tap , then tap . .
- In the Basic category, tap a square or rounded rectangle to add it. 
- Drag the blue dots that appear around the shape until the outer edges of the shape form the border size you want. 
- Tap  , then tap Style. , then tap Style.
- Tap Fill, tap Preset, then swipe left and tap No Fill. - If you want the bordered area to have a background colour, tap a fill option. You can make the object more transparent so it doesn’t hide other objects on the slide. 
- Tap  to go back to the Style tab. to go back to the Style tab.
- Tap to turn on Border. 
- To choose a border style, colour and width, use the controls that appear. 
- To change the transparency, drag the Opacity slider (at the bottom of the controls). - If the shape is filled with a colour, its transparency also changes. 
- To lock the border so it doesn’t get moved accidentally, tap Arrange (at the top of the controls), then tap Lock. 
- When you’ve finished, tap anywhere on the slide to dismiss the controls.