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Changing text in Keynote?

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downingp

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Is there an easy and efficient way to change the color of text or highlight text in Keynote '08? In my graduate school, the professors strictly use powerpoint presentations to teach class. I would like to be able to highlight or change the color of important text during the presentation quickly and efficiently.
I know how to change the text color with the color wheel, but I don't want to have to always go to the color wheel to change the color each time I want to highlight text.

Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
In the format bar, there is a text color box next to the font size. Click on it and you can choose from a grid of color swatches. That's the quickest way I've found so far...
 
I don't have Keynote with me here at work, but I think you can get a highlighter pen in the collaboration/comment section, IIRC.
 
Just duplicate the slide then edit the text you want on the new slide. Then just run the slideshow, when you want to highlight the text, just progress to the next slide.

I think... 🙄
 
Pittsax said:
In the format bar, there is a text color box next to the font size. Click on it and you can choose from a grid of color swatches. That's the quickest way I've found so far...
Click to expand...

Is there a way to make the color stay the chosen color I want so I don't need to change the color each time I want to highlight some text?
 
downingp said:
A highlighter pen would certainly work. Where is the collaboration/comment section?
Click to expand...

Looks like that doesn't really exist. You can add comments to the page (looks like a post-it note), but I don't find anything like a highlighter.

Sorry for getting your hopes up. 😱
 
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